Pennsylvania woman ’embarrassed’ by Donald Trump testing life in Canada
TORONTO — Marilyn Zsiros sat alone Friday in her rented Toronto apartment, hundreds of kilometres away from her home state of Pennsylvania, refusing to turn on the television to watch Donald Trump become the new president of the United States.
The 80-year-old American arrived in the city late last month to explore the possibility of obtaining Canadian citizenship. She said she left her home in the Pittsburgh area because she was “too disgusted” to be around anyone who voted for Trump, including her brother and some of her bridge-playing friends.
“I just don’t want to be around those people who could vote for somebody who is such a misogynist, racist, who’s unethical and immoral and a bully,” she said in an interview.
“I am a retired school teacher and guidance counsellor and preached anti-bullying my whole career and now to see somebody become president by doing that — I don’t know what to say.”