Presidential pre-candidate Romeu Zema and Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes intensified a public exchange of criticisms. Gilmar Mendes questioned how Zema would feel being represented by a puppet and criticized his accent, to which Zema responded by accusing the justice of prejudice.
The exchange of criticisms began when Zema posted a video on social media depicting STF justices as puppets, which led Gilmar Mendes to request the pre-candidate's inclusion in the fake news investigation. During an interview, the justice questioned how Zema would feel being represented by a puppet and criticized his accent, calling it a "dialect close to Portuguese".
Zema posted a video portraying Supreme Court justices as puppets
Gilmar Mendes requested Zema's inclusion in the fake news investigation
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Gilmar Mendes sent the fake news investigation to the Prosecutor General's Office
Zema was in Goiás visiting an industry and meeting with allies
Gilmar Mendes questioned how Zema would feel being represented by a homosexual puppet and compared it to being called a thief
Gilmar Mendes stated that Zema speaks a dialect close to Portuguese
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