In an election year that has been filled with ugliness, things are getting even worse in the Texas Hill Country as an individual or group calling itself the “Trump Klan” is leaving messages threatening would-be voters for Kamala Harris.
Law enforcement officials in San Marcos, Texas, confirm they have received several reports of what appears to be an attempt at voter intimidation by supporters of Donald Trump. Citizens have found flyers attached to campaign signs saying the owner has been “identified” and is now in the group’s “National Database of miscreant Harris supporters.”
The flyer, in full, reads as follows:
Greetings!
You have been identified and are now in our National Database of miscreant Harris supporters, either by social interactions with your neighbors who are on our investigations team, or by yard signs, or vehicle bumper stickers.
Rather than the hangman’s noose of the old days, you are now guaranteed that once the magnificent Donald Trump assumes the Presidency again YOU will be IRS tax audited going all the way back to your very first tax return–and at a minimum–4 years of painful misery and attorney’s fees.
Sincerely,
The Grand Dragon of Trump Klan #124; San Marcos, TX
The first flyers were found last Friday. More have been discovered since then. The San Marcos Police Department is urging anyone who has found one of the flyers to contact the agency and not remove it. Officers will investigate and safely remove the flyer, it said.
“It’s a crime in the state of Texas to try to influence or coerce or even prevent a voter from voting,” San Marcos Police Chief Stan Standridge said in a Facebook post. “When we identify the suspect or suspects, then we will present that to the district attorney’s office for consideration of applicable charges.”
The messages come as the Trump campaign is already under fire for an Oct. 27 rally where some speakers made a series of racially charged comments aimed at Latinos, Black Americans, and Jewish citizens.
Voter intimidation is a federal crime that carries both a financial penalty and up to one year in jail. It’s also a third-degree felony under Texas law.