The New York Post confirms tweets sent out by New York voters with photos of the threatening letters.
“Who you vote for is your secret,” the letter reads. “But whether or not you vote is public record.”
“We will be reviewing voting records… to determine whether you joined your neighbors who voted in 2014,” it continues. “If you do not vote this year, we will be interested to hear why not.”
Brooklyn musician Jonathan Coulton tweeted out that he was “threatened:”
I think the Democrats just threatened me: pic.twitter.com/wGvYInosk5
— Jonathan Coulton (@jonathancoulton) October 30, 2014@madfilkentist “Paid for by the NY State Democratic Commitee”
— Jonathan Coulton (@jonathancoulton) October 31, 2014In Connecticut, public radio reporter and children’s book author Jeff Cohen wondered if the “creepy mailer” was related to Halloween:
Hey, @CTDems. We just got your creepy mailer. Is it ominous bc it’s Halloween? Boo? pic.twitter.com/s1v9W3in4y
— Jeff Cohen (@jeffcohenwnpr) October 30, 2014@realsaramerica @dereklane09 this isn’t urging a vote. It’s just super creepy. pic.twitter.com/IOv3KnLuql
— Jeff Cohen (@jeffcohenwnpr) October 31, 2014Amy Bergquist, also of Connecticut, wondered why Democrats would send a threatening message to their base:
@realhartford @jeffcohenwnpr Can’t figure out why we did. We vote 100% of the time, it was Democrat flyer. Why threatening msg to your base?
— AmyBergquist (@AmyBergquist) October 31, 2014Sarah Littman was also offended by the Democrat mailer:
Reason I’m “U”RT @colinmcenroe: I’m a registered Connecticut Democrat and, at the moment, rather ashamed of that. http://t.co/IVYLywk4xV
— Sarah Littman (@realsaramerica) October 31, 2014Public radio host Colin McEnroe wrote in his Hartford Courant column Thursday: “Just when you thought this campaign season couldn’t sink any lower or become any more repulsive, the Connecticut Democrats have found a new crack they can slither down into.”
“The tone of the mailings is chilling, like something you’d get from Stasi in East Berlin in 1967,”
Chilling indeed.
When da massa calls da slaves better line up.