Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issued a blunt warning to those looking to interfere with the election process Tuesday — after two heavily armed men threatened to “straighten out the vote” during the last election.
“Anybody who thinks it’s time to play militia, F around and find out,” Krasner said on Monday night, just hours before tens of thousands of Philadelphians flock to the polls.
“Anybody who thinks it’s time to insult, to deride, to mistreat, to threaten people, F around and find out,” he continued.
“We do have the cuffs, we do have the jail cells, we do have the Philly juries and we have the state prisons. So if you’re going to try to turn an election into some form of coercion, if you’re going to try to bully people, bully votes or voters, you’re going to try to erase votes, you’re going to try any of that nonsense, we’re not playing. F around and find out. That’s what we’re going to do,” Krasner said.
Pennsylvania voters could potentially decide whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will be in the White House for the next four years.
Trump and Harris are in a deadlocked tie, according to the final New York Times/Siena poll.
Last week, Krasner sued tech billionaire Elon Musk and his pro-Trump super PAC, America PAC, over its daily $1 million giveaways to registered swing state voters.
Krasner argued that the giveaways amounted to an illegal lottery, but Judge Angelo Foglietta on Monday rejected the DA’s bid to stop the prizes after Musk’s lawyer testified that the winners were not randomly selected.
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