Jair Bolsonaro ( Antonio Cruz/Agência Brasil)

If you think Evangelical Christians couldn’t fall any further, then grab a beer. Fundamentalists have already debased themselves by allying with President Donald Trump. Apparently, they have no problem with his debauched life, his porn star third wife or his abusive, corrupt behavior that runs contrary to everything Christianity is supposed to stand for.

Recently, Paula White, a heretical prosperity preacher, said her role counseling Trump was an “assignment from God.” White, like Trump, is considered a shyster by Christian scholars. Apparently, conmen and conwomen like each others company.

But Christians have also thrown their support behind Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been called the “Trump of the Tropics.” Bolsonaro recently won the Brazilian presidency by appealing to family values, (persecuting gays,) national security and white nationalism, the three pillars of modern-day fascists. Neo-fascist Steve Bannon was also on hand to offer his advice. Like Trump, Bolsonaro has insulted his opponents. He once claimed a female politician was “too ugly to rape” and said he’d rather have his son die in a car accident than be gay.

And, just like Trump, he’s made offensive statements about people of color. According to Vox, Bolsonaro implied indigenous people and Quilombolas, the descendants of Afro-Brazilian enslaved people, were too lazy to procreate.

He also said that his sons would never marry black women, because they were “were very well-educated.”

It’s amazing how Bolsonaro was able to get elected in a country where almost half of the population is non-white (Latino by American racial standards.) But apart from appealing to the family values crowd, he also promised to crack down on corruption and Brazil’s growing crime problem. He’s loosened gun laws and has given more free reign to armed police. However, he also might be part of the crime problem.

According to The Guardian, Bolsonaro’s family is tied to death squads who often target criminals and left-wing activists. His son, Flavio, has been linked to a death squad known as “The Crime Bureau.”

“Police and prosecutors reportedly suspect members of The Crime Bureau were behind the still unsolved murder of Rio councilor Marielle Franco last year,” said Tom Phillips, The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent. “Globo also claimed that the alleged gangster(Adriano Magalhães da Nóbrega)’s wife and mother had been recommended to Flávio Bolsonaro by Fabrício Queiroz, a longstanding friend of Brazil’s president who has been pictured socialising with Jair Bolsonaro in a photo where both men appear topless.”

But in spite of this litany of moral issues, Bolsonaro was still warmly when recently visited Washington, D.C. He also won Trump affection by dismissing criticism as “fake news.” And Evangelicals flocked to his side.

It seems Bolsonaro is like some of the Evangelicals other favorite despots, Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. They’re willing to look the other way, as long as they go after their favorite enemy — the LGBTQ community and talks about “family values.”

“U.S. Religious Right leaders were praying for Bolsonaro — and not just praying. Former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann recorded a video message to Brazilian Christians urging them to vote ‘only for a candidate for the president of Brazil who will support moving the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem,’” said Right Wing Watch. “She was in Brazil in August with Mario Bramnick, a U.S.-based evangelical and president of the Latino Coalition for Israel. Bolsonaro’s son took part in their event. In December, Gramnick was back in Brazil, along with anti-LGBTQ activist Jim Garlow and Texas-based ‘prophet’ Ramiro Peña, who met and prayed with president-elect Bolsonaro.”

It seems Bolsonaro is like some of the Evangelicals other favorite despots, Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. They’re willing to look the other way, as long as they go after their favorite enemy — the LGBTQ community and talks about “family values.” So what if the strongman sells his country out and promotes hate against his fellow countrymen, like Trump, or kills people and steals billions of dollars, like Putin.

So you if you’re looking for moral values, don’t turn to the Evangelical community, they’ve backed Bolsonaro, Trump and Putin. They seemed to be okay with despots as long as they say the right thing and share the same enemies.