Karen Liot Hill

Karen Liot Hill is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Executive Council, representing District 2, which covers 81 cities and towns across six counties. Before her election she served on the Lebanon City Council, as mayor and as Grafton County treasurer, and she previously owned and operated the Lebanon Diner. She was a founding member of the Lebanon Energy Advisory Committee and chaired city task forces on homelessness and fair and impartial policing.

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What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Karen Liot Hill, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

Statements by Karen Liot Hill

Karen Liot Hill

Role at the time: Democratic member of the New Hampshire Executive Council, District 2

September 23, 2026Condemned

Statement summary

Karen Liot Hill, a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Executive Council, said the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's post was a specific call to violence against a particular group of people that she belongs to.

“This was a really specific call to violence against a particular group of people that I happen to be a part of”

Open sourceNH Libertarian Party post sparks bipartisan outrage over assassination threatsArticle body, paragraph beginning 'Cinde Warmington, the Democratic nominee for governor, wrote'

Why we used this label

The case asks whether the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's post about assassinating elected Democrats was a threat of political violence. Liot Hill, a Democratic executive councilor, described the post as a specific call to violence against a group she belongs to. That is an express criticism of the post as violent rhetoric, so we labeled it Condemned.

Read statement Full case: Was the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's 'assassination' post a threat of political violence?

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Case

Was the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's 'assassination' post a threat of political violence?

Relationship to this case: Speaker

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's X account said it backs assassinating elected Democrats and that anyone unwilling should vote Republican instead. Officials from both parties condemned the post; the party called its statements legal, and its chair described them as self-defense.

Political Violence U.S. PoliticsUpdated September 29, 2026

Karen Liot Hill

What we have documented

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Published cases

Was the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's 'assassination' post a threat of political violence?

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