Neymar defends himself after showing public support for Bolsonaro

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Strongly criticized for his support for the outgoing Brazilian president, the PSG striker did not hesitate to respond on social networks.

Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar defended himself against criticism of his public support for incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, days before a highly polarized election in Brazil, in a tweet posted on Friday. “We talk about democracy and a lot of things, but when someone has a different opinion they are attacked by these same people who talk about democracy. Go understand”tweeted the Paris SG player.

In a video posted Thursday on Tik-Tok, the footballer smiled mimicked a song calling for people to vote for the Brazilian president, a candidate for re-election in a ballot whose first round takes place on Sunday. With his eight million subscribers on TikTok and nearly 180 million on Instagram, the 30-year-old footballer is strong support for the outgoing head of state, left behind in the polls by former left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula. da Silva. Jair Bolsonaro quickly tweeted Neymar’s video, adding as a comment “Thank you, @neymarjr!”.

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“Vote, vote and confirm, on the 22nd, it’s Bolsonaro”, says the chorus of this electronic music song, in reference to the code to be typed – 22 – on the electronic ballot box in Sunday’s ballot. This public support has led to many reactions on social networks and in the Brazilian press. Among the critics is the former Brazilian international Walter Casagrande, who judged in one of his columns for the Brazilian media UOL Esporte that Neymar had “shown all his incoherence, his alienation, and his lack of social conscience”.

The former Sao Paulo Corinthians striker notes that despite his support for his teammate Richarlison, who was recently the victim of a racist act at the Parc des Princes, “Neymar supports the candidate with the most prejudices in Brazilian political history, who has already made homophobic, macho and obviously racist remarks”. In response to this column, Neymar replied with a ‘like’ of a tweet mocking Casagrande.

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