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The right-wing Liberal Party in Brazil has nominated former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro as a Senate candidate on Sunday, August 2, despite her recent feud with her stepson Flávio Bolsonaro, the party’s presidential nominee.
With ex-president Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest for plotting a coup at the end of his 2019–2022 term, Michelle and Flávio Bolsonaro have been locked in a struggle over influence in Brazil’s large conservative movement.
The feud became public in late June when the former first lady, 44, accused her 45-year-old stepson of disrespecting her, claiming he had said she "didn’t understand anything about politics."
The spat was viewed as a major impediment to her stepson’s attempts at broadening support ahead of the presidential election, given Michelle Bolsonaro has proven popular among female and evangelical voters.
Flávio Bolsonaro, currently a senator, issued a public apology before his formal nomination last weekend as the Liberal Party’s presidential candidate—with his stepmother quickly accepting the olive branch. He will face off in October against leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, who is seeking a fourth nonconsecutive term and has gained momentum in recent weeks.
A Liberal Party event on Sunday in the capital BrasÃlia was expected to be a symbolic reunion of the two conservative heavyweights, but Michelle Bolsonaro was a no-show. She was hospitalized the day before with a severe headache and only discharged as the event got underway, according to the medical center where she was treated.
Her brother Diego Torres delivered a speech she had planned on giving in her place. "I accept this challenge," he said on her behalf. Flávio Bolsonaro, for his part, said in a speech that "we are going to rescue democracy, together with Michelle Bolsonaro."
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