Following the victory of Lula da Silva in the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil, on October 30, supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro launched several protests, spread across different parts of the country. The protests that gained the greatest dimension, evidently due to the impact they caused, were carried out by truckers, who blocked some roads????????

In this context, various social networks began to appear fingerprints which suggested that Lula da Silva shared posts on his Twitter page in which he lashed out at those blocking the roads and even announced that he was going to create a new police unit. The post now circulating on Facebook and Instagram says that Brazil’s new president has dubbed truckers “fascists.”

“We will not tolerate fascist demonstrations by truckers who want to harm Brazil. We are going to fight neo-Nazism from day one with our new National Guard”, reads one of the fingerprints????????

These images have also given rise to several comments from the users of these social networks. “The police will receive books and roses. And love will win, some things are so serious that not even ironing makes it easier to understand ”, reads a comment that accompanies one of the publications.

This publication indicates that Lula made this publication on November 1, just two days after the announcement of the election results. But it is enough to consult his Twitter account to realize that Lula made no reference to trucker blockades, neither that day nor the next. By the way, on November 1, Lula spoke about the conversations he had “with dozens of heads of state” and updated his profile photo.

The president-elect did not share, therefore, any publication about the truckers who they blocked the roads For several days. It is enough, in effect, to look at Lula’s speech in recent months. Even before the elections, he defended that the population should not have easy access to weapons and that they should be in the hands of the authorities. Ten days before the elections, and quoted by CNN Brazil, Lula said that he wanted “a well-trained and well-armed police force.”

“I want weapons in the hands of the police and books in the hands of the Brazilian people,” said Lula da Silva. At that time, the newly elected president of Brazil also spoke about the creation of a Ministry of Public Security.

conclusion

The images disseminated on social networks, which suggest criticism made by Lula about the truckers who blocked the roads after the elections and about the authorities, are not true. It is enough to consult Lula da Silva’s Twitter page to confirm that the new president of Brazil has not made any comments such as those presented in the fingerprints????????

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