Bolsonaro gets angry at Valdemar's praise for Lula and says PL could "implode" (video)

247 - Jair Bolsonaro (PL) stated that his party could "implode" due to the laudatory statements about President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) made by the party's president, Valdemar Costa Neto, which he described as "absurd".

According to the newspaper Folha de S. PaulThe former president's statement was recorded on video during a conversation he had with supporters in Rio de Janeiro. “Everything in life pulls a little bit towards each of our family lives. There are problems. This week I had a serious problem, I'm not going to say with whom. If it continues like this, the party will implode. People from the party making absurd statements, like 'Lula is extremely popular'. Tell him to have a drink over there on the corner. [Lula] won't come,” Bolsonaro says in the video without directly mentioning Valdemar. >>> Valdemar Costa Neto praises Lula and downplays Bolsonaro.

Valdemar Costa Neto, in turn, defended himself, claiming that an edited video was released in a misleading way, removing parts of his statements, and attributed the release of the video to a strategy by the opposition to create divisions between him and Bolsonaro, exploiting this situation in the municipal elections, especially in São Paulo. >>> Attacked by Bolsonaro supporters after praising Lula, Valdemar says his words were taken out of context and that he is "loyal" to Bolsonaro.

In the video, Valdemar praises Lula, highlighting his prestige and popularity, but also mentions Bolsonaro's qualities, such as his charisma. However, the PL leader claims that his statement was taken out of context, being part of a comparison between the two political leaders. "Valdemar also says that the repercussion of the video was 'something the PT did', and downplayed the episode, saying that Bolsonaro didn't even care about him because of it."