Faced with the misinformation circulating on social networks, a Quebecer living in Florida wants to set the record straight, even if it means losing contracts.
“I lost several customers because I made comments on Facebook (to denounce false information),” explains Daniel Tremblay, a Quebecer who has lived in the United States for around twenty years and an American for 18 years.
This real estate broker who lives on the west coast of the “Sunshine State” noted that many Quebecers had left the beautiful province in 2021 to find refuge in Florida.
“These people, 80%-90%, I would say, wanted to come because of the containment measures and disagreed with the way things were managed in Quebec,” he says.
By seeing conspiracy theories circulating about groups made up of some of these Quebecers, Mr. Tremblay decided to go to the front to try to stem the circulation of false news.
“It goes a long way. They often don’t believe in science, in NASA, that we haven’t sent people to the Moon, etc. They really look like MAGA (Trump supporters),” he adds, as was also observed The Journal.
But while tempers are very heated among our neighbors to the South, he is paying the price for his refusal to remain silent.
Great fear
While it is still impossible to predict whether Harris or Trump will emerge victorious in the election, Mr. Tremblay consoles himself by saying that these Quebecers who believe in conspiracy theories, often pro-Trump, he notes, will not be able to give one more voice to the billionaire by voting.
“They can write whatever they want, but cannot influence the election. It gives me a certain peace.”
The 60-year-old is hoping for a victory for Democrat Kamala Harris. But it’s impossible to remain calm when the polls show a very close race.
“Either way, the Democrats fear. The biggest fear is losing and seeing Trump return to power knowing very well that it is almost the apocalypse that awaits us for the next four years,” Mr. Tremblay is preparing.
And if the ex-president loses, the one who lives in Bradenton fears a “mini” civil war.
“With 55 million supporters, there are surely 5 or 10 million armed to the teeth who are ready to act on what Trump tells them,” he continues.
He is far from being the only one to fear this possibility. According to a YouGov poll, commissioned by the Times, nearly a third of Americans fear civil war.
Leave?
Like others, Mr. Tremblay does not rule out the idea of leaving the country if Trump wins.
“We don’t dare visualize a Trump victory because it brings too much anxiety. If I were alone, without my son, I would perhaps leave for Portugal. But I don’t want to visualize it,” he confides.
“We count the days. Everyone is counting the days, everyone is looking forward to the evening of November 5 to know the result.
