Respostas Populistas à Crise do Coronavírus: Análise dos Twitters de Donald Trump e Jair Bolsonaro | Populist Responses to the Coronavirus Crisis: Analysis of Tweets by Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro
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Keywords

Brazil
coronavirus
Covid-19
United States
populism
Twitter

How to Cite

Vieira Costa, A. L., & Bernardi, A. J. B. (2021). Respostas Populistas à Crise do Coronavírus: Análise dos Twitters de Donald Trump e Jair Bolsonaro | Populist Responses to the Coronavirus Crisis: Analysis of Tweets by Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. Political Observer | Revista Portuguesa De Ciência Política (Portuguese Journal of Political Science), (14). https://doi.org/10.33167/2184-2078.RPCP2020.14/pp.81-103

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has suddenly and fast emerged, bringing new challenges on a global scale. Brazil and the United States have been for months the two countries with most cases and deaths by Covid-19 in the world, until India surpassed Brazil, and only on the number of cases. Therefore, there are similarities in the way their presidents have been dealing with the crisis. Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro have been in standout on international media by their poor leadership in face of the crises created by the pandemic. Both presidents have politicized the crisis, standing against scientific evidence and world recommendations. Contrary to social isolation, they have antagonized governors and mayors, intensifying conflicts despite the lost lives, disqualifying the media as fake news. Given that, this paper aims to analyse how the populist leaders, in Brazil and in the United States, have responded to the coronavirus crisis in terms of actions and discourses. For this purpose, we analyse tweets from both their official Twitter accounts, on the period from the first official recorded case until the milestone of 100 thousand deaths in each country.

https://doi.org/10.33167/2184-2078.RPCP2020.14/pp.81-103
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