Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Sunday, October 30, 2022

Wife of Brazil’s Bolsonaro casts vote wearing Israeli flag T-shirt

By Lazar Berman 30 October 2022, 7:00 pm 1 Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Brazilian First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro gestures from a motorcade as supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro protest against the Federal Supreme Court and Superior Electoral Court, in Brasília, Brazil, on October 29, 2022, a day ahead of the presidential election runoff. (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP)

Brazil’s First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro shows up to vote in the country’s runoff presidential elections wearing a T-shirt depicting an Israeli flag.

Her husband, President Jair Bolsonaro, is facing left-wing challenger and former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is slightly ahead in polls.

Bolsonaro, who enjoys the support of the country’s millions of evangelical Christians, pledged to move Brazil’s embassy to Jerusalem, but in the end opened a trade and investment office in the capital.

Brazil’s First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro shows up to vote in an Israel flag t-shirt, a move sure to excite @jairbolsonaro’s many millions of evangelical supporters pic.twitter.com/OIIf2qPbG2

— Lazar Berman (@Lazar_Berman) October 30, 2022