It is false that Lula da Silva went on stage at the São João de Caruaru festivities while the public called him a “thief”. The idea that is being widely spread on social networks arises solely from the editing of a video recorded on the spot. It was as easy as replacing the original audio with people’s screams: “Thief, thief, thief”.

The video now shared on Facebook uses a video originally shared on TikTok. And it is through the original video that the false information that has now been shared on Facebook and Twitter can be disproved.

In the video, of about 20 seconds, you can see in the final seconds the author of the short shorten. Wearing a cap with the inscription “Gil postman” is an immediate identification of the man who has a TikTok profile with more than three thousand followers and 26 thousand likes.

And it is in this profile that you can find the original video of Lula da Silva on stage at the parties, with more than 375 thousand views. In the video, it is clear that the original sound is, after all, the campaign music of Alexandre Kalil, who was mayor of Belo Horizonte.

The song was released in May and confirmed even before the official announcement of the alliance between Kalil’s PSD and Lula’s PT: “I’m from Minas Gerais, from the heart of Brazil, I want someone who does more, I’ll stay with Kalil: Lula and Kalil. The hope that arose: Lula and Kalil. Minas Gerais has already applauded: Lula and Kalil The smiles of the miners have already opened: Lula and Kalil”.

In Gil Carteiro’s TikTok you can find several references to Lula da Silva, but no negative ones, since he is a supporter of the former Brazilian president.

It is clear then that Lula da Silva was not greeted with shouts of “thief, thief”, but to the sound of campaign music by Alexandre Kalil himself, which is touring the municipality of Minas Gerais.

conclusion

It is not true that Lula da Silva went on stage at the São João de Caruaru festivities to be greeted with shouts of “thief”. The original video was manipulated and the sound recorded on the spot was replaced with another. Instead of hearing shouts insulting the former Brazilian president, on the day of the party only the official campaign music of Alexandre Kalil, the former mayor of Belo Horizonte who is now trying to win the presidency of Minas Gerais, was heard.

Thus, according to the Observer classification system, this content is:

WRONG

In the Facebook classification system this content is:

FAKE: the main content claims are factually inaccurate. This option typically matches “false” or “mostly false” ratings on fact-checking websites.

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