Thread by @theintercept

Jair Bolsonaro became the president of Brazil this week. Read his extremist, far-right positions in his own words: interc.pt/2EQt3DO

“I am in favor of a dictatorship, a regime of exception.”

– Open session of the Câmara dos Deputados, 1993

“The pau-de-arara [a torture technique] works. I’m in favor of torture, you know that. And the people are in favor as well.”

– Câmara Aberta TV program, May 23, 1999

“I will not fight nor discriminate, but if I see two men kissing in the street, I’ll hit them.”

– Folha de São Paulo newspaper, May 19, 2002

“I’m a rapist now. I would never rape you, because you do not deserve it … slut!”

– Rede TV, speaking to Congresswoman Maria do Rosário, November 11, 2003

Interviewer: Are you proud of the story of Hitler’s life?

“No, pride, I don’t have, right?”

Interviewer: Do you like him?

“No. What you have to understand is the following: War is war. He was a great strategist.”

– CQC, TV Bandeirantes, March 26, 2012

“If I [become president], there won’t be any money for NGOs. These worthless [people] will have to work. If I get there, as far as I’m concerned, every citizen will have a firearm in their home.”

– Speech at the Hebraica Club, Rio de Janeiro, April 3, 2017

“The big problem in Brazil is that the government is at the jugular of businessmen. … The worker will have to decide: less rights and employment or all the rights and unemployment.”

– Event in Deerfield Beach, FL , October 8, 2017

“I’ll give carte blanche for the police to kill.”

– Event in Deerfield Beach, FL, October 8, 2017