N.H. Libertarian Party posts calling for 'assassination' of elected Democrats
The decertified state party declares support for killing Democrats on social media, drawing condemnation from Gov. Ayotte and online backlash.
What to know
- The decertified N.H. Libertarian Party posted on social media declaring open support for "the assassination of basically every elected Democrat" in the state, telling those unwilling to do so to vote GOP instead.
- Gov. Ayotte condemned the posts as irresponsible and dangerous, calling for investigation and prosecution; the party responded by justifying violent rhetoric as necessary to deter income tax proposals.
- The group has a documented history of similar violent rhetoric, including 2024 posts about Harris assassination and earlier statements that killing a politician over tax policy was permissible.
- Online responses demand platform moderation and a ban on the party, with critics noting the contrast to conservative claims about left-wing violence.
The dispute Whether this should be treated primarily as a criminal matter requiring law enforcement action or as a platform moderation and political accountability issue. · positions read across 2 posts and comments
Platform must remove the account immediately and the party should be banned; this represents dangerous incitement.
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“The New Hampshire Libertarian party needs to be banned immediately.”
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This exposes conservative hypocrisy about claims that Democrats are the violent ones.
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“Bookmark this one for any time conservatives try to tell you liberals are the violent ones 👇”
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The party members deserve mockery and social ridicule for this extremism.
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“I openly support dunking these nerds' heads in the toilet and flushing until they've been properly bullied, because clearly they didn't get enough of it in high school.”
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“Hey @elonmusk anything to say about this? Because you're always railing about how "the left is the party of violence" but seem oddly quiet about an official state party calling for the assassination of Democrats”
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Libertarian Party of New Hampshire State party organizationNational Libertarian Party National party organizationGov. Kelly Ayotte New Hampshire Governor (R)
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Social media users demand platform action and call for party ban
Online reactions intensified, with users calling for the account to be de-verified or removed, questioning Elon Musk's selective application of violence claims, and demanding the party be banned.
“We openly support the assassination of basically every elected Democrat in New Hampshire But if you don't have the balls to do that then you should probably vote GOP…”
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It’s a good thing we have libertarians out there defending the world against those violent leftists or Democrats https://www. nhpr.org/politics/2026-09-23/n h-libertarian-party-assassination-democrats-newhampshire-politics # uspol
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Party responds with statement justifying violent rhetoric around income tax
The N.H. Libertarian Party gave a statement claiming the group "believes that New Hampshire is healthier and freer when anyone who would enact an income tax fears for their life."
“The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire has called for the assassination of every elected Democrat in the state on their official social media account just before telling voters to choose GOP. In normal times, this would be front page news and treated as a terrorist threat by law…”
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first by HuffPost, 7h ago
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The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire has called for the assassination of every elected Democrat in the state on their official social media account just before telling voters to choose GOP. In normal times, this would be front page news and treated as a terrorist threat by law
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Gov. Ayotte condemns posts as 'irresponsible and dangerous' — New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte (R) told WCAX that the rhetoric has no place in politics and called for investigation and prosecution of such threats.
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N.H. Libertarian Party posts support for assassinating every elected Democrat — The party's official social media account declared: "We openly support the assassination of basically every elected Democrat in New Hampshire. But if you don't have the balls to do that then you should probably vote GOP."
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Party posts that killing politician over income tax proposal is 'permissible' — The group stated it was "perfectly permissible to kill" a former politician who proposed a state income tax.
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National Libertarian Party decertifies New Hampshire affiliate — The National Libertarian Party decertified the New Hampshire Libertarian Party for "repeatedly [undermining] our own candidates" and espousing "numerous anti-libertarian positions on a National level."
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N.H. Libertarian Party declares Harris assassination would make someone a hero — The group posted that "anyone who murders Kamala Harris would be an American hero," marking an earlier instance of violent rhetoric.