The Washington Post Wednesday.News of the email, which advised registered Democrats in several states to “Vote for Trump or else,” surfaced Tuesday.
A queer Floridian had alerted the state’s largest LGBTQ+ rights group, Equality Florida, which called for a federal investigation of the matter.
The email included a threat to “come after” recipients if they did not vote for Donald Trump’s reelection, although ballots are secret, so there is no way the sender could know how a given person voted.DHS staffers, speaking to the Post on condition of anonymity, said officials in the department talked with state and local election administrations about the matter Wednesday.