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Politician smashes chair over rival’s head during heated live debate

A Brazilian mayoral candidate hit a political opponent over the head with a chair during a heated debate live on television on Sunday, 15 September.

Jose Luiz Datena, a news anchor running to be mayor of Sao Paulo, attacked Instagram influencer and rival Pablo Marcal with the piece of furniture from close range.

Marcal’s aides told Brazilian media he had a fractured rib, and emergency officials said one of his fingers were dislocated.

In a statement on Instagram, Datena wrote: “I was wrong, but I do not regret it in any way. I would have sincerely preferred that the episode had not happened. However, if the circumstances were the same, I would not have failed to repeat the gesture, an extreme response to a history of aggressions perpetrated against me and many others by my opponent.”

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21 comments
  1. Although I’m not a big fan of Datena, he really gave us a sense of justice! The other candidate is a scammer who used to swindle elderly retired women, stealing their money. Today, he presents himself as a "coach," deceiving millions of people on the internet. He’s already spread the cruelest and most bizarre fake news in this election, and we still don’t understand how his candidacy hasn’t been revoked yet, given so many crimes. And he didn’t break any ribs. He went to the hospital with a green wristband, which indicates mild cases, with no risk. But he made a whole drama out of it, taking several photos lying in the hospital bed. Typical of the far-right.

  2. Datena and the other candidates suffered insults, threats, injustices, lies and humiliations from Pablo Marçal. The blow with the chair was a thoughtless act amid a series of false attacks that Datena received. It is up to the responsible press to contextualize the facts.

  3. The work of the major Brazilian media has been endeavoring to distort the facts, attempting to shift the blame onto a purported provocation by candidate Marçal, thereby almost attempting to justify the absurd act of physical aggression, which was recorded and broadcasted throughout Brazil and even internationally. It is a disgrace that an individual of Datena’s stature can still walk the streets as if he were an honorable person

  4. Marçal is a bully, he messes around with everybody, makes jokes about other candidates' deceased loved ones, theirs clothes , their privet sexual life, etc.. It was only a matter of time before someone loses it and go for him. At this moment he is calling the candidate that hit him a rapist, because he was the victim of a scam where a woman tried to blackmail him years before and even challenges him: "I'm here right in front of you calling you a molester, what are you going to do about it? Nothing because you're a chicken"

  5. We live in a world where some former world leaders openly say it is ok to maintain an enemies list and vow retaliation if there is a return to power as President. Smh. This is unacceptable.

  6. I'm Brazilian and I've been following Pablo Marçal and his opponents… Datena accused Pablo Marçal, he was accused of a crime he didn't commit, Pablo Marçal defended himself and spoke about SEXUAL HARASSMENT that Datena committed against a woman during a party and it was PROVEN! Datena couldn't contain herself and attacked Pablo. Unfortunately, our country, where a THIEF IS PRESIDENT, finds aggression justifiable, this is regrettable. Pablo is against censorship and corruption, he also preaches Christianity and always talks about Jesus in his interviews and appearances, he puts himself at risk just to wake people up from the lies that force us to believe in the people who steal our country, our freedom, our hard work, that's why he is so attacked, and that's why many are afraid of him actually winning the election, we who are against censorship pray for him to win. Whenever you see a Brazilian against Pablo, know that he supports censorship, supports Alexandre de Morais, LuLa and all the corruptions of this dirty party called PT known as the "left". I'm ashamed to breathe the same air as these people. I have hope that our Brazil will be healed one day.

  7. For the non-portuguese speakers: Datena and Marçal were in a debate throwing accusations, because both were once accused of different crimes. Datena's crime was never investigated for the lack of proof, but Marçal was condemned by a crime in 2010. He wasn't punished, though, because it was too long ago and brazilian laws state a time limit for punishment. Anyway, while they were accusing each other, Marçal said Datena wasn't "man enough" to hit him (literally), and that's when Datena hit him with a chair. He sure got what he was looking for. Physical attacks are never justified, though.

  8. "Some context: the person who was hit with the chair is a notorious liar and a convicted criminal for fraud. He became a famous coach and made millions by deceiving dumb people into buying his courses. He saw running for mayor as an opportunity to expand his profits. He had been making absurd accusations and falsely charging all the other candidates with crimes in other debates, always resorting to vulgarity and provocations. He even went so far as to exploit the suicide of one candidate's father, who suffered from drug addiction, falsely accusing her of being responsible for the tragedy because she had abandoned him to attend a course at Harvard, which was a lie. Just before getting hit with the chair, he falsely accused the other candidate of being a r4p*st and challenged him to hit him, claiming he wouldn’t be a man if he didn’t. The other candidate showed that it wasn’t quite like that…"

  9. Marçal is a ganster. Trajectory of a criminal, journalist reveals how Pablo Marçal turns out to be a millionaire
    Editor of the Goiás site 24 hours, Cristiano Silva is available as related to coach com o organized crime;
    247 – Journalist and writer Cristiano Silva launched a book entitled "Pablo Marçal: a journey of crime", with detailed investigations and epistories of coach and politician Pablo Marçal. Today Silva, started in 2022, includes events and political figures associated with Marçal, sharing a series of illegal activities that date back to his participation in a large number of cybercrimes in 2005. This information was initially disclosed on our website 24 hours a day, do qual Silva é editor.

    In an interview with TV 24, Silva related how he obtained documents and tests that connected Marçal to various scandals, including manipulations during political campaigns and relationships with controversial figures, such as Tenente Coronel Edson Melo. This last description was described as involving the actions of the police, including the police of Goiás.

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