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| {{Infobox officeholder | |||
| | name = Gustavo Gayer | |||
| | birth_name = Gustavo Gayer Machado de Araújo | |||
| | image = Gustavo Gayer.jpg | |||
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| | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|04|13}} | |||
| | birth_place = ], ], ] | |||
| | nationality = ] | |||
| | caption = Gayer in 2024 | |||
| | party = ] {{Small|(2022–present)}}<br>] {{Small|(2020–2022)}} | |||
| | profession = ]<br>]<br> ] | |||
| | office = ] for ] | |||
| | term_start = ], ] – present | |||
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| '''Gustavo Gayer Machado de Araújo''' (April 13, 1981) is a ] ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gustavo Gayer |url=https://diariodorio.com/eleicoes2020/goias/goiania/candidato/prefeito/gustavo-gayer-27/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209014629/https://diariodorio.com/eleicoes2020/goias/goiania/candidato/prefeito/gustavo-gayer-27/ |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=Diário do Rio}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Eleições 2022: Gustavo Gayer - PL {{!}} Ficha do candidato {{!}} Folha |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/candidatos/2022/go/deputado-federal/gustavo-gayer-90001652508.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106142716/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/candidatos/2022/go/deputado-federal/gustavo-gayer-90001652508.shtml |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 27, 2021 |title=Gustavo Gayer terá encontro com o presidente Jair Bolsonaro em Goiânia |url=https://diariodegoias.com.br/gustavo-gayer-tera-encontro-com-o-presidente-jair-bolsonaro-em-goiania/196423/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130164227/https://diariodegoias.com.br/gustavo-gayer-tera-encontro-com-o-presidente-jair-bolsonaro-em-goiania/196423/ |archive-date=November 30, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Diário de Goiás |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He became better known in 2020 due to the rise of ] and the ] on social media, aligning himself with then-president ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Petrarca |first=Fernanda Rios |last2=Ferreira de Oliveira |first2=Wilson José |date=2022-03-25 |title=Jalecos Brancos e o “Dragão Covidiano”: as alianças em torno do tratamento precoce |url=http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/ciencias_sociais/article/view/23164 |url-status=live |journal=Ciências Sociais Unisinos |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=324–336 |doi=10.4013/csu.2021.57.3.06 |issn=2177-6229 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624113236/https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2021.57.3.06 |archive-date=June 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Elliott |first=Vittoria |title=Elon Musk Is Platforming Far-Right Activists in Brazil, Defying Court Order |url=https://www.wired.com/story/brazil-court-elon-musk-far-right/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241212071233/https://www.wired.com/story/brazil-court-elon-musk-far-right/ |archive-date=December 12, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |work=] |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> He is considered one of the most controversial politicians in ] state and one of the main Bolsonaro supporters in the state. He was named by the ] as one of the YouTubers who profited most from spreading ] ].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Silva |first=José |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Carla Zambelli usa verba pública em viagem, é pega na mentira e se irrita {{!}} Maquiavel |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/maquiavel/carla-zambelli-usa-verba-publica-em-viagem-e-pega-na-mentira-e-se-irrita/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131083019/https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/maquiavel/carla-zambelli-usa-verba-publica-em-viagem-e-pega-na-mentira-e-se-irrita/ |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> In 2022, he was elected federal deputy for Goiás with the second highest vote in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2022 |title=Goiás: Gustavo Gayer (PL) é eleito deputado federal; veja votos |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/10/02/gustavo-gayer-deputado-federal.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023180123/https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/10/02/gustavo-gayer-deputado-federal.htm |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ozawa |first=João |date=2024 |title=One step to overturn a democracy : the role of far-right media in fostering citizens’ extremism in Brazil |url=https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/32408ec4-763e-47ee-a3b6-73b2662ae229/content |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106203228/https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/32408ec4-763e-47ee-a3b6-73b2662ae229/content |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=]}}</ref> | |||
| Congressman Gustavo Gayer is facing calls for his impeachment and possible imprisonment due to controversial statements associating the existence of dictatorships on the ] continent with the supposed “lack of cognitive capacity” of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marzullo |first=Luísa |date=February 28, 2024 |title=STF intima Gustavo Gayer por racismo contra Silvio Almeida e injúria em fala sobre Lula |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2024/02/28/stf-intima-gustavo-gayer-por-racismo-contra-silvio-almeida-e-injuria-em-fala-sobre-lula.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906225525/https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2024/02/28/stf-intima-gustavo-gayer-por-racismo-contra-silvio-almeida-e-injuria-em-fala-sobre-lula.ghtml |archive-date=September 6, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> In a podcast, Gayer compared the ] in Africa to that of monkeys, claiming that Brazil is following the same path.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2023 |title=Investigado, Gayer nega racismo e culpa imprensa: 'Interpretação desonesta' |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2023/07/05/gustavo-gayer-sobre-falas-racistas-podcast.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718045340/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2023/07/05/gustavo-gayer-sobre-falas-racistas-podcast.htm |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> In addition, he is accused of insulting President ] and of racism by linking Minister ] 's African descent to a supposed intellectual inferiority, resulting in accusations that seek to hold him responsible for disseminating racist and segregationist ideas.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Sousa |first=Gabriel |date=June 28, 2023 |title=Deputado diz que africanos e brasileiros são burros, e deve ser levado ao Conselho de Ética |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/deputado-gustavo-gayer-africanos-brasileiros-burros-deve-ser-levado-conselho-etica-nprp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317200841/https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/deputado-gustavo-gayer-africanos-brasileiros-burros-deve-ser-levado-conselho-etica-nprp/ |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendes |first=Lucas |date=November 20, 2023 |title=PGR denuncia deputado Gustavo Gayer por racismo contra Silvio Almeida e injúria contra Lula |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/pgr-denuncia-deputado-gustavo-gayer-por-racismo-contra-silvio-almeida-e-injuria-contra-lula/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613151004/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/pgr-denuncia-deputado-gustavo-gayer-por-racismo-contra-silvio-almeida-e-injuria-contra-lula/ |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| == Biography == | |||
