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Game streamer Alanzoka gets emotional as she explains her decision to vote for Lula
Alan “Alanzoka”, known as one of the most influential streamers on the Twitch platform, cried at the beginning of a broadcast this Monday (03/09). Commenting on his position against President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the candidate for reelection, he did not hold back his tears as he recalled a family member who died from COVID19.
After casting his vote for the candidate Luiz Incio Lula da Silva (PT), “Alanzoka” received a lot of criticism. However, he explained that he doesn’t love the Labor Party candidate, he just thinks Bolsonaro is “bad” for ignoring the pandemic.
“People think I love the ‘L’. I don’t, no. But the other one is too bad, even more so after everything we’ve been through in the pandemic. My family…I don’t know your family, but my grandmother was in the hospital for two months so her brother kept saying there is no pandemic. Bizarro!” he began.
Discussing a loss in the family, the streamer got emotional. “My uncle died in early 2021. I’m not going to cry, are I? I think…”. As a result, he cried during the live broadcast, dividing viewers’ opinions.
Upon reading a tongueincheek comment about Bolsonaro’s guilt in the COVID19 deaths, “Alanzoka” preferred to close the matter: “I’m not even saying it’s his fault. I know if you have lost people in your family. Anyway, there’s no point in talking.”
“I knew that talking about it live would make me cry, so I didn’t even want to talk,” he concluded.
Start with Minecraft
The game streamer is followed by around 6 million people on the Twitch platform and has more than 7 million subscribers on Youtube.
He was born in So Paulo, initially only played Minecraft and was nominated for an international eSports Award in the category “Streamer of the Year” in 2019.
In 2020, he was voted Best Brazilian Streamer at the 2020 MTV Millennial Awards.