Flávio Bolsonaro Lands In Miami, Declares Himself President-Elect Of The Election He Lost

Clive Borders. I am drafting a sonnet about the ones Flávio crossed, though mine has more rhymes than his had passports.

Brazil's Federal Police are investigating the American companies accused of aiding the campaign he lost, among them an organisation founded with the involvement of JD Vance. Brazil's attorney general called that meddling "intolerable." Washington's visa was waiting for him regardless of either inquiry.

Gary Meddling. That's rich, coming from you — you've been meddling with that sonnet a fortnight and it still doesn't scan.

Today the Gulfstream put him down in Miami. He left the airport under police escort without speaking to the press, the Guardian has it; the BBC has it as the arrival that ends speculation about his whereabouts, after he failed to comply with the order on his passports.

Rob Scan. Heavy word. I am still waiting on a police escort for my rent, the way Flávio got one off the tarmac.

Within hours he declared himself the rightful president-elect, his loss to the sitting president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, recast as an electoral coup d'etat carried out, in his account, by "criminals." Lula da Silva remains president; the declaration is the whole of the office so far.

Keith Rent. Try calling yourself "rightful president-elect" to the landlord — works about as well, and he still hasn't fixed the damp.

The BBC, which is what they have here, has it as Flávio Bolsonaro lands in Miami after defeat in Brazil's presidential election. At home the New York Post has it as Flavio Bolsonaro declares himself "elected president" of Brazil, claims "criminals" rigged contest he lost.

You will be looking for the recount, or the court that undoes a declaration like this one. There is no recount; the declaration is what a loss is instead of, once the passports have already gone unsurrendered. A president-elect who was not elected does not improve by sitting out.

This serves the visa already arranged in Washington and the companies Brazil's Federal Police are now investigating. It does not serve the voters who decided Sunday's runoff, left paying for a result the loser will not accept.

Gary Paying for it. I'll add Brazil to the list of things this house owes money on and still hasn't had a vote about.