| === Early years === | |||
| Gayer was born on April 13, 1981, in ], the capital of the state of Góias.<ref name=":0" /> He is the son of delegate, councilor of Goiania and state deputy, {{Interlanguage link|Maria da Conceição Gayer|pt|Maria da Conceição Gayer}}, who died in December 2006, who campaigned against the ] in the early 1980's.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carvalho |first=Giselle Vanessa |date=March 8, 2022 |title=Apesar da fama de outsider, Gustavo Gayer tem linhagem política e à esquerda |url=https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/apesar-da-fama-de-outsider-gustavo-gayer-tem-linhagem-politica-e-a-esquerda-384591/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420155854/https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/apesar-da-fama-de-outsider-gustavo-gayer-tem-linhagem-politica-e-a-esquerda-384591/ |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Jornal Opção |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 22, 2023 |title=Um antipolítico parente de políticos: entenda quem é Gustavo Gayer |url=https://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/area/congresso-nacional/um-antipolitico-parente-de-politicos-entenda-quem-e-gustavo-gayer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527163736/https://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/area/congresso-nacional/um-antipolitico-parente-de-politicos-entenda-quem-e-gustavo-gayer/ |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Congresso em Foco |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Filho |first=João |date=July 1, 2023 |title=Fala de Gustavo Gayer faria Hitler rir no inferno |url=https://www.intercept.com.br/2023/07/01/por-que-a-fala-de-gustavo-gayer-faria-hitler-rir-no-inferno/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524010815/https://www.intercept.com.br/2023/07/01/por-que-a-fala-de-gustavo-gayer-faria-hitler-rir-no-inferno/ |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> His great-grandfather, {{Interlanguage link|Plínio Gayer|pt|Plínio Gayer}}, was a federal deputy for Goiás in the 1950s and was member of ] party, ] (PSD).<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Viana |first=Luana |date=October 25, 2024 |title=Saiba quem é Gustavo Gayer, deputado goiano alvo de operação da PF |url=https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/saiba-quem-e-gustavo-gayer-deputado-goiano-alvo-de-operacao-da-pf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241027021132/https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/saiba-quem-e-gustavo-gayer-deputado-goiano-alvo-de-operacao-da-pf |archive-date=October 27, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sampaio |first=Cristiane |date=October 25, 2024 |title=Saiba quem é Gustavo Gayer, deputado federal alvo de operação da PF nesta sexta-feira (25) |url=https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/10/25/saiba-quem-e-gustavo-gayer-deputado-federal-alvo-de-operacao-da-pf-nesta-sexta-feira-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106151901/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/10/25/saiba-quem-e-gustavo-gayer-deputado-federal-alvo-de-operacao-da-pf-nesta-sexta-feira-25 |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He is the brother-in-law of {{Interlanguage link|Luana Ribeiro|pt|Luana Ribeiro}}, a state deputy from ], who was a member of the ] (PCdoB).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Luana Ribeiro |url=https://pcdob.org.br/candidaturas/luana-ribeiro/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522011852/https://pcdob.org.br/candidaturas/luana-ribeiro/ |archive-date=May 22, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> In an interview with the Goiás newspaper ''Diário do Estado'' in October 2020, she said that her father abandoned her mother when she was still pregnant, and she was raised by an ] brother who was ten years older.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2020 |title=Vídeo: Gustavo Gayer do DC, se eleito pretende apoiar homossexuais na prefeitura de Goiânia |url=https://diariodoestadogo.com.br/video-gustavo-gayer-do-dc-se-eleito-pretende-apoiar-homossexuais-na-prefeitura-de-goiania-76378/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228213322/https://diariodoestadogo.com.br/video-gustavo-gayer-do-dc-se-eleito-pretende-apoiar-homossexuais-na-prefeitura-de-goiania-76378/ |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |access-date=February 28, 2023 |website=Diário do Estado}}</ref> | |||
| === Career === | |||
| He is the owner of a language school with a focus on ], and works as a teacher at the school, despite not having higher education, as well as being a digital activist and political commentator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gustavo Gayer |url=https://portalpolitica.com.br/deputados-federais/gustavo-gayer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106150930/https://portalpolitica.com.br/deputados-federais/gustavo-gayer/ |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Portal Política |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GUSTAVO GAYER MACHADO DE ARAUJO |url=https://divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br/divulga/#/candidato/CENTROOESTE/GO/2040602022/90001652508/2022/GO |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> He is a ] and ].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Oliveira |first=Rafael |date=September 15, 2020 |title=Partido Democracia Cristã oficializa o empresário Gustavo Gayer como candidato à Prefeitura de Goiânia |url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/09/15/partido-democracia-crista-oficializa-o-empresario-gustavo-gayer-como-candidato-a-prefeitura-de-goiania.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129165055/https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/09/15/partido-democracia-crista-oficializa-o-empresario-gustavo-gayer-como-candidato-a-prefeitura-de-goiania.ghtml |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> | |||
| He became known for his strong engagement with ] social networks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dias |first=Elder |date=July 12, 2024 |title=Gustavo Gayer é o 2º entre youtubers que lucraram com fake news sobre pandemia, revela Google |url=https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/gustavo-gayer-e-2-entre-youtubers-que-lucraram-com-fake-news-sobre-pandemia-revela-google-334625/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716082425/https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/gustavo-gayer-e-2-entre-youtubers-que-lucraram-com-fake-news-sobre-pandemia-revela-google-334625/ |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Jornal Opção |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He has a ] channel where he claims to “spread the truth and prevent more young people from falling into the ideological dungeon of the ]”. As of September 2020, his channel had 290 000 subscribers and videos with 1 million views.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2020 |title=Gustavo Gayer (DC), a novidade para a eleição goianiense |url=https://jornalhoraextra.com.br/entrevista/gustavo-gayer-dc-a-novidade-para-as-eleicoes-goianienses/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101092645/https://jornalhoraextra.com.br/entrevista/gustavo-gayer-dc-a-novidade-para-as-eleicoes-goianienses/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |website=Hora Extra}}</ref> | |||
