Kelly Ayotte
Role at the time: Governor of New Hampshire
Statement summary
Governor Kelly Ayotte said the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's posts violate X's rules on violent content and asked X to remove them and suspend the account.
“Violent rhetoric is completely unacceptable and has no place in our civil discourse. These posts plainly violate X's own rules on violent content, and I'm calling on X to remove them and suspend the account immediately.”
Press release from the New Hampshire governor's office announcing Governor Kelly Ayotte's letter to Michael O'Herlihy, X's head of safety, asking the company to remove the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's violent posts and suspend its account. The release links to the letter.
Why we used this label
The reference point is the party's September 22 post about assassinating elected Democrats. Ayotte's letter lists the account's call for the assassination of elected Democrats among the posts she calls violent rhetoric that X should remove, so she condemns it.