Neymar had beforehand stayed out of the fray for Sunday’s polarizing election.
Rio de Janeiro:
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro bought a star endorsement Thursday for his re-election bid from soccer famous person Neymar, who posted a video on TikTok of himself dancing to a pro-Bolsonaro marketing campaign tune.
Grinning, the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil striker, arguably Brazil’s most well-known celeb, flashed the quantity 22 — Bolsonaro’s candidate quantity — along with his fingers as he rocked out to the digital dance jingle, three days from the far-right incumbent’s election showdown towards leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
“Vote, vote, and press ‘verify’ for 22, that is Bolsonaro,” goes the tune, a reference to Brazil’s digital voting machines — which the president alleges, with out proof, are suffering from fraud.
Bolsonaro wasted no time retweeting the Neymar seal of approval.
– Reeleição 🤝 Hexa.
– Valeu, @neymarjr !Brasil acima de tudo!
Deus acima de todos!2️⃣2️⃣ ✅ ⚽🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/RCdW6tEEN3
— Jair M. Bolsonaro 2️⃣2️⃣ (@jairbolsonaro) September 29, 2022
Neymar, 30, had beforehand stayed out of the fray for Sunday’s polarizing election, wherein Lula leads in opinion polls.
However he despatched a video message to Bolsonaro Wednesday after the president visited the footballer’s charitable youngsters’s basis.
“Hiya, President Bolsonaro… I needed to thanks on your illustrious go to,” he mentioned on Instagram after Bolsonaro visited the Neymar Jr. Institute, a non-profit group the soccer star based in 2014.
It runs instructional, cultural and sports activities packages for 3,000 underprivileged youngsters.
Bolsonaro backers have adopted the yellow-and-green jersey of Brazil’s nationwide group as an emblem of assist for the president, together with the Brazilian flag.
Each males are vocal about their Christianity.
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