| In July 2021 his channel had 419 000 subscribers, having already reached 452 000 subscribers in August of the same year, by which time he was already well identified as a disseminator of fake news.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 7, 2021 |title=Vídeo de Gustavo Gayer engana ao mostrar parcial de enquete com intenção de voto para presidente |url=https://www.jornaldotocantins.com.br/editorias/politica/v%C3%ADdeo-de-gustavo-gayer-engana-ao-mostrar-parcial-de-enquete-com-inten%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-voto-para-presidente-1.2280544 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129165057/https://www.jornaldotocantins.com.br/editorias/politica/v%C3%ADdeo-de-gustavo-gayer-engana-ao-mostrar-parcial-de-enquete-com-inten%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-voto-para-presidente-1.2280544 |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Jornal do Tocantins |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Simionato |first=Letícia |date=August 6, 2021 |title=Voto impresso, a roupa nova da desinformação |url=https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/voto-impresso-roupa-nova-da-desinformacao/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219164235/https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/voto-impresso-roupa-nova-da-desinformacao/ |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=revista ] - _pra quem tem um clique a mais}}</ref> In January 2025, the channel had 1 840 000 subscribers and more than 115 million views.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gustavo Gayer Deputado Federal's YouTube Stats |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/gustavogayer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/mjeAB |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Social Blade Stats}}</ref> He is a regular commentator on the online political analysis program ''Hora do Strike'', broadcast by the Paraná newspaper '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 7, 2022 |title=Terceira temporada do Hora do Strike estreia nesta segunda-feira na Gazeta do Povo |url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vida-e-cidadania/terceira-temporada-do-hora-do-strike-estreia-nesta-segunda-feira-na-gazeta-do-povo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229050227/https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vida-e-cidadania/terceira-temporada-do-hora-do-strike-estreia-nesta-segunda-feira-na-gazeta-do-povo/ |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| == Political == | |||
| Gayer says he became interested in politics in 2015, “outraged at the way Brazil was going”. He began to take part in the demonstrations for ], then for ], and all the demonstrations in support of ].<ref name=":2" /> | |||
| He entered politics in 2020, building his space in the political field as one of Bolsonaro's biggest supporters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sampaio |first=Cristiane |date=September 30, 2020 |title=Goiânia: em disputa fragmentada, 16 candidatos buscam cargo de prefeito na capital |url=https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2020/09/30/goiania-em-disputa-fragmentada-16-candidatos-buscam-cargo-de-prefeito-na-capital |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808014937/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2020/09/30/goiania-em-disputa-fragmentada-16-candidatos-buscam-cargo-de-prefeito-na-capital |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hirose |first=Rodrigo |date=March 8, 2020 |title=Quem é e o que pensa a direita em Goiás |url=https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/reportagens/quem-e-e-o-que-pensa-a-direita-em-goias-239928/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125204845/https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/reportagens/quem-e-e-o-que-pensa-a-direita-em-goias-239928/ |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Jornal Opção |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He joined ] (DC), to run for {{Interlanguage link|2020 Goiânia mayoral election |pt|Eleição municipal de Goiânia em 2020|lt=mayor of Goiania in 2020}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2020 |title=Eleições 2020: conheça os candidatos à prefeitura de Goiânia |url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/eleicoes-2020/noticia/2020-11/eleicoes-2020-conheca-os-candidatos-prefeitura-de-goiania-go |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404072712/https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/eleicoes-2020/noticia/2020-11/eleicoes-2020-conheca-os-candidatos-prefeitura-de-goiania-go |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> In September 2020, his candidacy was made official by the party to run for mayor.<ref name=":4" /> According to Gayer, his motivation for entering politics was dissatisfaction at seeing “opportunists”, as he described the then São Paulo senator ] and the São Paulo federal deputies ] and ], seeking to attract votes from Bolsonaro voters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Humberto |first=Thiago |date=September 22, 2020 |title=Goiânia: "Pessoas oportunistas estavam tentando ganhar votos de bolsonaristas", diz Gayer |url=https://diariodegoias.com.br/goiania-pessoas-oportunistas-estavam-tentando-ganhar-votos-de-bolsonaristas-diz-gayer/168075/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129172056/https://diariodegoias.com.br/goiania-pessoas-oportunistas-estavam-tentando-ganhar-votos-de-bolsonaristas-diz-gayer/ |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Diário de Goiás |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| On October 21, 2020, his candidacy was rejected by electoral judge Wilson da Silva Dias, due to the absence of first-degree criminal certificates from the State and Federal Courts for the deputy mayor, Alexandre Magalhães, and therefore not being able to register.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Araújo |first=Augusto |date=October 22, 2020 |title=Gustavo Gayer tem candidatura indeferida por juiz eleitoral |url=https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/gustavo-gayer-tem-candidatura-indeferida-por-juiz-eleitoral-290935/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024174636/https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/gustavo-gayer-tem-candidatura-indeferida-por-juiz-eleitoral-290935/ |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Jornal Opção |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 22, 2022 |title=Candidatura de Gustavo Gayer é indeferida por irregularidades na documentação do vice |url=https://radiobandeirantesgoiania.com.br/candidatura-de-gustavo-gayer-e-indeferida-por-irregularidades-na-documentacao-do-vice/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125043149/https://radiobandeirantesgoiania.com.br/candidatura-de-gustavo-gayer-e-indeferida-por-irregularidades-na-documentacao-do-vice/ |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2024 |website=Radio Bandeirantes Goiânia |language=pt-BR}}</ref> Despite the ruling, the case was reviewed after an appeal was filed with the electoral court and Gayer was allowed to run for mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rocha |first=Douglas |date=October 22, 2020 |title=Candidatura indeferida de Gustavo Gayer pode ter reviravolta - O Hoje |url=https://ohoje.com/2020/10/22/candidatura-indeferida-de-gustavo-gayer-pode-ter-reviravolta/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106171338/https://ohoje.com/2020/10/22/candidatura-indeferida-de-gustavo-gayer-pode-ter-reviravolta/ |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=O Hoje |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliveira |first=Rafael |date=November 4, 2020 |title=Candidatos a prefeito de Goiânia dizem o que pretendem fazer para reduzir as desigualdades sociais |url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/11/04/candidatos-a-prefeito-de-goiania-dizem-o-que-pretendem-fazer-para-reduzir-as-desigualdades-sociais.