Letters target some Fresno Dems with Harris-Walz signs, voters say

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Some Northwest Fresno residents are near shaken aft receiving what they telephone "threatening letters" for openly supporting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz successful the election.

"I recovered a nasty letter. Threatening. Very powerfully anti-immigration. And that they would bring each the immigrants to my house," Hannah Krebs said.

Krebs had a Harris-Walz motion successful her beforehand gait erstwhile she got the missive this week. It cites the Harris-Walz signs and states Krebs's code is going connected a database of sanctuaries to location "illegal aliens."

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Michele Richtel had 3 signs successful her yard. She got the letter, too.

"I consciousness that it's a menace due to the fact that they're inviting radical to my location (and) to the different 16 addresses listed," Richtel said. "They're inviting radical to travel sound connected our doors Monday done Saturday, 8 AM to 8 PM."

The letters travel amid a nationalist menace situation that authorities officials accidental could pb to election-related violence.

"Did you consciousness frightened astatine all?" Action News asked. "I don't deliberation so," Krebs said. "Rattled, yes."

The missive Action News saw was 2 pages long. The archetypal addressed homeowners, and the 2nd leafage addressed "all undocumented migrants" successful 3 languages.

Richtel said she alerted authorities, and connected Thursday, Action News asked Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp astir the letters.

"It's wholly inappropriate for radical to bash that," Smittcamp said. "It doesn't substance who you're voting for. You should beryllium capable to enactment a motion for the campaigner you enactment successful beforehand of your location oregon your concern and not expect that anybody is going to bash thing intimidating similar that."

Richtel has present acceptable up cameras facing the street, but she volition not region her signs.

"I had 3 signs successful my yard, and that aforesaid day, I came down here, and I got 8 more," Richtel said.

It is unclear if the letters magnitude to a transgression oregon amerciable elector intimidation. There were nary signs of who sent the missive arsenic some the transportation and instrumentality addresses were made retired to "DNC Chairperson."

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