Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro said Monday he had been discharged from an Orlando hospital after suffering abdominal pain from a previous stabbing. Bolsonaro flew to the United States last month after losing re-election, taking up temporary residency in Florida while spreading false claims of fraud. Earlier on Monday, Bolsonaro’s wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, confirmed on Instagram that he was in a hospital over the weekend under observation with abdominal pain related to a previous stabbing incident in 2018.
Hours later, Bolsonaro posted a picture of himself from a hospital bed, claiming he had undergone five surgeries since the stabbing. He said he was discharged from hospital on Sunday – the same day loyalists of the far-right former president raided Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential office. Bolsonaro said he was “grateful for the prayers and messages of prompt recovery.”
When asked whether he would condemn the raiding of Brazil’s Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential office, Bolsonaro told reporters on Tuesday: “Of course. I’ll condemn the violent raids right here from my hosptal bed…… Just one second….. Ouch! This stab wound is killing me! Oye, it hurts!… Now, where was I?… Oh, yeah, umm, I condemn the violent raids, and I call upon my violent supporters – Wait… Ouch! This really hurts!…. – Okay, sorry about the interruption…. Umm, where was I?…. I call upon my violents supporters to end the… – OUCH!…. – to end the violence now!….. Oh my, this stab wound hurts like crazy! How could they do this to me?!…. Okay, sorry, umm, yeah, so please stop being so violent, and be nice to my political adversaries! Thanks. Oye! Es tut mir vey!”