Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU History Professional:
Well, there's a very direct connection in the form of Eduardo Bolsonaro one of his sons, who's a member of Congress, who's often come to the States.
He was in Washington, D.C., on January 5 at the White House speaking with Ivanka Trump. And he's very close with Steve Bannon, who is an adviser of Jair Bolsonaro, as is Jason Miller. And Eduardo Bolsonaro, after his father lost the election, came to Florida and met with all of these characters and was encouraged to continue to contest the election.
So there is a common playbook that the — that Trump and Bolsonaro have followed, where you disseminate — you get the public to lose faith in the electoral system. And Bolsonaro did this relentlessly. And this was not a theme in Brazil before. And then you have a personality cult, so people will believe your false claims.
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