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925212832/https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/eleicoes/2020/noticia/2020/11/04/candidatos-a-prefeito-de-goiania-dizem-o-que-pretendem-fazer-para-reduzir-as-desigualdades-sociais.ghtml |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> He finished the election in fourth place, not advancing to the second round, and ahead of deputy {{Interlanguage link|Junio Alves Araújo|pt|Junio Alves Araújo |lt=Major Araújo}}, of the ] (PSL), a candidate officially supported by Bolsonaro.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resultados da apuração para prefeito e vereadores do 1° turno - Goiânia - GO {{!}} Eleições 2020 {{!}} Folha |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2020/apuracao/1turno/go/goiania/93734.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709062732/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2020/apuracao/1turno/go/goiania/93734.shtml |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2020 |title=PSL oficializa o policial militar Major Araújo como candidato à Prefeitura de Goiânia |url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2020/09/13/psl-oficializa-o-policial-militar-major-araujo-como-candidato-a-prefeitura-de-goiania.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607154404/https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2020/09/13/psl-oficializa-o-policial-militar-major-araujo-como-candidato-a-prefeitura-de-goiania.ghtml |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> | |||
| As he became more prominent in the DC's Goiás chapter, he got closer to Bolsonaro, even arranging an official lunch the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 29, 2021 |title=Gustavo Gayer almoça com Bolsonaro mas não fala em eleições 2022: "Tudo pode mudar", salienta |url=https://diariodegoias.com.br/gustavo-gayer-almoca-com-bolsonaro-mas-nao-fala-em-eleicoes-2022-tudo-pode-mudar/196588/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129165058/https://diariodegoias.com.br/gustavo-gayer-almoca-com-bolsonaro-mas-nao-fala-em-eleicoes-2022-tudo-pode-mudar/196588/ |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Diário de Goiás |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=November 27, 2021 |title=Gustavo Gayer detona Gustavo Mendanha. Veja o vídeo |url=https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/gustavo-gayer-detona-gustavo-mendanha-veja-o-video-354637/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927153812/https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/gustavo-gayer-detona-gustavo-mendanha-veja-o-video-354637/ |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Jornal Opção |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| Without holding public office, on January 19, 2022, he traveled with public money to the United States together with the federal deputy from São Paulo, ], and the senator from ], ], both from Bolsonaro's support base in Congress, in order to participate in the conservative March of Life, with anti-abortion agendas, in ], demanding tougher rules for women who try to have the procedure.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrade |first=Tainá |date=January 26, 2022 |title=Zambelli recua e admite uso de dinheiro público para viagem aos EUA |url=https://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/noticia/politica/2022/01/zambelli-recua-e-admite-uso-de-dinheiro-publico-para-viagem-aos-eua.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127003700/https://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/noticia/politica/2022/01/zambelli-recua-e-admite-uso-de-dinheiro-publico-para-viagem-aos-eua.html |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> The three also attended a dinner at ]'s ], sponsored by the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Carla Zambelli viaja aos EUA para marcha antiaborto com verba da Câmara |url=https://revistamarieclaire.globo.com/Feminismo/Politica/noticia/2022/01/carla-zambelli-viaja-aos-eua-para-marcha-antiaborto-com-verba-da-camara.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129165053/https://revistamarieclaire.globo.com/Feminismo/Politica/noticia/2022/01/carla-zambelli-viaja-aos-eua-para-marcha-antiaborto-com-verba-da-camara.html |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 23, 2022 |title=Parlamentares vão aos EUA atuar em manifestação contra o aborto |url=https://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/area/congresso-nacional/parlamentares-vao-aos-eua-atuar-em-manifestacao-contra-o-aborto/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719145133/https://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/area/congresso-nacional/parlamentares-vao-aos-eua-atuar-em-manifestacao-contra-o-aborto/ |archive-date=July 19, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Congresso em Foco |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| He left the DC and joined the ] (PL).<ref name=":0" /> In 2022, he was elected federal deputy for Goiás, receiving more than 200 000 votes and being the second most voted deputy in the {{Interlanguage link|2022 Goiás gubernatorial election|pt|Eleições estaduais em Goiás em 2022|lt=election}}, behind only of {{Interlanguage link|Silvye Alves|pt|Silvye Alves |lt=Silvye Alves}} (]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deputados federais eleitos em Goiás: apuração e resultados das Eleições 2022 {{!}} Folha |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2022/apuracao/1turno/go/deputado-federal.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106174231/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2022/apuracao/1turno/go/deputado-federal.shtml |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> In the ], Goiânia presented his pre-candidacy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bragon |first=Ranier |date=October 25, 2024 |title=Brasília Hoje: Gustavo Gayer comemora decisão da Justiça contra Caiado horas antes de sofrer busca da PF; assista |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/blogs/brasilia-hoje/2024/10/gustavo-gayer-comemora-decisao-da-justica-contra-caiado-horas-antes-de-sofrer-busca-da-pf-assista.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112222939/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/blogs/brasilia-hoje/2024/10/gustavo-gayer-comemora-decisao-da-justica-contra-caiado-horas-antes-de-sofrer-busca-da-pf-assista.shtml |archive-date=November 12, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> After being passed over by Bolsonaro, who chose {{Interlanguage link|Fred Rodrigues (Brazilian politician)|pt|Fred Rodrigues (político)|lt=Fred Rodrigues}} to support, and facing a ] (PF) action for embezzling public funds, he decided to leave the campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sabóia |first=Gabriel |date=October 26, 2024 |title=Alvo de operação da PF, Gayer deixa campanha de candidato de Bolsonaro de lado em reta final de Goiânia |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2024/noticia/2024/10/26/alvo-de-operacao-da-pf-gayer-deixa-campanha-de-candidato-de-bolsonaro-de-lado-em-reta-final-de-goiania.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106175715/https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/eleicoes-2024/noticia/2024/10/26/alvo-de-operacao-da-pf-gayer-deixa-campanha-de-candidato-de-bolsonaro-de-lado-em-reta-final-de-goiania.ghtml |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Martins |first=Vinícius |date=July 19, 2024 |title=Reviravolta: Gustavo Gayer retira pré-candidatura e Bolsonaro lança Fred Rodrigues para prefeito de Goiânia |url=https://revistafactual.com.br/politica/2024/06/19/reviravolta-gustavo-gayer-retira-pre-candidatura-e-bolsonaro-lanca-fred-rodrigues-para-prefeito-de-goiania/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619193012/https://revistafactual.com.br/politica/2024/06/19/reviravolta-gustavo-gayer-retira-pre-candidatura-e-bolsonaro-lanca-fred-rodrigues-para-prefeito-de-goiania/ |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Revista Factual |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=June 19, 2024 |title=Bolsonaro pede que Gayer desista de prefeitura e continue deputado |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/eleicoes/bolsonaro-pede-que-gayer-desista-de-prefeitura-e-continue-deputado/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621224350/https://www.poder360.com.br/eleicoes/bolsonaro-pede-que-gayer-desista-de-prefeitura-e-continue-deputado/ |archive-date=June 21, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Poder360 |language=pt-br}}</ref> | |||
