MPs clash in Allerg over Jojo Tudinho tribute; watch video

State deputy Renan Jordi (PL) had a fight with his colleague Renato Machado (PT), after he proposed honoring singer Jogo Todinho with the Tiradentes Medal. The argument took place during a session of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (sensitive) This Tuesday 17.

“I would like to express my solidarity with the artist Jojo Todinho, who left the ideological slave camps of the left,” said Jordi, referring to the artist’s recent ideological positioning, which confirmed her as right-wing during He lives On Instagram.

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He also said that the Labour Party and PSOE “hate anyone who thinks otherwise” and accused them of being “the real slave owners of the 21st century”.

After Jordi’s speech, Machado asked for respect. “I am a good citizen, a family man, a black evangelical pastor, if you want to start a personal problem with me, you can do it outside,” the PT member challenged.

When Machado responded, Jordi pointed his finger at the black jacket he was wearing. The PT member considered the gesture racist, and said he would report his colleague to the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Ethics Council of Allerg.

According to Jordi, he wanted to joke that he was “trembling with fear” and that there would be no racism involved, when his proposal was intended to honor JoJo, a black woman.

Remember Jojo Todinho’s situation?

During a He lives On Sunday the 15th, Jojo announced his support for the candidate for mayor of Rio de Janeiro Alexandre Ramagem (PL). The singer also said that she felt relieved to be able to announce herself. “Black right-wing woman.”

“I couldn’t stand not being able to talk anymore, because you already know,” the singer said at the time, having already posted a photo alongside Ramagem and former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro days earlier.

Jojo

in He livesJoJo described it as “crazy” that some people think it’s normal for someone to say it’s justified to steal a cell phone to have a beer. The singer also criticised the country’s insecurity: “I think it’s absurd that we have to travel in an armoured car.”

Read also: “Rio de Janeiro in Collapse,” article by Branca Nunes published in issue 178 of Revista Oeste magazine