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In echo of Jan. 6 attack in U.S., Brazilian protesters storm their Congress, high court and palace In a scene reminiscent of the violent Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, in the U.S., supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed their Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday in the capital city of Brasilia.

The uprising of Bolsonaro supporters who refused to accept his defeat came a week after his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was inaugurated.

Lula da Silva was in São Paulo and not in the presidential palace at the time of the breach. Since December, Bolsonaro has been staying in Orlando.

Bolsonaro, like former President Donald Trump, spent the months since his defeat making claims that election officials and hackers rigged the election.

He has spent years challenging Brazil's election system, similar to Trump who spent months saying the 2016 election was being rigged until he defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump has repeatedly pushed the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.

The claims from Bolsonaro precipitated Sunday's violent scene, with thousands of demonstrators busting through security barricades, scaling walls, destroying property and invading Congress, their high court and the presidential palace.

They donned green and yellow colors and carried matching flags – symbols of the Bolsonaro presidency, much like the MAGA hats and Trump 2020 banners of the rioters two years ago.