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Just to remind everyone that the U.S. is not the only country with violent campaigns and maybe not the worst:
Candidate hits opponent with chair during live TV debate, washingtonpost.com/worl…
"José Luiz Datena slammed a chair into opponent Pablo Marçal at the São Paulo mayoral debate. Marçal’s aides said he was diagnosed with a fractured rib."
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Just to remind everyone that the U.S. is not the only country with violent campaigns and maybe not the worst:
Candidate hits opponent with chair during live TV debate, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/16/brazil-politician-chair-attack-mayor-debate/
"José Luiz Datena slammed a chair into opponent Pablo Marçal at the São Paulo mayoral debate. Marçal’s aides said he was diagnosed with a fractured rib."
We are FAR from the worst. Have we forgotten what's happening in Venezuela right now?
No, but Venezuela is not a democracy at all.
Taiwan's Yuan (legislature) occasionally has brawls as a delay tactic.
Jesus. That's awful!
I’m not exactly condoning hitting your opponent with a chair during a televised debate, but it does sound like the provocateur who got hit with the chair explicitly asked to be physically assaulted.