Reuters.Before the pandemic, Leite, 36, had been a supporter of Bolsonaro. However, Leite has heavily criticized Bolsonaro’s response to COVID-19.“I have never spoken about a subject related to my private life," Leite said Thursday in an interview with Brazilian journalist Pedro Bial on TV Globo.“But during this moment of low integrity in Brazil, I have nothing to hide, I am gay.
I am a governor who is gay, not a gay governor, as former President Obama in the U.S. was a president who was Black, not a Black president.
And I am proud of that.”Leite will run for the social democratic party PSDB’s primaries to be held in November. The winner will be the center-right party’s presidential candidate for 2022.The potential candidate wrote a message.