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Opponents Call Tebet Too Left-Wing and Seek to Strengthen Her Alliance With the Left

From Folha de S.Paulo · () Portuguese

Translated from Portuguese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Right-wing candidates contesting a São Paulo Senate seat are emphasizing Simone Tebet's PSB affiliation and support for Fernando Haddad and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
  • They argue that Tebet presents herself as a centrist despite her links to the Workers' Party, and André do Prado said he wanted to turn her campaign color from blue to red.

Simone Tebet's opponents on the right want voters to see her in red, not blue. Their campaign strategy in the São Paulo Senate race is to emphasize her ties to the left and challenge her image as a centrist.

The candidates point to Tebet's PSB membership and her support for Fernando Haddad's bid for the state government and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's presidential campaign. They argue that she is trying to conceal her relationship with the Workers' Party while leading in some opinion polls.

They also see the campaign's visual identity as part of that effort. "Simone is very blue. Let's paint her red," said André do Prado, one of her opponents from the Liberal Party.

Tebet, a former planning minister, generally describes herself as a centrist and supports liberal economic ideas. The dispute over her political identity has therefore become a central line of attack in the contest.

Simone is very blue. Let's paint her red.

· André do PradoThe Liberal Party candidate was describing his strategy of emphasizing Tebet's links to the political left.
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Originally published by Folha de S.Paulo in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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