US Congress Members Want Bolsonaro Deported

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Folha de Sao Paulo

Democrat Raúl Grijalva speaks of 'accountability for the attack on democracy'

Jan.10.2023 2:37PM


Patrícia Campos Mello

SÃO PAULO
American representatives intend to meet this week to discuss a request for the deportation of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), who has been in Florida since the end of 2022.

Democrat Raúl Grijalva told Folha that a good part of the party's bench supports the idea of removing the right-wing leader from the country so that he can be investigated and eventually tried for his role in the attacks against democracy in Brazil.




FILE PHOTO: Chairman of the US House Natural Resources Committee, Democrat Raul Grijalva speaks during a U.S. House Natural Resources Committee hearing on "The U.S. Park Police Attack on Peaceful Protesters at Lafayette Square", on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2020. Michael Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo - REUTERS

The idea is to ask the White House to start the process. "Bolsonaro needs to be removed from the US so that he can face the consequences in Brazil of having instigated attacks on democracy, similarly to what former President Donald Trump did in the US and which culminated [in the insurrection] in the Capitol", said Grijalva.

Two other congressmen publicly called for Bolsonaro’s deportation – Joaquín Castro and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.

Read more: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2023/01/us-congress-members-want-bolsonaro-deported.shtml

[pandr32]

1. Make it happen!

[magicarpet]

2. Floridah,... "The Fascist State",...

.... will they be putting that on their license plates ?



A sunny Sieg Heil from Nazi Floridah.

[Walleye]

4. Springtime for Hitler in Florida

[Walleye]

3. For sure But I kind of wish Trump had left the country when he lost

So now in Brazil, Bolsonaro is the defeated former guy

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. Absolutely

and send little Georgie Santos with him. The Brazilian court system has been looking for that boy.

[durablend]

10. Can we make it a three-fer

And deport TFG?

[Martin68]

6. Can we deport Bolsonaro without a hearing or other legal means of establishing a cause to deport

him? Let's not stoop to to authoritarian measures to accomplish our ends.

[gab13by13]

7. Exactly,

why the fuck do we have to make President Biden initiate deportation? Bolsonaro doesn't have a valid visa I would suspect. If he entered the country on a diplomatic visa then he isn't a diplomat any more. Let customs deport him.

[OMGWTF]

13. THIS! THIS! THIS!

[Warpy]

8. If anyone needs to get the ICE jackboot up his ass, it's Bolsonaro

His mismanagement of the Covid pandemic in Brazil was even more lethal than it was here, since poor folks there have little access to health care. He and TFG are rotten peas in a decaying pod. At least we can get rid of Bolsonaro and send him home to face the music, which I'm sure will be an operatic death march.

[2naSalit]

9. +1

[rubbersole]

11. What do you do after a failed coup?

Bolsonaro - " I'm going to Disney World!"

[orangecrush]

16. DUzy!

[twodogsbarking]

12. The Ayes have it. Send him home to his friends.

[FakeNoose]

14. He looks like Louie DePalma!

For the record, it's hilarious and talented comedy actor Danny DeVito!

[Initech]

15. Can we extradite Trump and Bannon while we're at it?

[orangecrush]

17. Call congreess RIGHT FUCKING NOW!

I am.

[C0RI0LANUS]

18. Not deport, but extradite

If Pres Lula's national security team establish probable cause to arrest Mr Bolsonaro and issue a warrant for his arrest, the USG may honor that request. Consequently, a Red Notice will be issued at INTERPOL.

The Attorney-General (and sometimes the USIC) double-check the quality and veracity of the extradition request, because many countries use this tactic to capture political enemies.

Following a coup attempt in Turkiye several years ago, the Erdogan government has been demanding the return of Mr Fetullah Gulen. But the Turkish government failed to provide concrete or bona fide evidence of Mr Gulen's involvement in the coup attempt, so in Pennsylvania Mr Gulen remains.

[dalton99a]

20. Revoke his visa.

And Brazil should issue an arrest warrant