New Hampshire politics heading into the midterms has taken a disturbing turn. Instead of arguing about taxes, education, housing and health care, some of our political discourse has descended into calling Democrats communists and socialists, and, in one extraordinary case, advocating political assassination.
On Tuesday, the X account of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire posted that it supported the assassination of “basically every elected Democrat in New Hampshire.” The post was subsequently taken down. So far, Majority Leader Jason Osborne has not commented on this abhorrent post. The governor, Dem leaders from New Hamphshire and our congressional delegation, and Republican Deputy Speaker Steve Smith have all issued strong statements condemning the post.
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