Gayer during a speech to Elon Musk at a pro-Bolsonaro event in Copacabana this Sunday (21)reproduction
Published 04/22/2024 19:24 | Updated 04/22/2024 19:26
The parliamentarian, who is a pre-candidate for mayor of Goiânia, said he spoke in another language because businessman Elon Musk, owner of the social network X, was “watching” the demonstration held on Copacabana Beach, in Rio. Gayer was a professor of English before being elected to the Chamber.
“It’s a message to the world. Look at what’s happening in Brazil today. What you see here are people who love freedom fighting for democracy. They are people who love freedom and don’t give up, who don’t bow down to dictatorship. They are people willing to give their lives and who will never give up. We will be the hope of the world”, said the Bolsonaro ally.
Since taking office as federal deputy, in February last year, Gayer has sent out cake recipes in the face of any question from the press, which involve parliamentary performance, issues in the Judiciary and even his pre-candidacy in this year’s elections. The measure harks back to the period of the military dictatorship (1964-1985), when revenues replaced materials censored by the government.
At the time, reports that reported events about national politics were exchanged for cake recipes or literary poems in the newspapers. The practice was a way for press outlets to protest against the restriction of freedom of information.
At the end of June, Gayer linked the existence of dictatorships in African countries to the lack of “cognitive capacity” of the continent’s population. Responding to the host of a podcast who stated that Africans’ IQ was lower than that of monkeys, the parliamentarian said that “Brazil is dumbed down” and “follows the same path as African nations.”
At the time, Estadão contacted the parliamentarian to find out his version of what happened, but he sent another cake recipe. In a video on X, Gayer denied having said racist phrases and said that the repercussion of the statement on the podcast was motivated by a “distortion” made by the press.
The statement led to a request for the parliamentarian’s impeachment for racism in the Chamber’s Ethics Council. The proposal was never voted on by the board. In November, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) filed a complaint with the STF asking for Gayer’s conviction for insult and racism and the revocation of his mandate, in case of a sentence of more than four years in prison. The case is in the office of the rapporteur, minister Cármen Lúcia, and has not yet been concluded.
