Threatening flyers given to ‘miscreant Harris supporters’ in Texas town, police say
Just over a week before Election Day, some Texas residents showing support for Vice President Kamala Harris are receiving threatening notes, authorities say.
The San Marcos Police Department said Oct. 26 it received two reports of threatening flyers left on political signs. The next day, officers said they recovered more notes that threaten supporters of the Democratic presidential candidate.
“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,” the typed note read.
“Rather than the hangman’s nooses 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.”
The flyers were signed by The Grand Dragon of Trump Klan #124 in San Marcos. The Grand Dragon, according to the Bullock Museum, is the highest-ranking Ku Klux Klan official in Texas.
Police have not confirmed if the flyers are connected to the KKK. Officers said they are investigating who is responsible for leaving the notes.
Officers said anyone who receives one of these flyers should call the department’s non-emergency number at 512-753-2108.
“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. “When we identify the suspect or suspects, then we will present that to the district attorney’s office for consideration of applicable charges.”
In the 2020 election, President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump in Hays County with 54.28% of the vote, compared to 43.47% for Trump.
The county flipped 12 percentage points from Republican to Democrat from the previous election in 2016, according to Politico.
San Marcos is a 35-mile drive southwest from Austin.
This story was originally published October 28, 2024 at 7:13 AM with the headline "Threatening flyers given to ‘miscreant Harris supporters’ in Texas town, police say."