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A Brazilian politician on Twitter this week suggested that 13-year-olds are old enough to work if they're old enough to win Olympic medals at the ongoing Tokyo Games

Sostenes Cavalcante, a 46-year-old lawmaker in Rio de Janeiro for Brazil's Democrats political party on Monday proposed a revision to laws banning child labor in the country

The statute in Brazil does not allow anybody under the age of 14 to working, but Cavalcante said 13-year-old skateboarder Rayssa Leal's silver medal shows younger people could get a job
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"Brazilian children aged 13 cannot work, but skater Rayssa Leal won the silver medal at the Olympics," Cavalcante said in Portuguese on Twitter

He added: "Hey! It's for thinking. Congratulations to our Olympic medalist! And revision of the Statute of Children and Adolescents now!"

It is unclear if Cavalcante was serious, but his comment sparked wild backlash on social media

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