Maria Elvira Salazar, of the Republican Party, said the minister was a “vanguard” in an “international assault” against freedom of expression.
Republican representatives of the United States introduced a bill this Tuesday (September 17, 2024) to prohibit the issuance of visas to officials who “Censorship“Against the citizens of the country.” One of the authors of the project, María Elvira Salazar, mentions the minister by name STF (Federal Supreme Court) Alexandre de Moraes speaking about the proposal.
Republicans called the judge “Vanguard” In “International attack on freedom of expression of US citizens like Elon Musk“Members of Brazil’s opposition celebrated the initiative.”Many people’s potatoes are cooked”, said the federal deputy eduardo bolsonaro (PL) on social media.
“Freedom of expression is a natural and inalienable right that knows no limits. Those who advocate censorship are not welcome in the United States, a free country.” Salazar says in his Website Officer.
What the proposal says
Topic “No censorship on our beaches”, The law stipulates that any foreigner who, as an agent of the government, is responsible for direct or indirect actions that violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution – which establishes freedom of expression – will not be allowed to legally enter the country .
The proposal also establishes that a person can be deported if he or she is already on North American soil. Here’s how Complete of the project (PDF, in English). , 44kB).
,We are all aware of the abuse of power by the Federal Supreme Court in Brazil, which targeted Elon Musk and blocked access to X, a private North American company. But Americans’ right to free speech is also under attack around the world, and in many countries we might not expectsaid Darrell Issa, a co-author of the bill.
OX (formerly Twitter) was blocked in Brazil from August 30 by order of Moraes. The decision was taken after the social network’s failure to comply with a Brazilian court order to appoint a legal representative in the country.
Maria Elvira Salazar
This is not the Florida congresswoman’s first mention of the Brazilian minister. In May, during a session of the foreign affairs subcommittee dealing with alleged abuses by Brazil’s judiciary, Salazar displayed a photo of Moraes and called him “Idiot,
,We do not know whether the minister is a socialist, or a fool, or a useful idiot for the socialists. But we do know that he is curtailing one of the fundamental rights of democracy, that is, freedom of expression.”, the congresswoman said at the time.
,When I was doing my research, I came to the conclusion that Brazil not only has the corruption-convicted Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president, but it now has an authoritarian operator as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, named Alexandre de Moraes.”, he declared at the time.
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The hearing was attended by a Brazilian congressman who went on an official mission to the country to attend the event. In other words, part of the trip was paid for by the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies.
