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Bolsonaro attacks the TSE again: show me a Brazilian who trusts the electoral system.

"I want you to find me a Brazilian who trusts the Brazilian electoral system," said Jair Bolsonaro this Tuesday (10). Yesterday, he questioned the fairness of the 2018 elections, which led him to ruin, by stating that the process was fraudulent, although he did not present evidence of what he said.

Jair Bolsonaro and the facade of the Superior Electoral Court (Photo: Alan Santos/PR | Roberto Jayme/Ascom/TSE)

247 - A day after casting doubt on the 2018 presidential election that brought him to power in the Brazilian executive branch, Jair Bolsonaro once again challenged the Electoral Court, asking to find "a single Brazilian who trusts" Brazil's electoral system.

 “I want you to find me a Brazilian who trusts the Brazilian electoral system,” Bolsonaro said on Tuesday (10). Yesterday, he questioned He questioned the fairness of the 2018 elections by saying the process was fraudulent, although he presented no evidence to support his claim. 

When asked if he himself didn't trust the Electoral Court, Bolsonaro, who is traveling in the United States, equivocated and raised his voice. "It's not about the courts, don't distort my words, don't do this low-level thing that the press always does to me," he said. 

When asked if he had proof of the accusations, he ended the interview abruptly. Bolsonaro also avoided commenting on whether his criticisms of the electoral system were not also an attack on the Electoral Court.