| === Electoral historical === | |||
| {| class="wikitable" | |||
| |+ | |||
| !Year | |||
| !Election | |||
| !Office | |||
| !Party | |||
| !Votes | |||
| !Result | |||
| !Ref. | |||
| |- | |||
| |2020 | |||
| |{{Interlanguage link|2020 Goiânia mayoral election |pt|Eleição municipal de Goiânia em 2020|lt=Goiânia mayoral election}} | |||
| |Mayor | |||
| |] | |||
| |45 928 | |||
| |{{No2|Not elected}} | |||
| |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resultado das Eleições e Apuração Goiânia-GO no 2º Turno {{!}} G1 Eleições |url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/eleicoes/2020/resultado-das-apuracoes/goiania.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527235228/https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/eleicoes/2020/resultado-das-apuracoes/goiania.ghtml |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> | |||
| |- | |||
| |2022 | |||
| |{{Interlanguage link|2022 Goiás gubernatorial election|pt|Eleições estaduais em Goiás em 2022|lt=Goiânia gubernatorial election}} | |||
| |Federal deputy | |||
| |] | |||
| |200 586 | |||
| |{{Yes2|Elected}} | |||
| |<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2022 |title=Veja quem são os 17 deputados federais eleitos por Goiás {{!}} Eleições 2022 em Goiás |url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/eleicoes/2022/noticia/2022/10/02/veja-quem-sao-os-17-deputados-federais-eleitos-por-goias.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204200105/https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/eleicoes/2022/noticia/2022/10/02/veja-quem-sao-os-17-deputados-federais-eleitos-por-goias.ghtml |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> | |||
| |} | |||
| == Controversies == | |||
| === Fake News === | |||
| ==== Ridicule of nursing ==== | |||
| At the beginning of May 2020, Gayer went to a nurses ' protest on the ] in ], paying a tribute to colleagues who had died after contracting ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2020 |title=Enfermagem realiza ato histórico em homenagem aos mortos pela COVID-19 {{!}} Cofen |url=https://www.cofen.gov.br/enfermagem-realiza-ato-historico-em-homenagem-aos-mortos-pela-covid-19/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073414/https://www.cofen.gov.br/enfermagem-realiza-ato-historico-em-homenagem-aos-mortos-pela-covid-19/ |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Conselho Federal de Enfermagem |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 5, 2020 |title=Goiano é suspeito de agredir enfermeira durante homenagem para vítimas de Covid-19 |url=https://www.dm.com.br/cotidiano/2020/05/goiano-e-suspeito-de-agredir-enfermeira-durante-homenagem-para-vitimas-de-covid-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911220612/https://www.dm.com.br/cotidiano/2020/05/goiano-e-suspeito-de-agredir-enfermeira-durante-homenagem-para-vitimas-de-covid-19/ |archive-date=September 11, 2022 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Diário da Manhã |language=pt-br}}</ref> Gayer spread the word on social media that the act was fake, organized by people pretending to be health professionals.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Santana |first=Vitor |date=May 6, 2020 |title=Empresário goiano diz que criticou em vídeo protesto de enfermeiros no DF por achar que manifestação era falsa |url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2020/05/06/empresario-goiano-diz-que-fez-video-criticando-protesto-de-enfermeiros-no-df-por-achar-que-manifestacao-era-falsa.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129165053/https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2020/05/06/empresario-goiano-diz-que-fez-video-criticando-protesto-de-enfermeiros-no-df-por-achar-que-manifestacao-era-falsa.ghtml |archive-date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> At the same demonstration, several nurses were attacked by Bolsonaro supporters. The Nursing Council of the Federal District (Coren-DF) identified three people who harassed the nurses at the demonstration, and filed a complaint with the ]'s Office against the aggressors, including Gayer.<ref name=":8" /> According to the council's complaint, Gayer's offenses were aimed at diminishing, belittling and ridiculing nursing as an institution and as a profession. Gayer's offenses were aimed at diminishing, belittling and ridiculing ] as an institution and as a profession.<ref name=":8" /> | |||
| According to the list provided by Google to the Covid-19 CPI and published by the Rio de Janeiro newspaper ''O Globo'' in June 2021, Gayer's YouTube channel was the second most profitable with videos spreading fake news about the Covid-19 pandemic, before his videos were deleted for spreading disinformation. | |||
| ==== Fake news ==== | |||
| According to the list provided by ] to the ] and published by the ] newspaper ''O Globo'' in June 2021, Gayer's YouTube channel was the second most profitable with videos spreading fake news about the Covid-19 pandemic, before his videos were deleted for spreading disinformation.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Portinari |first=Natália |date=June 12, 2021 |title=Canais na internet ganharam dinheiro com fake news sobre Covid, informa Google à CPI |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/canais-na-internet-ganharam-dinheiro-com-fake-news-sobre-covid-informa-google-cpi-25058339 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624121921/https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/canais-na-internet-ganharam-dinheiro-com-fake-news-sobre-covid-informa-google-cpi-25058339 |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> Gayer earned almost 8,000 dollars, about 40,000 reais when converting the currency, corresponding to 56 videos disseminating disinformation, second only to journalist ]<nowiki/>s channel.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Araújo |first=Karla |date=June 15, 2021 |title=Gustavo Gayer é citado em relatório sobre fake news na CPI da Covid |url=https://opopular.com.br/politica/gustavo-gayer-%C3%A9-citado-em-relat%C3%B3rio-sobre-fake-news-na-cpi-da-covid-1.2267781 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222164755/https://opopular.com.br/noticias/politica/gustavo-gayer-%C3%A9-citado-em-relat%C3%B3rio-sobre-fake-news-na-cpi-da-covid-1.2267781 |archive-date=February 22, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=O Popular |language=pt-br}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Anti-gender movement ==== | |||
| In October 2020, in an interview with the newspaper ''Diário do Estado'', Gayer stated that, having been raised by a gay brother, he intended to support homosexuals if elected to the mayoralty. In his government plan, however, Gayer stated that he was against ].<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=M Facebook – Especial Eleições n° 5 |url=https://manchetometro.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/relatorio_M_Eleicoes_Face_5.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716070642/https://manchetometro.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/relatorio_M_Eleicoes_Face_5.pdf |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Manchetômetro |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Comprova project ==== | |||
