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Philadelphia DA issues stark warning about voter intimidation
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Philadelphia DA issues stark warning about voter intimidation

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issued a warning to anyone thinking of interfering in Election Day activities.

At a news conference Monday, Krasner highlighted the Election Task Force’s voter protection efforts in the lead-up to Election Day.

“We are here on a very important day before a very important election. We are here more than anything to talk about protecting an election, making sure that the election that takes place tomorrow is free. It will be fair and be definitive,” Krasner said.

Krasner said they do not have “deep and abiding fears or concerns” about safety and reassured the community that when they rise vote tomorrow, they would be protected.

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Philadelphia DA issues stark warning about voter intimidation

Larry Krasner, Philadelphia District Attorney (AP Photo/Matt Rourke/File)

“I also want to be clear. Anyone who thinks it’s time to play militia, shop around and find out,” Krasner said. “Anyone who thinks it’s time to insult, mistreat, threaten people, go find out and find out.”

“We have a pair of handcuffs, we I have a prison cell, and we have a jury from Philadelphia,” Krasner said, promising to prosecute anyone who tried to interfere with the vote.

“So if you try to turn an election into a form of coercion, if you try to intimidate people, intimidate votes or voters, you’re going to try to erase votes, you’re going to try all this nonsense. We don’t play and find out,” Krasner said.

Krasner said he hoped they wouldn’t have any problems, but he also said they were concerned that people working at or near polling places would issue frivolous and bogus challenges to voters. .

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said “search and find out” to “anyone who thinks it’s time to play militia” on Election Day. (iStock)

“That’s the bottom line,” Krasner said. “Anyone who thinks you’re going to play these games in Philadelphia, you’re going to do it in bad faith, I have no problem doing it in good faith, but if you do it in bad faith, there’s an election court, there’s has judges, they have orders.”

During the last presidential election, two men, Antonio LaMotta, 61, and Joshua Macias, 42, of Chesapeake, Virginia, were arrested in Philadelphia with guns and ammunition outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where the votes that ultimately allowed for President Biden to win the White House. .

Krasner acknowledged that they are all aware of the controversy facing U.S. elections and are working to ensure every vote is counted.

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A voter completes an absentee ballot at the Board of Elections office in the Allegheny County Office Building on November 3, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

“But that’s my nonpartisan hat. It doesn’t matter who gets your vote. We care that you get to vote. That’s the most important thing,” Krasner said.

The FBI’s Philadelphia field office said it would also provide additional support and add election command posts. The agency said it will enable each FBI field office across the country to streamline communication and response and ensure the safety and security of elections and the public.

“The FBI works closely with our federal, state and local partners to identify and stop any potential threats to public safety. We collect and analyze intelligence to determine whether individuals might be motivated to take violent action for any reason. It is essential that the FBI, our law enforcement partners, and the public work together to protect our communities as Americans exercise their right to vote. members of the public to remain vigilant and immediately report any suspicious activity to law enforcement — FBI Philadelphia Special Agent Wayne A. Jacobs.

Pennsylvania is expected to play a crucial role in the outcome of the presidential election, with 19 Electoral College votes up for grabs.

“Pennsylvania is the only state where it’s difficult to watch someone lose and then win the presidential race,” Mark Harris, a longtime Republican national strategist and ad creator based in Pittsburgh, told Fox News. “It’s clearly ground zero.”

Trump and Harris are spending part of their final full day of campaigning in the Keystone State.

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Harris will close its election eve across Pennsylvania with two star-studded gatherings: one in the evening in Pittsburgh and one late in the evening in Philadelphia near the famous “Rocky Steps” in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Asset, which also makes stops on the battlefields of North Carolina and Michigan on Monday, is holding two rallies in Pennsylvania: in the afternoon in Reading, followed by an evening in Pittsburgh. And he held a rally Sunday in Lititz, outside Lancaster.

Paul Steinhauser of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.