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I’m from Vermont, I was floored when you mentioned crossing into here. Just know that some locals held illegals at gun point last year until border agents showed up 🙂 people take that pretty serious here.

I’m a resident from Vermont but I stand with you Canada

This Vermonter is descended from the first 14 European Canadian women settlers and I stand with you my neighbors and family. I'm so ashamed of what my country has done. We are sorry.

I'm from Montreal but live in Vermont. I hold Canadian AND American citizenship. I've NEVER been so proud to be a Canadian. Yet, here in Vermont, MOST of us, including Governor Scott, detest Trump and his minions. Love 'n optimism, Heather in Newport Vermont

Okay. Do what you want. Not sure why so many people on here are slobbing this guys knob. Your tariffs will not hurt me. I don’t consume a single Canadian item. My maple comes from Vermont. My cheese always from here too. I’m sure some will be affected by your tariffs but no one I know.

In the past 2 months, I've seen a huge influx of really nice expensive SUVs with New York license plates driving on I-91 Highway towards Vermont (I'm in Mass) and I see groups of ppl in them. And for some reason, they are always speeding. ?

I'm from Vermont - been saying this for 2+ years

As a resident of Vermont yes I’m quite aware of the northern border situation. The Swanton sector of the US Border Patrol (NH, VT, upstate NY) continues to smash records on the number of illegals apprehended. So far this year alone more illegals have been apprehended in that sector than in the previous 13 years combined.

I pretty much hate winter activities too and I’m in Vermont.

I'm going into this video as a Canadian wanting to move the the USA. Vermont or Maine is appealing... Let's see what happens!

I,m French Canadian close to Vermont by the news I got,gun trump and racist prick no never American dream or Canadian dreams,it’s not hard to choose…

I am seriously looking at it. I'm a Registered Nurse and I see our health care deteriorate. Accessibility and availability is limited. I lived in Vermont when I graduated and was very happy there. Florida is full of Canadians. I now live on the border and even with the exchange rate I am grocery shopping there to be able to meet my bills. I'm liquidating my assets and plan to cross the border. The taxes alone are bankrupting me. There is censorship So I'm not considering, I am doing it..

I live just outside of Montreal, pretty near the border. One of my good friends used to live in Vermont, right near the border and we would visit each other several times a year. She moved to Tennessee, and I flew down to visit her a few years ago (haven't been down since COVID) while Trump was still president and I'm not even joking when I say that as soon as I left Nashville I was highly anxious 100% of my time there. And I'm white, I'm not a visible minority, I suppose if I kept my mouth shut nobody could tell I'm not from there, it really hit me how sad it is that I even felt that. All these patriotic gun toting Americans I feared would shoot me for whatever reason they could come up with. I understand that that's not ACTUALLY likely, I was glad I left my husband and children at home, and while I enjoyed my weekend there I couldn't WAIT to get back home. New England was easier to handle, but I'm not cut out for the openly racist, homophobic, anti women's rights, you name it kind of discussions. I was horrified that not only do people ACTUALLY think like this, but those who are being oppressed, or those who simply support those being oppressed are having to keep quiet for fear of being murdered because of this. Nashville was really cool, I loved it, but I truly feared for my safety outside of the city, despite being a straight white woman. I can't imagine what it's like for the minorities, it's so sad. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that you're just numb to it, because being on the outside looking in, it's hard to believe what's actually going on, it looks as though the country is regressing,

I feel you on the tap water. It is not the same in every state. Canada water is great, Vermont water, where I’m from is great. Georgia tap water is absolutely garbage. You can taste the cesspool it came from.