| In July 2021, the {{Interlanguage link|Projeto Comprova|pt|Projeto Comprova|lt=Comprova project}}, a pool of investigative reports between several broadcasters, investigated and reported on the video after showing an excerpt from a program on {{Interlanguage link|TV Sucesso|pt|TV Sucesso|lt=TV Sucesso}}, a ] affiliate that broadcasts to 30 cities in the southwest of Goiás, the partial result of a poll, saying: “if we don't get an auditable vote with a public count, Lula will be put in the presidency, even though 87.5% of the population rejects Lula and approves of Bolsonaro”.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=June 7, 2024 |title=Vídeo de Gustavo Gayer engana ao mostrar parcial de enquete com intenção de voto para presidente |url=https://opopular.com.br/politica/v%C3%ADdeo-engana-ao-mostrar-resultado-parcial-de-enquete-com-inten%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-voto-para-presidente-1.2280523 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106184345/https://opopular.com.br/politica/v%C3%ADdeo-engana-ao-mostrar-resultado-parcial-de-enquete-com-inten%C3%A7%C3%A3o-de-voto-para-presidente-1.2280523 |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=O Popular |language=pt-br}}</ref> The video has gone ], being viewed at least 286,600 times on YouTube and ]. The information disseminated is considered manipulated, false and misleading, contributing to the discrediting of the Brazilian electoral system. Not only did the poll have no scientific value, having been carried out on ] without any control of respondents, it hadn't even finished with the result transmitted by Gayer. The section showing 87.5% had been obtained in the first few minutes, still with few responses, gradually dropping to 64.9% for Bolsonaro and 33.1% for Lula. In addition, contrary to what Gayer said, referring to a 2019 proposal by federal deputy ], the vote has already been auditable through various mechanisms since at least 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arreguy |first=Juliana |date=June 2, 2021 |title=Youtuber distorce enquete de TV para defender Bolsonaro e voto impresso |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/confere/ultimas-noticias/2021/07/02/pesquisa-eleitoral-x-enquete-bolsonaro-afiliada-goias.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415122017/https://noticias.uol.com.br/confere/ultimas-noticias/2021/07/02/pesquisa-eleitoral-x-enquete-bolsonaro-afiliada-goias.htm |archive-date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Vídeo engana ao mostrar resultado parcial de enquete com intenção de voto para presidente |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/video-engana-ao-mostrar-resultado-parcial-de-enquete-com-intencao-de-voto-para-presidente/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810154728/https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/video-engana-ao-mostrar-resultado-parcial-de-enquete-com-intencao-de-voto-para-presidente/ |archive-date=August 10, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Fake News about Barroso ==== | |||
| In the same month, it misrepresented two statements by ], the ] (STF) minister and current president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), falsely leading people to believe that the magistrate had already been in favor of the printed ballot, but that he was against it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pacheco |first=Priscila |date=June 13, 2021 |title=Youtuber distorce falas de Barroso ao alegar mudança de opinião sobre voto impresso |url=https://www.aosfatos.org/noticias/youtuber-distorce-falas-de-barroso-ao-alegar-mudanca-de-opiniao-sobre-voto-impresso/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617154733/https://www.aosfatos.org/noticias/youtuber-distorce-falas-de-barroso-ao-alegar-mudanca-de-opiniao-sobre-voto-impresso/aosfatos.org/noticias/youtuber-distorce-falas-de-barroso-ao-alegar-mudanca-de-opiniao-sobre-voto-impresso/ |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Aos Fatos}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Fraud in the electronic ballot box ==== | |||
| In August 2021, he published a video summarizing an interview in which Bolsonaro presents alleged evidence of fraud in the {{Interlanguage link|Electronic ballot box (Brazil)|pt|Urna eletrônica (Brasil) |lt=electonic ballot boxes}} based on a Federal Police investigation, claiming that, in the course of this investigation, the TSE would have admitted tampering with the software of the electronic ballot boxes in 2018, the year Bolsonaro was elected president. The video had been viewed more than 56 000 times on ]. The information propagated by Gayer was, however, false, and the TSE has never admitted to any tampering.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nomura |first=Bruno |date=December 8, 2023 |title=Relatório do TSE não admite adulteração do código-fonte das urnas eletrônicas |url=https://lupa.uol.com.br/jornalismo/2021/08/09/verificamos-tse-codigo-fonte/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208144947/https://lupa.uol.com.br/jornalismo/2021/08/09/verificamos-tse-codigo-fonte/ |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Agência Lupa |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Video drops ==== | |||
| On August 16, 2021, the TSE ordered the suspension of reposts to social media channels that spread lies about the elections. 25 channels deleted videos, the largest number of which were deleted on Gayer's channel, a total of 59.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Xavier |first=Getulio |date=August 19, 2021 |title=Bolsonaristas apagam vídeos com ataques às urnas eletrônicas e a ministros do STF |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/cartaexpressa/bolsonaristas-apagam-videos-com-ataques-as-urnas-eletronicas-e-a-ministros-do-stf/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222193853/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/cartaexpressa/bolsonaristas-apagam-videos-com-ataques-as-urnas-eletronicas-e-a-ministros-do-stf/ |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Conviction for racist statements and insults ==== | |||
| In June 2023, Gayer caused controversy by associating dictatorships in African countries with the supposed “lack of cognitive capacity” of the population, declaring that “Brazil is dumbed down” and following the path of ] nations. In a podcast, Gayer claimed that the ] in Africa is 72, comparing it to that of monkeys, and argued that democracy does not thrive in the region due to the alleged cognitive incapacity.<ref name=":6" /> | |||
| These statements prompted a request for his removal from office for ] at the Chamber's Ethics Council, in addition to two other representations against him. Gayer also faces accusations of insulting President Lula and of racism when he associates the Afro-descendancy of the ], ], with the supposedly inferior intelligence quotient of African peoples.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=June 28, 2023 |title=Silvio Almeida diz que acionará Ministério da Justiça, PF, PGR e Câmara contra deputado acusado de racismo |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/silvio-almeida-diz-que-acionara-ministerio-da-justica-pf-pgr-e-camara-contra-deputado-acusado-de-racismo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425120714/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/silvio-almeida-diz-que-acionara-ministerio-da-justica-pf-pgr-e-camara-contra-deputado-acusado-de-racismo/ |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQUOSmgzI7E |title=O É da Coisa de 28/06/23, com Reinaldo Azevedo: Racismo e punição; fim da linha para Bolsonaro |date=June 28, 2023 |last=Azevedo |first=Reinaldo |author-link=Reinaldo Azevedo |type=Radio broadcast |language=pt-br |publisher=] |access-date=January 6, 2025 |via=YouTube}}</ref> | |||
