‘Eff Around and Find Out’: Philadelphia District Attorney Issues Warning to Anyone Trying To Intimidate Voters
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner warned anyone planning to “play militia” and intimidate voters on polling day to “eff around and find out” during a fiery speech, Monday.
“I want people to be reassured that when they get up tomorrow to go vote, if they have not voted already, that everybody in this city is working and has been working for months to make sure that there will be nothing tough about that experience and nothing to fear of that experience,” said Krasner, adding:
But I also want to be clear. Anybody who thinks it’s time to play militia, eff around and find out. Anybody who thinks it’s time to insult, to deride, to mistreat, to threaten people, eff around and find out! 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 gonna try to turn an election into some form of coercion, if you’re gonna try to bully people, bully votes or voters, you’re gonna try to erase votes, you’re gonna try any of that nonsense, we’re not playing. Eff around and find out.
In a video last week, Krasner urged voters and polling location workers to report people who are “falsely challenging vote after vote” on election day.
“We want to make sure that you know that your vote is protected, and no, we don’t care who gets your vote, we just care that you get to vote,” he said. “If you are an election worker, if you’re in the polling place doing something, or if you’re just a voter, we are going to make sure that there is no illegal interference, no illegal deception, no illegal fraud. That no one is committing any kind of illegal act to interfere with your vote.”
Krasner advised, “If you have someone in there who is falsely challenging vote after vote to try to obstruct this election, that is not okay and that is not legal, and we are gonna act on it. This is what you need to do. If something is already violent, 9-11 is first. If it’s not, then please call us and also call the election commission, and we will act.”
He concluded, “We will not allow you voters, or your vote, to be bullied, to be bought, or to be erased. This is Philadelphia, that’s how we roll, and for those who don’t wanna roll that way, these are bars. Think about it.”
In March, Trump 2024 campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said they would deploy “soldiers” to monitor polling locations on November 5 to make sure “there are no irregularities” or “fraud.”
