Jair Bolsonaro branded a 'killer' during hot dog
trip as Covid-19 death toll soars
Brazilian president subject to public anger after
stepping out in Brasilia on fast food errand
Tom Phillips in
Rio de Janeiro
Sun 24 May
2020 15.41 BSTLast modified on Sun 24 May 2020 15.45 BST
The
Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, was branded a “killer” by his opponents as
he popped out for a Saturday night hot dog on the day a further 965 of his
citizens were reported to have died from Covid-19.
Bolsonaro,
a rightwing populist who basks in comparisons to Donald Trump, has repeatedly
flouted health ministry physical distancing guidelines – and continued to do so
this weekend, even as Brazil’s coronavirus death toll rose to over 22,000.
More than
347,000 infections have been confirmed in Brazil – the second highest number in
the world after the US.
According
to local media reports, Bolsonaro went out on to the streets of the capital,
Brasília, on Saturday for a can of coke and a hot dog.
Polls
suggest Bolsonaro still enjoys the backing of a third of Brazilians – and some
local supporters celebrated Bolsonaro’s outing by shouting his nickname “Mito”
(legend). But in a reflection of rising public anger, footage shared on social
media showed others banging pots and pans in protest.
Insults
hurled at Bolsonaro as he grappled with his fast food dinner included:
“assassino” (killer), garbage and fascist. One female dissenter can be heard
screaming: “Get to work, you bum!”(…)
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