Public disputes concerning politically motivated violence, threats, attacks, and claims about the causes or consequences of such violence.
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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.
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Role at the time: State political party
Statement summary
The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire called Governor Kelly Ayotte's letter to X a "shameful" effort to "curtail legal political speech".
“curtail legal political speech”
What this label refers to
The reference point is the party's September 22 post. By calling the governor's request to remove its posts an effort against legal political speech, the party rejects the description of its posts, that one included, as threats of violence. That challenges the characterization; it does not argue that violence is justified.
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.”
What this label refers to
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.
Role at the time: House Democratic Leader, New Hampshire House of Representatives
Statement summary
House Democratic Leader Alexis Simpson said the party's account posts rhetoric meant to encourage violence against Democrats, said she had reported the posts to law enforcement, and called on X to ban the account permanently.
Quotation excerpt
“Enough is enough. Week after week, the LPNH account posts rhetoric on X intended to encourage violence against Democrats. I have reported these posts to the appropriate law enforcement. X needs to enforce its rules and permanently ban the…”
“Enough is enough. Week after week, the LPNH account posts rhetoric on X intended to encourage violence against Democrats. I have reported these posts to the appropriate law enforcement. X needs to enforce its rules and permanently ban the LPNH account.”
What this label refers to
Measured against the party's September 22 post, Simpson describes the account's posts, which include it, as rhetoric intended to encourage violence and asks X to ban the account, so she condemns it.
Role at the time: White House press office, in an emailed reply to Dispute Index
Statement summary
Asked whether President Trump still holds his November 2025 answer that he does not consider Mayor Zohran Mamdani a jihadist, and whether he agrees with Laura Loomer's description of Mamdani as a jihadist, the White House press office replied by email that it referred Dispute Index to the President's comments. It did not say which comments it meant.
“I refer you to the Presidents comments”
I refer you to the Presidents comments
What this label refers to
The case asks whether Loomer was justified in calling Mamdani a jihadist. Asked whether the President agrees with her label, the press office replied only by pointing to the President's comments, without saying which, and offered no evaluation of its own. That is a redirect, so we labeled it Explicitly stayed out. The closest competing label is Challenged characterization, which matches the President's November 2025 answer; it loses because the office did not restate that answer or say it still stands.
Role at the time: Political activist and host of Loomer Unleashed
Response to this claim
Zohran Mamdani is a jihadist.
“Everyone knows Mamdani is a supporter of Islamic terror. I want to see the FBI’s statement about why Mamdani was given a clearance.”
Loomer asserts the terrorism-related characterization as established and uses it to challenge Mamdani's access to classified information.
Role at the time: Democratic U.S. Senate nominee from Michigan, speaking at a debate
Statement summary
El-Sayed insisted that he had condemned the Temple Israel attack.
“I did condemn it”
What this label refers to
He disputes Rogers's description of his response, without making a new apology.
Role at the time: Republican U.S. Senate nominee from Michigan, speaking at a debate
Statement summary
Rogers accused El-Sayed of failing to condemn the Temple Israel attack.
“He can't condemn a terrorist act that happened on our soil in the state of Michigan.”
What this label refers to
He criticizes El-Sayed's response as a failure to condemn the attack.
Role at the time: Political activist and host of Loomer Unleashed
Response to this claim
Zohran Mamdani is a jihadist.
“He is a full blown jihadist who normalizes killing non-Muslims for the sake of pushing a global intifada.”
Loomer affirms the characterization and supplies an accusation about political violence as her justification for it.
Role at the time: Founder of Freedom Watch and plaintiff in the civil suit against Piker, writing on the Freedom Watch website
Statement summary
In an October 5 Freedom Watch post, Larry Klayman called Piker an antisemitic podcaster, said his lawsuit against Piker had put a target on his back, and said Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks were next on his list.
“I have already filed suit against anti-Semitic podcaster Hasan Piker, who is Uygur’s nephew. That has put a target on my back, but I am doing this on behalf of our people, which includes you and your loved ones.”
What this label refers to
The reference point is Piker's August 20 remarks and the competing readings of them. Klayman again calls Piker antisemitic and presents his suit as action against people he says foment violence, so we labeled it Condemned, consistent with his earlier statements in this case. Mixed or conditional does not fit because nothing in the post qualifies the condemnation. Evidence level: Klayman's own first-person post on the Freedom Watch website; his descriptions of Piker and others are allegations, not court findings.
