Proud Boys say they aren’t responsible for email threats to Florida Democratic voters

Democratic voters in Southwest Florida reported receiving messages to vote for President Donald Trump, or someone will come after them. This threat was also recently received by voters in other parts of Florida.

The email appears to come from the right-wing group the Proud Boys, but the group says it wasn’t them. Voters who received the email threats told us they will not back down from voting how they choose to.

A woman we spoke to Wednesday is angry and wants police to go all out to find the sender.

“I mean, I think it’s frightening to get this kind of letter, but let’s put it this way, it doesn’t intimidate me to do the right thing for our country,” said Kathy, who received an email threat and did not want to share her full name in the story.

The sender of the email claims to be a member of the Proud Boys, a group that was brought up during the first presidential debate between Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

UPDATE: Top intelligence officials announced Wednesday evening that Iran and Russia have taken actions to try to compromise the U.S. election and have obtained some voter registration data. This includes responsibility for email threats sent to Florida Democratic voters and voters in other states.

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