It turns out that at the same event, held in Fortaleza, a statement from the senator Magno Malta (PL-ES), who said he was “closer than a brother” to Jirão, revealed that Bolsonaro told Cearra he would support him, if it were up to him alone. The speech was recorded on video and shown to the audience before Michelle spoke. Malta explained in the recording that he was unable to attend because he had recently undergone surgery and was unable to travel.
-I want to tell you something here, see Michelle? One day Jirau spoke to me: “Take me to Bolsonaro.” And I took it. I took it to Bolsonaro. We entered a room, next to the room of our dear and eternal President, who today is suffering persecution from this accursed consortium that has taken over this country, and whom we will remove from power on the 26th. I sat there with Jirao, and Jirao took a friend of the president from Ceara, who is a friend of yours. And I heard Jair Bolsonaro… he grabbed Jairau’s arm, I was very surprised by that. He said: I follow your command. You are a brave man and I have a lot of respect for you. “It would be great if you were at our party.”
Magno Malta added:
“Look, if it depends on me, then just me, I will support you,” Bolsonaro said, grabbing Jirao’s arm. Right, Jirao? Wasn’t it like that? It was so.