Bolsonaro Starts Campaigning for Vote He Says May Be Rigged
- The Brazilian president is trailing Lula in all major polls
- Bolsonaro has intensified baseless claims of voter fraud
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President Jair Bolsonaro officially kicked off his re-election campaign on Sunday, rallying thousands of his followers to Rio de Janeiro after intensifying his attempts to discredit Brazil’s voting system.
Bolsonaro called on the government faithful to pack an Olympic arena in a working-class neighborhood for an event billed as “United for the Good of Brazil.” For over an hour, he delivered a speech that catered to his base -- embracing traditional family values and attacking his main opponent, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.