Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has come under fire following a controversial Twitter post.
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was at the center of a firestorm of criticism Wednesday after tweeting obscene footage that he said was proof the country's famously lurid carnival is out of control.
One of the main hashtags trending on Twitter was #ImpeachmentBolsonaro, while another was #BolsonaroTemRazao, or"Bolsonaro is right." A third top hashtag was #goldenshowerpresident. As denunciations lit up the internet, the president followed up with another tweet that asked,"What is a golden shower?" The term is used to describe a sexual fetish.Some critics denounced the president for using an isolated scene to attack the country's wildly popular annual carnival, which this year has been used as a platform by many to protest Bolsonaro's intolerance towards minorities.
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