Role at the time: Study coauthor, writing jointly with Lee Jussim and Ohad Fedida
Statement summary
The authors defended their methods while distinguishing reported attitudes from violent acts.
“Our measures assessed endorsed justification for violence, not actually engaging in violence.”
What this label refers to
They defend the report's methods and interpretation while specifying what it did not measure.
Role at the time: Doctor, medical educator and GenderGP founder
Statement summary
Webberley argues that the report's correlations do not justify treating gender-affirmation support as a cause of radicalisation. She criticizes using that interpretation to shape healthcare policy.
“This is not how evidence-based research works, and it is not how policy affecting trans people's healthcare should be made.”
What this label refers to
Relative to the HHS report's claim linking gender-affirmation support with authoritarianism and violence, the speaker criticizes its methods, framing or use.
Role at the time: State political party
Statement summary
In an October 1 post, the party described the reaction to its September 22 post as the media misrepresenting a get-out-the-vote campaign as a call to assassinate Democrats.
“You get a place where when the media misrepresents your get-out-the-vote campaign as a call to 'assassinate Democrats' it's not a big deal and some elected anarcho-capitalists call you and laugh about it.”
What this label refers to
The reference point is the September 22 post. The party describes that post as a get-out-the-vote campaign that the media misrepresented as a call for assassinations, which challenges the characterization of it as a threat.
Role at the time: Spokesperson for Mike Rogers's U.S. Senate campaign
Response to this claim
El-Sayed's immediate response should have stopped at an unqualified condemnation; adding causal context at that moment was a mistake.
“The only reason he issued a fake apology five months later is because the polling told him to”
The reference point is El-Sayed's cycle-of-violence framing of the Temple Israel attack. Brouillet rejects his August apology for that framing as insincere and an insult to the Jewish community, which keeps condemning the original response. We used Condemned. Mixed or conditional loses because she accepts no part of the apology. The quote is from PolitiFact's fact-check.
Role at the time: Former HHS deputy assistant secretary for health policy
Statement summary
Shanker contrasts the report's commissioning with research practices during his service at HHS. He argues that the administration selected politically aligned researchers to support a conclusion chosen in advance.
Quotation excerpt
“That's vastly different from how this administration seems to already have the answers for the reports they're publishing before they start. And they're partnering with politically-aligned researchers and think tanks to develop reports that…”
“That's vastly different from how this administration seems to already have the answers for the reports they're publishing before they start. And they're partnering with politically-aligned researchers and think tanks to develop reports that meet a political conclusion rather than a scientific one,”
What this label refers to
Relative to the HHS report's claim linking gender-affirmation support with authoritarianism and violence, the speaker criticizes its methods, framing or use.
Role at the time: Professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University
Statement summary
Mason says she would recommend rejecting the paper in peer review. She questions whether its scale measures authoritarianism rather than alignment with the Democratic Party.
“If I were to be a peer reviewer for this paper, I would recommend that it be rejected. I just don't believe that it's written in good faith and the measures are not well validated,”
What this label refers to
Relative to the HHS report's claim linking gender-affirmation support with authoritarianism and violence, the speaker criticizes its methods, framing or use.
Role at the time: Internet research consultant and commentator
Statement summary
Prenatt condemns LPNH's call for assassinating Democrats and rejects attempts to excuse it through comparisons with other parties.
“WAS JUST PLAIN WRONG”
What this label refers to
He condemns the post's call for political violence.
Role at the time: Chair, Libertarian Party of New Hampshire
Statement summary
After the social platform X temporarily locked the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's account for violating its rules against threats of violence, party chair Jeremy Kauffman said it was inconsistent that his side could not advocate for self-defense while opponents faced no similar restriction.
“It remains a major asymmetry that communists can openly argue for mass enslavement, but patriots cannot advocate for self-defense”
What this label refers to
Relative to the fixed reference point, Kauffman reframed the party's rhetoric as legitimate self-defense rather than disavowing it, which defends the underlying conduct rather than rejecting or minimizing it.
Role at the time: Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, in a Fox News interview
Response to this claim
El-Sayed's cycle-of-violence framing rationalized the antisemitic attack or improperly shifted explanatory responsibility toward Israel and Jews.
“could not condemn the terrorist who tried to attack and kill 140 Jewish children right here in Michigan”
The reference point is El-Sayed's cycle-of-violence framing of the Temple Israel attack. Rogers rejects that response as a failure to condemn the attacker, which criticizes the framing. We used Condemned. Challenged the characterization does not fit because Rogers is attacking El-Sayed's response, not disputing a label. El-Sayed did say he condemned the attack, and PolitiFact rated this claim Mostly False. We checked the quote against PolitiFact's report and the broadcast clip.
