(Quebec) Éric Duhaime dispelled the doubt on Monday. He does not subscribe to the thesis that the former American president had his election stolen and intends to recognize the result of October 3 in Quebec in the event of a defeat.
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“Absolutely,” he exclaimed, answering the question of The Press. I am a democrat. I have always recognized the results of the elections. »
“I can tell you that I’ve lost more elections in my life than I’ve won, so if I had to challenge it would have been done already,” he added with a laugh.
The leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec avoided saying on Saturday whether he recognized that former US President Donald Trump had lost his election in response to a reporter’s question. He then acknowledged the result of the US election through his press officer a few hours later.
In his column published in the Montreal Journal that day, the former leader of the Action Démocratique du Québec (ADQ) had challenged Éric Duhaime to make this statement and to say that vaccines were not the result of a government plot. Stop losing supporters.
The Conservative leader had answered only the question about the pandemic. On January 6, 2021, supporters of Donald Trump stormed the seat of the US Congress, believing that extensive voter fraud had carried Democrat Joe Biden to the presidency.
“Indeed, I recognize the democratic result of the American elections, he replied bluntly on Monday. From the last and from the previous ones. »
A few netizens have already begun to question the counting of votes on polling day. This is the case of Alexis Cossette-Trudel, who relays conspiracy theories on Twitter and whose Radio-Québec account is still active. His Facebook pages had been closed by the social network in 2020.
“Censorship is not an option, then denounced Éric Duhaime on Facebook. Where are the defenders of freedom of expression? »
5G and COVID-19
Éric Duhaime also dismissed any link between 5G and the pandemic as suggested by another conspiracy theory that started circulating in 2020.
“Absolutely not,” he exclaimed when The Press asked him if he considered there was a connection between the two. Neither fleas nor Bill Gates,” he continued with a laugh.
The leader of the Coalition avenir Québec, François Legault, announced Monday that he will convert the majority of the cellular network to 5G technology by 2030.
The Conservative leader had attempted on Saturday to distance himself from conspiracy theories that the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccine to curb it were the result of a conspiracy by global elites. He had, however, defended the right to relay them on social networks. “Censorship can be dangerous in this kind of business,” he said.
According to a study by the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Radicalization and Extremism, the PCQ is the political party that attracts the most conspirators. Nearly 50% of people who intend to vote for Éric Duhaime’s Conservatives adhere to conspiracy theories.
“We don’t have a monopoly,” he argued in an interview with Radio-Canada on Sunday evening. According to this same study, the Liberal Party of Quebec and the Parti Quebecois each attract about 30% of conspirators.