Brazil's election ignites MAGA's midterm warnings

President Trump and MAGA-world influencers are echoing Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro's claims of a rigged election after the Trump-aligned populist fell to the incumbent president in Sunday's election.The big picture: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's runoff victory has been widely seen as a counterweight to the global right's surge in Latin America. But Bolsonaro, like his father, isn't accepting defeat.What they're saying: "It looked like another rigged election, frankly," Trump told reporters Monday.He added, "Elections have to be indisputable, and it looked very bad to me."The White House referred Axios to Trump's comments when asked to respond.Friction point: Bolsonaro told reporters it was "impossible to recognize the result of this election in the context of how these things have happened," according to a translation. He also vowed to ask for the results to be annulled.Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin's two-hour extension to Sunday's voting has fueled Bolsonaro's claims. Zanin previously served as Lula's lawyer.But both Bolsonaro and Lula's camps requested more time for voters. Lula's team requested the extension because of public tran…

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