Maggie Goodlander
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
Condemned
Statement summary
U.S. Representative Maggie Goodlander condemned the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's post as a call for murder and called for a law enforcement investigation.
“I condemn, with every fiber of my being, the threats of and calls for murder from the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, ... You can disagree with someone as deeply as humanly possible. But in the United States of America you cannot call for their killing and go unpunished.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Backlash ensues after the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire calls for assassinations, againParagraphs on the national Libertarian Party's May disaffiliation statement, and quotes from Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Lily Tang Williams, and Jeremy Kauffman's account-suspension post
Reports the national Libertarian Party's May 2026 disaffiliation of the New Hampshire party, its statement on the September post, and reactions from congressional candidates.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Relative to the fixed reference point, Goodlander condemned the post as an unpunishable call for killing, which condemns the conduct.