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Election travesty in Brazil - A crony judge extended voting hours after polls had closed in conservative areas.
American Thinker ^ | 26 Oct, 2026 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 10/26/2026 6:45:22 AM PDT by MtnClimber

In the Democrat scheme of things, when one is losing an election, the thing to do is to keep on producing and counting ballots until one gets the result one wants.

We saw that in 2020, we saw that in the Los Angeles mayoral primary.

But now we see it in Brazil's election, where a socialist judge who had served as President Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva's personal lawyer decided to increase voting by two hours -- after all the conservative districts had shut down their operations and could not restart their voting machines.

🚨 COUP: In American terms, what Brazil's Supreme Court just did in tonight's election to Bolsonaro is let a place like deep-blue Broward County FL keep voting while red Lee County has to shut their polls down. Let Detroit vote while Macomb can't. Let Dane and Madison WI vote while the red WOW counties can't. Let Philly vote while Butler and Westmoreland can't. HOW IS THIS ALLOWED?! If this happened in America, there would be thousands in the streets. WAKE UP, BRAZIL!!

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 25, 2026

Net result? Lula defeated conservative presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro even after the latter had squarely won round one with margin to spare and smaller parties likely to consolidate to him.

Never happened like that before.

Bolsonaro put on a brave face and vowed to soldier on:

🇧🇷 Flávio Bolsonaro is understandably pissed at the way Lula manipulated yesterday's elections in Brazil: "I will not accept that the rules of the game were changed at the last minute, once again, by Lula's friends in the Federal Supreme Court. It is inexplicable that this happened. There is a lot to be clarified before Brazil simply recognizes this dirty trick that took place in these elections.

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1 posted on 10/26/2026 6:45:22 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Pretty blatant.


2 posted on 10/26/2026 6:46:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Playing to win. Optics be damned.


3 posted on 10/26/2026 6:49:23 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (u)
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To: MtnClimber

He won by 3 or 4 million votes...Brazilians want this (assuming that the vote is real which I have no way of determining). Not sure why anyone else should care but I also don’t see why trading with Brazilians is necessary.


4 posted on 10/26/2026 6:50:05 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: MtnClimber

Show of hands for those that didn’t expect this result. Hello? Anyone? Bueller? 🙄


5 posted on 10/26/2026 6:52:40 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: wiseprince

All the betting sites had the other guy winning.
The betting sites are a much more accurate prediction of who will win a race than any public polls.


6 posted on 10/26/2026 6:53:32 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: rktman

“It worked didn’t it?”

_ Harry Reid


7 posted on 10/26/2026 6:56:13 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: MtnClimber

Raise your hand if you didn’t kind of expect this to happen.


8 posted on 10/26/2026 7:02:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: All

Brazil is in BRICS , China wasn’t going to allow their guy to lose even if they were forced to cheat in the open like this.


9 posted on 10/26/2026 7:03:01 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: MtnClimber
If this happened in America, there would be thousands in the streets.

Really? I seriously doubt that. I didn't see too many people in the streets in 2020. Didn't see any in the streets in LA this year. And those that did show up in D.C. in 2020 were both unable to effectively redress their grievances, and quite severely punished for trying.

10 posted on 10/26/2026 7:03:57 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: escapefromboston

Didn’t Canada’s Carney have Canada join BRICS as well? Must be why the place is falling apart ,LOL


11 posted on 10/26/2026 7:08:11 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: woodbutcher1963

I doubt that. The betting sites are all based on “feels” and public polls. I’m sure they’d let me bet on an election in Brazil but I also don’t know anything about elections in Brazil.


12 posted on 10/26/2026 7:10:35 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: V_TWIN

Yup! And I still call the airport McCarran. 😊🛫🛬👍🇺🇸


13 posted on 10/26/2026 7:11:23 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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