Candidates on Twitter: Corinthians champion? 100 years of secrecy, hiding and lack of love

We are 15 days, 9 hours and 11 minutes away from the first round of the 2022 Elections. Come and see what was debated on the networks of Ciro, Lula, Bolsonaro and Simone Tebet this Friday (16).

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)
4.3M followers

  1. Pounds: The PT candidate posted a comic illustration in which a black woman speaks in pound signs. On top of his little finger is a red star, a symbol of the Labor Party. ⤵
  2. Queen: Lula reinforced that he finds it “commendable that Bolsonaro went to the funeral of the queen [Elizabeth II]”, but said it is “a shame” that the current president did not attend “any of the thousands of people who died from covid in Brazil”. ⤵
  3. Soccer: In a moment as a sports commentator, the former president said in a tweet that he was “very happy that the Corinthians will face Internacional in the women's championship of football". And he added: “I really like Inter, but I think my Corinthians can be national champions.”
  4. Secrecy: “Bolsonaro can be sure that Lulinha peace and love will break all the secrets he created”, tweeted the candidate this Friday night.⤵

Jair Bolsonaro (PL)
8.8M followers

  1. Traffic: the candidate for re-election spoke again about his government's anti-trafficking policy, a topic also raised in a tweet last Thursday (15). Bolsonaro stated that auctions of drug trafficking assets generated more than 74 million reais to public coffers this year.
  2. Little prose: this Friday (16), only two other posts were made from Bolsonaro's Twitter account. Both promoted campaign actions in the cities of Prudentopolis e Londrina, in Paraná.

Ciro Gomes (PDT)
1.4M followers

  1. Income: Ciro Gomes reinforced on Twitter the pillars of his proposal focused on income, present in his government plan. ⤵
  2. Bolsonaro: The candidate wove a thread on the network criticizing the Bolsonaro government's lack of transparency, his 100-year secrecy decree, the disappearance of a cell phone that happened after the death of Gustavo Bebianno and which, according to him, “could be an outcome in the president’s career.” ⤵
  3. Squid: “Hiddenly, they 'sucked' the official brand”, declared Ciro, accusing “some PT members” of having copied graphic material used by users to illustrate their profile photo on the networks. ⤵

Simone Tebet (MDB)
364.6K followers

  1. Racism: Tebet spoke about the case of Vinicius Junior, a Real Madrid player who was called a monkey during a television program in Spain. “We need to put an end to this! All my solidarity with the player,” he said. ⤵
  2. Love: The candidate stated that “what most divides Brazil” is the “lack of empathy and love”, and highlighted low public transparency as a factor that directly affects the lives of the population. ⤵

Top photo: Reproduction/ Twitter @marcogalvaofoto @SCCPFutFeminino

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