Douglas Garcia

Douglas Garcia Bispo dos Santos (born in São Paulo on January 26, 1994) is a Brazilian former state deputy in São Paulo. He is affiliated with the Republicans. He was elected in 2018.[1] He is anti-communist and an ally of conservative president Jair Bolsonaro.

Douglas Garcia
State Deputy for São Paulo
In office
15 March 2019 – 15 March 2023
Personal details
Born
Douglas Garcia Bispo dos Santos

(1994-01-26) January 26, 1994
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyRepublicanos (since 2022)
Garcia in 2018

In the 2022 election, he obtained just over 24,000 votes and was not elected federal deputy, being without holding a public office as soon as his term ends in March 2023.[2]

Personal life

On April 5, 2019, the day after threatening to assault a transsexual who used the same bathroom as her mother or sister, Garcia admitted to being homosexual. On the tribune of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (ALESP), he stated: "It does not diminish in any way the flags that I have been defending here in the Legislative Assembly against 'gender ideology'".[3]

References
  1. "Deputado Estadual". www.al.sp.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  2. "Deputado que tentou intimidar Vera Magalhães na TV é derrotado nas eleições". notícias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  3. "Deputado do PSL que atacou colega transexual assume ser gay". oglobo.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-27.
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