Lula labeled his opponent “the king of fake news,” while Bolsonaro called him “a national embarrassment”
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his left-wing rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, accused each other of incompetence during the first televised debate on Sunday, ahead of the second round of the presidential election. They also resorted to character attacks.
Lula da Silva, commonly known simply as Lula, accused his opponent of allowing the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, as well as mishandling the Covid-19 pandemic and downplaying the dangers of the virus.
“The numbers are there. You are the king of fake news, the king of stupidity [who] lies to Brazilian society. You lied about the vaccine. And Brazil has the reputation of the country with the most deaths from Covid,” Lula, the frontrunner in the race, said.
“Never before in history was there a government that fooled around with a pandemic or with death as you…
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