| The Attorney General's Office (PGR) accuses Gayer of spreading racist and segregationist ideas, inferiorizing and dehumanizing blacks and Afro-descendants by comparing them to monkeys.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peron |first=Isadora |date=November 20, 2023 |title=PGR denuncia deputado Gustavo Gayer por injúria contra Lula e racismo |url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2023/11/20/pgr-denuncia-deputado-gustavo-gayer-por-injuria-contra-lula-e-racismo.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201050404/https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2023/11/20/pgr-denuncia-deputado-gustavo-gayer-por-injuria-contra-lula-e-racismo.ghtml |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> The deputy attorney general claims that the speeches by Gayer and Rodrigo Barbosa Arantes, made on a podcast with around 14 000 views, incited discrimination and racial prejudice.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lopes |first=Léo |last2=Magalhães |first2=Thais |date=June 28, 2023 |title=Gustavo Gayer critica capacidade cognitiva de africanos; Duda Salabert pede cassação |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/deputado-do-pl-e-acusado-de-fala-racista-em-podcast-e-deve-enfrentar-pedido-de-cassacao-de-mandato/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228131843/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/deputado-do-pl-e-acusado-de-fala-racista-em-podcast-e-deve-enfrentar-pedido-de-cassacao-de-mandato/ |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| === '''Fights and lawsuits''' === | |||
| ==== Clashes in the Liberal Party's Whatsapp group ==== | |||
| After the vote on tax reform in 2022, in WhatsApp fights with his party colleague, {{Interlanguage link|Vinícius Gurgel|pt|Vinícius Gurgel|lt=Vinícius Gurgel}} (until then a member of the PL in ]), his murder trial was resurrected, and he was provoked with a recommendation to join ] (AA.).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pereira |first=Felipe |date=June 10, 2023 |title=Corrupção e homicídio: os bastidores do barraco no grupo do zap do PL |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2023/07/10/corrupcao-e-homicidio-os-bastidores-do-barraco-no-grupo-do-zap-do-pl.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718115925/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2023/07/10/corrupcao-e-homicidio-os-bastidores-do-barraco-no-grupo-do-zap-do-pl.htm |archive-date=July 18, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> “Take care of your cases and join AA. Stop driving drunk!” said the deputy from Amapá. Gustavo rebutted with: “There are no lawsuits, dear retard. But your case is quite different, isn't it?” in reference to Gurgel's {{Interlanguage link|National Department of Transportation Infrastructure (Brazil)|pt|Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes|lt=DNIT}} cases. “Your murder case hasn't been tried! It's time-barred! Could it be that you were at fault?” replied Gurgel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ketelbey |first=Domingos |date=July 13, 2023 |title=Briga interna em grupo do PL no Whatsapp expõe supostos crimes cometidos por Gustavo Gayer |url=https://www.maisgoias.com.br/politica/briga-interna-em-grupo-do-pl-no-whatsapp-expoe-supostos-crimes-cometidos-por-gustavo-gayer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627070052/https://www.maisgoias.com.br/politica/briga-interna-em-grupo-do-pl-no-whatsapp-expoe-supostos-crimes-cometidos-por-gustavo-gayer/ |archive-date=June 27, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Mais Goiás |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Discussion with Sylvie Alves ==== | |||
| In 2022, after the vote on the MP for the Ministries, Gayer accused Sylvie Alves (until then a member of parliament for UNIÃO) of having “sold out” to the Lula government on social media.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Melo |first=Thauany |last2=Portella |first2=Ysabella |date=June 20, 2023 |title=Prints mostram ameaças nas redes sociais à deputada Silvye Alves após críticas a Gustavo Gayer: 'Merecia morrer' |url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2023/06/20/prints-mostram-ameacas-nas-redes-sociais-a-deputada-silvye-alves-apos-criticas-a-gustavo-gayer-merecia-morrer.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629140717/https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2023/06/20/prints-mostram-ameacas-nas-redes-sociais-a-deputada-silvye-alves-apos-criticas-a-gustavo-gayer-merecia-morrer.ghtml |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> The MP replied: “For a man who has already killed two people in a drunken accident, he should be sensitive to some causes”, and added: “In fact, he left the third paralyzed and never paid any attention”, reinforcing the accusations the following day on Instagram.<ref name=":10" /> Gayer filed a lawsuit against Sylvie at the STF against the attacks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamenach |first=Júnior |date=June 2, 2023 |title=Silvye declara "guerra" a Gayer após polêmica |url=https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/politica/silvye-declara-guerra-a-gayer-apos-polemica-vou-leva-lo-ao-conselho-de-etica-496243/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607194555/https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/politica/silvye-declara-guerra-a-gayer-apos-polemica-vou-leva-lo-ao-conselho-de-etica-496243/ |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Jornal Opção |language=pt-BR}}</ref> The Supreme Court dismissed the complaint sent by Gayer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silva |first=Marilia Costa e |date=September 11, 2024 |title=STF rejeita queixa-crime apresentada por Gustavo Gayer contra deputada federal Silvye Alves |url=https://www.rotajuridica.com.br/stf-rejeita-queixa-crime-apresentada-por-gustavo-gayer-contra-deputada-federal-silvye-alves/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106192015/https://www.rotajuridica.com.br/stf-rejeita-queixa-crime-apresentada-por-gustavo-gayer-contra-deputada-federal-silvye-alves/ |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Rota Jurídica |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| ==== Dismissal of a teacher ==== | |||
| In 2023, a history and art teacher at a school in Aparecida de Goiânia, in the interior of Goiás, was fired after federal deputy Gustavo Gayer (PL) criticized her on social media for wearing a T-shirt with the expression ], in reference to the work of artist ], whose work is the subject of entrance exam questions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macêdo |first=Gabriela |last2=Cruz |first2=Gustavo |date=May 6, 2023 |title=Professora é demitida após deputado criticá-la por usar camiseta com frase de Hélio Oiticica: 'Seja marginal, seja herói' |url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2023/05/06/professora-e-demitida-apos-deputado-critica-la-por-usar-camiseta-com-frase-de-artista-plastico-renomado-seja-marginal-seja-heroi.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128190014/https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2023/05/06/professora-e-demitida-apos-deputado-critica-la-por-usar-camiseta-com-frase-de-artista-plastico-renomado-seja-marginal-seja-heroi.ghtml |archive-date=November 28, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> Gayer published the image of the teacher with the caption “History teacher with a ] look in the classroom”.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Sobrinho |first=Augusto |date=May 8, 2023 |title=Professora que foi demitida após deputado criticá-la por usar camiseta com frase 'seja marginal, seja herói' diz que está recebendo apoio de colegas e alunos |url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2023/05/08/professora-que-foi-demitida-apos-deputado-critica-la-por-usar-camiseta-com-frase-seja-marginal-seja-heroi-diz-que-esta-recebendo-apoio-de-colegas-e-alunos.