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Dec 16, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read Read on X
IPEC 2022 presidential election poll looks at 2 possible scenarios. In the 1st, disgraced ex-Lava Jato judge Sergio Moro appears in 3rd with 8%. The 2nd scenario includes folkloric, Christian fireman/former PSOL Congressman Cabo Daciolo. Here, Moro drops to 6%. Coincidence?
Daciolo joined PSOL after leading a Rio fireman's strike in 2011. He was elected to congress in 2014. In 2015, he was kicked out of PSOL for proposing an amendment changing wording in the Constitution from "All power emanates from the people", to "All power emanates from God."
During the 2018 presidential race, he provided a lot of comic relief in the debates, beginning every speech by saying "Glory to God" in a thick Rio de Janeiro accent. As the election date neared, he moved to a mountain top to live as a hermit.
The comedic highlight of the 2018 debates occurred when Daciolo accused moderate, center-left technocrat Ciro Gomes of belonging to an international communist conspiracy called "Ursal". He may have meant UNASUR (Union of S. American Nations)- but it led to endless memes.
Daciolo ended up getting 1.3 million votes and finishing ahead of former environmentalist turned 2014 neoliberal 3rd path hopeful Marina Silva and his former PSOL party mate Guilherme Boulos.
For more on the Cabo Daciolo URSAL meme explosion, see this article from @BrasilWire brasilwire.com/cabo-daciolo-a…

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