Brazil minister quits as Supreme Court sends message to Bolsonaro
JUNE 18, 2020 / 2:22 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Brazil minister quits as Supreme Court sends message to Bolsonaro
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s firebrand education minister resigned on Thursday, following blunders that aggravated tense relations between the right-wing president and the country’s Supreme Court.
Education Minister Abraham Weintraub has been one of the loudest ideological voices in the government. His aggressive style made trouble for the president, including racist remarks about China, Brazil’s top trading partner, and a comment that Supreme Court judges should be locked up.
“If it were up to me, I’d stick all those bums in jail,” the minister said in a videotaped cabinet meeting.
The court included Weintraub in its investigation of an alleged libel and disinformation network run by Bolsonaro’s supporters after that recording became public in May.
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Bolsonaro and Abraham Weintraub, a friendship made in heaven.
