How a maverick Brazil lawmaker helped Lula beat Bolsonaro's propaganda machine

Federal deputy Andre Janones gestures during an interview with Reuters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Gabriel Stargardter

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - To bring down far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Andre Janones had to fight fire with fire.

The little-known 38-year-old lawmaker was running a longshot presidential campaign until he joined forces in August with President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, adding bite to the leftist's campaign with his raw, no-holds-barred approach to online politics.