PolitiFact - Viral photo of copycat ‘QAnon shaman’ in Brazil wasn’t taken during 2023 riots

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PolitiFact - Viral photo of copycat ‘QAnon shaman’ in Brazil wasn’t taken during 2023 riots
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People are claiming that an image of a Brazilian man who resembles the infamous Jan. 6 ‘QAnon shaman’ rioter was taken during the Jan. 8, 2023, attack on Brazil’s congress. It wasn’t.

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The image — which shows a bare-chested man with green and yellow face paint donning a horned fur cap — wasn’t taken during the Jan. 8, 2023, attack on Brazil’s congress.Jan. 8 as supporters of the country’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed key government buildings in protest of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was sworn into office the week before.

The invasion has spurred comparisons with the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol. On both occasions, rioters scaled buildings and broke windows because they falsely believed the elections were rigged.Shortly after the riot in Brazil began, a photo started appearing on social media that showed a shirtless man in green and yellow paint and a horned fur cap — similar to the so-called

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