Correia: 'Neofascism is the reason for the terrorist attack on the Federal Highway Police and Bolsonaro is targeting the Supreme Court to be seen as a 'hero'' (video)
According to the deputy, 'elements of terrorism are beginning to appear'.
247 - Federal deputy Rogério Correia (PT-MG) stated that the attacks of Bolsonaro-supporting truck driver Márcio Pinheiro Saldanha The attacks against the Federal Highway Police (PRF) in the Federal District were an act of terrorism. The congressman also stated that Jair Bolsonaro (PL) made new verbal attacks on the Supreme Federal Court because he intends to gain political support and become a kind of "hero" supposedly wronged by the judges of the Court.
"Bolsonarism is a dangerous movement, a neo-fascist offshoot that is emerging in Brazil. It's not surprising that elements of terrorism are starting to appear," Correia said in a video posted on the social network X.
The truck driver was driving drunk and crashed into Federal Highway Police vehicles. After being approached by officers, Pinheiro Saldanha even revealed that the reason for the collisions was the progress of the investigations against Bolsonaro.
The far-right politician has become a defendant and could be sentenced to up to 39 years in prison in the investigation into the coup plot. Seven other allies are also defendants in the case. In his attacks against the Judiciary, the far-right politician claimed that the Supreme Court manipulates internal rules to favor political interests and accused Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes of acting with bias in the trial.
According to Correia, "whoever leaves the trial, becomes a defendant, and will attack the same things that condemned them, because they are looking for something to become a 'hero'." "In sync, his son (Eduardo Bolsonaro) keeps attacking and plotting against Brazil. That's what Jair Bolsonaro will want: to flee Brazil," the congressman added.
Jair Bolsonaro's son went to the US in an attempt to gain more support from the American far-right and possibly free Jair Bolsonaro from prison. One of the strategies of Bolsonaro's supporters is to accuse Moraes of politicizing the Judiciary.
In 2025, the administration of US President Donald Trump (Republican Party) attempted a move against Moraes, but the US judiciary rejected a preliminary injunction request filed by the video platform Rumble and Trump Media & Technology Group. The companies did not want to comply with the Brazilian magistrate's orders, which included the removal of accounts belonging to a Bolsonaro supporter from their platforms.
Attacks on judicial institutions represent a strategy employed by the American Steve Bannon. In 2022, Donald Trump's strategist met with Eduardo Bolsonaro and advised the congressman to question the election results.
In 2023, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) ruled Jair Bolsonaro ineligible to run for office. The reason was coup-mongering statements he made to ambassadors in Brasília (DF), claiming that the Brazilian electoral system lacks security against fraud.
