They Cut USAID… Then Brazil Flipped | Mike Benz Breaks the Shocking Election Results

Recharge Freedom · Oct 7, 2026 · 42m

Mike Benz joins Benny Johnson to break down Brazil’s shocking first-round election results — Flávio Bolsonaro leading Lula 47% to 45%, with the Bolsonaro family winning big across Congress — and why the collapse of USAID funding changed the game. Benz lays out how USAID previously poured money into media, courts, NGOs, activist groups, and election-related institutions around Lula’s allies, and how this is the first major Brazilian election cycle without that money sloshing around. My reaction to the full breakdown of the “Truman Show” network, the runoff on October 25, and what it means for…