Posted on 01/27/2023 3:17:38 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Agroup of Senate Democrats announced legislation this week to deny former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a U.S. visa in the aftermath of a riot in Brasilia during which his supporters stormed the halls of the nation's Congress and Supreme Federal Court demanding the ouster of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin, Ill., and Mazie Hirono, Hawaii, along with Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vt., accused the former head of state of seeking undermine democracy in his home country and contended that such a move should bar him from remaining in the United States.
"America must never become a safe haven for anyone who assaults the values for which our nation stands: democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and the sanctity of free and fair elections," the group stated, according to the Washington Times.
The proposed legislation would give the secretary of state the authority to determine if a foreign official interfered in an election or the transfer of power and to subsequently deny admission to the U.S. should they be found to have done so.
Bolsonaro narrowly lost reelection in 2022 to former President Lula, in the closest national election in Brazil's recent history. Lula's candidacy was controversial given that he had previously been caught in a major corruption scandal and barred from running in the 2018 contest that Bolsonaro won.
Brazil's top court later overturned Lula's 2017 conviction and permitted him to run in the 2022 contest. Lula had appointed several of the justices on the court and the decision was not without public outcry.
Bolsonaro, nonetheless, committed to a peaceful transfer of power after losing reelection and left the country for Florida before his opponent was sworn into office.
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Millions of illegals but deny one leader who had his election stolen.
(D)s gotta give me the Trump treatment.
(D)s gotta give HIM the Trump treatment.
Just a PR stunt for a Commie base .
That how far left the Dems are .
A nightmare .
Filthy F’s
Yes. Good points.
But I’d say they are worse than a holes.
Can we deport Durbin, Hirono, and Sanders instead
So if they do this then Soros gets the same in 2024
But we’ll keep Haitian retards…
Batista was kicked out of the US even though he had homes and many investments here.
wow... they finely want to deport someone?
"America must never become a safe haven for anyone who assaults the values for which our nation stands: democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and the sanctity of free and fair elections," the group stated, according to the Washington Times.Interesting. Are they self-deporting?
He’s being persecuted by mobs and the new government. He should just walk on in and ask for asylum.
Democrats deny a visa to Shah Reza Pahlavi…
Are they going to send jack-booted thugs to extract him like they did Elián Gonzales?
That’s “Dick” Turban and Crazy Hirono for you.
Bill of Attainder. Complete BS.
A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder or writ of attainder or bill of penalties) is an act of a legislature declaring a person, or a group of people, guilty of some crime, and punishing them, often without a trial.
—Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder
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