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    San Marcos police investigate threatening ‘Trump Klan’ flyers

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    Threatening pro-Donald Trump flyers invoking the Ku Klux Klan appeared on Kamala Harris campaign signs this weekend in San Marcos, according to the city’s police department.

    “Greetings! YOU have been identified and are now in our national database of disbelieving Harris supporters,” the flyers read. They are signed by “The Great Dragon of the Trump Klan #124,” who also said they are based in San Marcos.

    It is not clear whether the individual or group behind the fliers is affiliated with the KKK. “Great Dragon” is a leadership title used by the white supremacist terrorist organization.

    The San Marcos Police Department has received at least five reports of such flyers and is actively investigating their origin, department spokeswoman Nadine Cesak said. All suspects will be referred to the Hays County Prosecutor for prosecution, she said.

    The main threat contained in the leaflets: sweeping federal tax control “once the magnificent Donald Trump assumes the presidency again.” Even more worrying, the leaflets claim that such a bureaucratic investigation will replace “the hangman’s noose of old.”

    Cesak urged members of the public to report the fliers to the police department’s non-emergency line. They should also leave the flyers intact, she said, noting that a law enforcement official would remove them.

    She confirmed this was the first incident of voter intimidation the department was investigating this election cycle. The Hays County Sheriff’s Office has not received any reports of such incidents, according to Deputy Mark Andrews, a spokesman for the office.

    But such incidents have become relatively common in Texas in recent years, according to data from the Southern Poverty Law Center, the civil rights nonprofit that tracks hate groups and crimes. Since 2018, the group has recorded more than 2,000 flyer incidents in Texas targeting racial and ethnic minorities, political groups and LGBTQ+ people.

    Last year, the legal center denounced the leader of the a band based on Driftwood which he said was behind nearly 80% of these flyers in 2022. So far, local law enforcement has no reason to believe the group is behind the San Marcos wave.

    A senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center, who requested anonymity for personal safety reasons, called the fliers “alarming” and said they were designed “to intimidate and let people know” that hate groups are nearby.

    However, he added that this was probably not an indicator of a major Klan presence in the area. Even as Texas has become a magnet for other hate groups, he said, KKK activity has declined since the group’s nationwide resurgence in the 1920s.

    “Be vigilant, be aware, but try not to panic,” he said. “There aren’t as many of those guys as us.”

    The FBI has asked state and local law enforcement to be on high alert for domestic extremists who may interfere with the election or inauguration and act violently toward candidates, elected officials, poll workers , journalists and judges overseeing election cases, an NBC News review of classified documents find.

    The San Marcos fliers appeared days after a man assaulted a poll worker in southwest San Antonio after she asked him to remove his pro-Trump hat. Jesse Lutzenberger, 63, faces a charge of injury to an elderly person in connection with the assault.

    How to get help

    San Marcos residents are encouraged to report fliers to the San Marcos Police Department non-emergency line at 512-753-2108.

    Other members of the public who suspect they have been victims of election fraud, interference or misinformation can report incidents to local law enforcement or FBI Office. They can also contact the Department of Justice at 800-253-3931 or fill out a online complaint form.

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