Brazil is showing the U.S. how to respond to an insurrection

The U.S. prides itself as an exporter of democracy. We must now wrestle with being an exporter of right-wing extremism, Nayyera Haq writes. [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Jan. 10, 2023 THE LATEST [Alternate text] [Brazil is showing the U.S. how to respond to an insurrection]( by Nayyera Haq The flag at the tip of the spear is different, but the image is the same A crowd of people, unhappy with election results is in a standoff with police outside a Capitol building. It takes only a handful of people lashing out for the anger to spread into a mob, which then roars forward en masse to topple the barricades before storming into its country’s workplaces of democracy. The world was stunned, watching this unfold in the United States on Jan. 6, 2021. Slightly more than two years to the day later, Brazil experienced a similar upheaval, spurred by a similar right-wing persona spreading election lies and a sense of aggrievement. The United States prides itself as an exporter of democracy, and for decades has been holding up its system of liberalism and rule of law as a standard for the rest of the world. After this weekend's events in Brazil, and the parallels and connections to Trumpism, we must now wrestle with being an exporter of right-wing extremism. This is a preview of Nayyera Haq's latest article. [Read their full column here](.     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [JAMES DOWNIE]( [McCarthy was forced to give up a lot. What he offered to give up was even worse.]( House speaker Kevin McCarthy's most dangerous "concessions" were voluntary. Read more.](//link.msnbc.com/click/30204098.40680/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL3RoZS1yZWlkb3V0L3JlaWRvdXQtYmxvZy9iYW5uaW5nLXRpa3Rvay1ub3QtZ29vZC11c2UtYmlkZW4tcmVwdWJsaWNhbi10aW1lLXJjbmE2MzczMT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIzMDExMCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B3dbc4fad [JORDAN RUBIN]( [Supreme Court sides with death row prisoner in wild saga over DNA evidence]( Some cases go too far, even for this conservative-leaning Supreme Court. [Read more.]( [STEVE BENEN]( [George Santos faces FEC complaint over alleged campaign finance violations]( More bad news for the Republican congressman. Read more.]( [JA'HAN JONES]( [Jair Bolsonaro's reported Florida stay after the insurrection in Brazil is incredibly ironic]( Per GOP rhetoric, violent migrants like Bolsonaro should be booted from the U.S. So why is he apparently being allowed to stay in Florida? [Read more.]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [THE LAST WORD]( [Moss: Biden classified docs case 'has no similarity to what Trump did']( [THE REIDOUT]( ['Bolsonaro is Donald Trump's Mini-Me': Eugene Robinson on Brazil riots]( [ALL IN]( ['He gave away everything': McGovern on McCarthy’s concessions to become speaker]( [DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE]( [Weissmann: Fani Willis' Trump election probe 'feels like an incoming, heat-seeking missile'](     MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] This week on "Into America," Trymaine Lee revisits 2022’s "Reconstructed" series, beginning with episode number 1, "Birth of a Black Nation," where he is joined by the great-grandson of late Congressman Robert Smalls to discuss how Black people gained political power and liberated their people during the Reconstruction Era. [Listen now](, wherever you get your podcasts. The final episode of "Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra" is now available. After the sedition trial collapses, the Justice Department prosecutor at its helm heads to occupied Germany and uncovers a bombshell threat to American democracy. Upon his return to the States, he decides to publicly name names. [Listen]( to all eight episodes of "Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra" now, wherever you get your podcasts.       [Image] [Image] 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily) [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)