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818152412/https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/2023/05/08/professora-que-foi-demitida-apos-deputado-critica-la-por-usar-camiseta-com-frase-seja-marginal-seja-heroi-diz-que-esta-recebendo-apoio-de-colegas-e-alunos.ghtml |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> The teacher received support from the school community, said that the T-shirt had no political association and declared that the MP had attacked all education professionals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2023 |title=Seja marginal e heroína. Seja demitida - Revista Focus Brasil {{!}} Revista Focus Brasil |url=https://fpabramo.org.br/focusbrasil/2023/05/20/seja-marginal-e-heroina-seja-demitida/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528204117/https://fpabramo.org.br/focusbrasil/2023/05/20/seja-marginal-e-heroina-seja-demitida/ |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Fundação Perseu Abramo |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=May 12, 2023 |title=Demissão de professora por vestir camiseta com poema "Seja Marginal, Seja Herói" gera indignação |url=https://midianinja.org/demissao-de-professora-por-vestir-camiseta-com-poema-seja-marginal-seja-heroi-gera-indignacao/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106193442/https://midianinja.org/demissao-de-professora-por-vestir-camiseta-com-poema-seja-marginal-seja-heroi-gera-indignacao/ |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Mídia Ninja |language=pt-br}}</ref> The Goiás State Teachers' Union (Sinpro Goiás) repudiated the congressman's attitude and said it would file a lawsuit against the congressman to delete social networks that spread hate and fake news.<ref name=":11" /> | |||
| ==== Suit for moral damages after exposure of telephone number ==== | |||
| In August 2024, Gayer and Carla Zambelli were ordered by the São Paulo courts to pay compensation for moral damages to a teacher after sharing her phone number on social media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2024 |title=Justiça condena Carla Zambelli e Gustavo Gayer por exposição de dados pessoais de professora nas redes |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/justica/justica-condena-carla-zambelli-e-gustavo-gayer-por-exposicao-de-dados-pessoais-de-professora-nas-redes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102182641/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/justica/justica-condena-carla-zambelli-e-gustavo-gayer-por-exposicao-de-dados-pessoais-de-professora-nas-redes/ |archive-date=January 2, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> The episode occurred after the teacher sent Zambelli a private message in which she called her a “]”. In response, the MP posted the screenshots of the conversation on her social networks, an action that was reinforced by Gayer, who shared the content during an Instagram ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trajano |first=Pedro |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Carla Zambelli é condenada por vazar número de professora que a xingou {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/sao-paulo/carla-zambelli-e-condenada-por-vazar-numero-de-professora-que-a-xingou |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905095257/https://www.metropoles.com/sao-paulo/carla-zambelli-e-condenada-por-vazar-numero-de-professora-que-a-xingou |archive-date=September 5, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| The decision condemning the two politicians was handed down by Judge Camila Franco de Moraes Mariani, of the 21st Civil Court, who set the compensation at 3 000 reais, significantly less than the 117 000 reais initially requested by the teacher. Zambelli even requested compensation for moral damages, claiming that the private message contained disrespectful content.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Assad |first=Paulo |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Carla Zambelli e Gustavo Gayer são condenados por compartilhar telefone de professora nas redes |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2024/08/08/carla-zambelli-e-gustavo-gayer-sao-condenados-por-compartilhar-telefone-de-professora-nas-redes.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904015732/https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/noticia/2024/08/08/carla-zambelli-e-gustavo-gayer-sao-condenados-por-compartilhar-telefone-de-professora-nas-redes.ghtml |archive-date=September 4, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> However, the judge rejected the request, arguing that it was the MP herself who made the message public, exposing the conflict and aggravating the situation. The decision can still be appealed, both by the teacher and by the convicted MPs.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Carla Zambelli e Gustavo Gayer são condenados em SP |url=https://bandnewstv.uol.com.br/2024/08/08/carla-zambelli-e-gustavo-gayer-sao-condenados-em-sp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809171300/https://bandnewstv.uol.com.br/2024/08/08/carla-zambelli-e-gustavo-gayer-sao-condenados-em-sp/ |archive-date=August 9, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| == Personal life == | |||
| He was married to Ethiene Araújo Chaves, with whom he had two children.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 10, 2024 |title=Gustavo Gayer anuncia fim do casamento com Ethienne, cessando boatos |url=https://horabrasilia.com.br/2024/06/gustavo-gayer-anuncia-fim-do-casamento-com-ethienne-cessando-boatos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106194612/https://horabrasilia.com.br/2024/06/gustavo-gayer-anuncia-fim-do-casamento-com-ethienne-cessando-boatos/ |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Hora de Brasília}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sampaio |first=Carlos Nathan |date=January 19, 2024 |title="Motivo" de divórcio entre Gayer e ex-esposa é revelado por Kajuru e mulher responde; vídeo |url=https://diariodegoias.com.br/kajuru-revela-motivo-de-separacao-entre-gayer-e-ex-esposa/403562/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303160316/https://diariodegoias.com.br/kajuru-revela-motivo-de-separacao-entre-gayer-e-ex-esposa/403562/ |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Diário de Goiás |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | |||
| Gayer is the brother of fellow businessman Frederico Gayer Machado de Araújo, who is married to Luana Ribeiro, a state deputy for Tocantins ex-representing and the daughter of Senator {{Interlanguage link|João Ribeiro (Brazilian politician)|pt|João Ribeiro (político brasileiro) |lt=João Ribeiro}}.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Sueste |first=Charlyne |date=March 18, 2014 |title=Empresário Frederico Gayer é condenado a 12 anos de prisão por homicídio |url=https://www.t1noticias.com.br/a/56354 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209014629/https://www.t1noticias.com.br/a/56354 |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=T1 Notícias}}</ref> In March 2014, Frederico Gayer was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison, to be served in a closed regime, for aggravated homicide in connection with the death of Hebert Resende. The crime occurred in the early hours of April 5, 1997, in front of the Draft nightclub in Goiânia.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 18, 2014 |title=Marido de deputada do Tocantins é condenado por homicídio em Goiânia |url=https://g1.globo.com/to/tocantins/noticia/2014/03/marido-de-deputada-do-tocantins-e-condenado-por-homicidio-em-goiania.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927191909/https://g1.globo.com/to/tocantins/noticia/2014/03/marido-de-deputada-do-tocantins-e-condenado-por-homicidio-em-goiania.html |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=] |language=pt-br}}</ref> At the time, Frederico Gayer was serving as a police officer, appointed by the Goiás state government without having passed a public civil service exam.<ref name=":12" /> | |||
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