Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, lacerated hard-leftist actor Mark Ruffalo after Ruffalo warned President Biden about meeting the Brazilian president.
Ruffalo tweeted to Biden, “Dear @POTUS: the man you are meeting with today does not respect democracy and consistently threatens a coup. As the 1/6 hearings begin, remember to stand on the side of democracy.”
Dear @POTUS: the man you are meeting with today does not respect democracy and consistently threatens a coup. As the 1/6 hearings begin, remember to stand on the side of democracy. pic.twitter.com/bhAAHxEjqC
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) June 9, 2022
Bolsonaro mocked Ruffalo’s intelligence with a vengeance, first calling him “Mark Ruffles,” then comparing the Brazilian Constitution to the “complicated Hulk scripts you have to memorize” including Ruffalo as The Hulk reading the line of dialogue saying “AHGFRR.”
He wrote, “Dear Mark Ruffles, calm down! I’m sure you have never read the Brazilian Constitution, but I can assure you it’s nothing like the complicated Hulk scripts you have to memorize: ‘AHGFRR.’ Read it and you’ll find out I’m not only respecting it, but protecting Brazil’s rule of law.”
– Dear Mark Ruffles, calm dowm! I'm sure you have never read the Brazilian Constitution, but I can assure you it's nothing like the complicated Hulk scripts you have to memorize:"AHGFRR". Read it and you'll find out I'm not only respecting it, but protecting Brazil's rule of law. https://t.co/djBbccMAPX
— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) June 10, 2022
Then Bolsonaro got more serious, asserting, “The records show my government has always been on the side of democracy and the Constitution. It’s the Brazilian left (your masters) who wants to control the press, curb freedom of speech, censor the internet and financially support dictatorships like Cuba and Venezula, not me.”
He attempted to put it in terms the actor could more easily understand, writing, “Let me make it simple: if Captain America was elected by +55 million people and Thanos, who is a foreigner and doesn’t know anything about the US, tries to interfere in the American territory or electoral process, it’s Thanos and not the Captain who is disrespect[ing] democracy.”
– Let me make it simple: if Captain America was elected by +55million people and Thanos, who is a foreigner and doesn't know anything about the US, tries to interfere in the American territory or electoral process, it's Thanos and not the Captain who is disrepectin democracy.
— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) June 10, 2022
Ruffalo has said America is guilty of apartheid; comparing it to Israel, which he also accused of apartheid. Asked in an interview in October 2020, he ranted, “Here we are in America, and we’re looking at the very same thing. I mean, this is kind of an apartheid system. There is [sic] two Americas; there’s the BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of color) America and there’s the white America. And that’s an injustice.”
Bolsonaro has ripped famous American leftist actors before; in April, he targted Leonardo DiCaprio, an avowed environmentalist who has been publicly rebuked for flying on private jets, after DiCaprio urged young Brazilians to vote.
“Thanks for your support, Leo!” Bolsonaro snapped. “It’s really important to have every Brazilian voting in the coming elections. Our people will decide if they want to keep our sovereignty on the Amazon or to be ruled by crooks who serve foreign special interest. Good job in The Revenant!”
– Thanks for your support, Leo! It's really important to have every Brazilian voting in the coming elections. Our people will decide if they want to keep our sovereignty on the Amazon or to be ruled by crooks who serve foreign special interest. Good job in The Revenant! 👍 https://t.co/kg3b6rmPCw
— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) April 29, 2022