Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro won multiple standing ovations Saturday from US conservatives as he offered a glowing endorsement of his ally Donald Trump, sowed doubt over his own election defeat and attacked Covid vaccine mandates

"We can see here in America a migration of people going from #Democrat states to #Republican states. They're looking for a better life," he said.

The 67-year-old #Bolsonaro -- effectively a warm-up act for #Trump's keynote address at the convention later Saturday -- touched on many of the favorite talking points of the #US right wing, from transgender rights to the threat of socialism.

Dubbed the "Trump of the Tropics" for his brash manner and disdain of the media, Bolsonaro has also echoed his US ally in repeatedly casting doubt on his October election defeat to leftist Luiz Inacio #Lula da Silva.

"I had way more support in 2022 than I had in 2018, and I don't understand why the numbers said the opposite," he told the #CPAC crowd, who booed in solidarity.
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