Role at the time: Singer-songwriter and political commentator
Statement summary
Davila criticizes LPNH's assassination post and argues that it should receive prominent news coverage and be treated as a threat by law enforcement.
“treated as a terrorist threat by law enforcement”
What this label refers to
He condemns the post as a threat.
Role at the time: State political party
Statement summary
LPNH says Americans are generally unwilling to kill people and argues that its post's point was that people should vote. It does not retract or condemn the earlier post.
“Some people seem to be misreading this.”
What this label refers to
It disputes the interpretation of its post as endorsing killing.
Role at the time: Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General
Statement summary
The New Hampshire Attorney General's office confirmed it was aware of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's social media posts and said it would not comment further at that time.
“We can confirm that the New Hampshire Department of Justice is aware of the social media posts. We would not be in a position to comment further at this time.”
What this label refers to
Relative to the fixed reference point, the Attorney General's office confirmed awareness of the post but expressly declined to characterize it further, which is an explicit decline rather than silence.
Role at the time: Republican candidate for U.S. House, New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
Statement summary
Republican congressional candidate Lily Tang Williams condemned the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's promotion of political violence, citing her own experience under a communist regime.
Quotation excerpt
“Political violence has no place in America — period, ... As someone who survived an oppressive communist regime where political violence was common, I know we should never take for granted our ability to settle disagreements through free…”
“Political violence has no place in America — period, ... As someone who survived an oppressive communist regime where political violence was common, I know we should never take for granted our ability to settle disagreements through free speech, peaceful debate, and elections.”
What this label refers to
Relative to the fixed reference point, Tang Williams rejected political violence as having no place in America, which condemns the conduct.
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
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.
Quotation excerpt
“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…”
“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.”
What this label refers to
Relative to the fixed reference point, Goodlander condemned the post as an unpunishable call for killing, which condemns the conduct.
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district; Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate
Statement summary
U.S. Representative Chris Pappas condemned rhetoric calling for political assassination and urged resolving disagreements through civil debate rather than violence.
Quotation excerpt
“Rhetoric calling for political assassination has no place in New Hampshire or our country — something we should all be able to agree on regardless of our political beliefs, ... We work out our differences through the democratic process…”
“Rhetoric calling for political assassination has no place in New Hampshire or our country — something we should all be able to agree on regardless of our political beliefs, ... We work out our differences through the democratic process where we engage in civil debate and seek common ground whenever possible.”
What this label refers to
Relative to the fixed reference point, Pappas rejected rhetoric calling for political assassination as having no place in New Hampshire, which condemns the conduct.
Kelly Ayotte is the Republican governor of New Hampshire. A lawyer, she previously represented New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate and held office as the state's attorney general.
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Alexis Simpson is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham District 33. She is the House Democratic Leader. She has worked in sustainable-agriculture policy and advocacy and is an ordained clergywoman. Her legislative committee work has included the Judiciary Committee and the Environment and Agriculture Committee.
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Far-right political activist, commentator, and ally of President Donald Trump.
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Former FBI special agent and former U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district.
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Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, former Detroit health director, and 2026 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan.
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Larry Klayman is an American legal activist, author and commentator who founded Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch USA. His work includes public-interest litigation and political advocacy. He studied political science and French literature at Duke University and earned his law degree at Emory University. He previously worked at the U.S. Department of Justice and ran in the 2004 Republican U.S. Senate primary in Florida.
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Colin Wright is an evolutionary biologist, fellow at the Manhattan Institute and founding editor of Reality's Last Stand. He is an academic adviser to the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine and writes about science, biological sex and gender identity.
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Helen Webberley is a British doctor, medical educator and founder of GenderGP. She writes and speaks about gender identity and healthcare for transgender and gender-diverse people.
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Alyssa Brouillet is a political communications professional and spokesperson for Mike Rogers’s U.S. Senate campaign in Michigan. Her previous work includes roles associated with Iowa officials Brenna Bird and Kim Reynolds.
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Adrian Shanker is a health-policy consultant, writer and senior fellow at Lehigh University's College of Health. He previously served as a deputy assistant secretary for health policy and an LGBTQI+ health-equity adviser at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Lilliana Mason is a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University's SNF Agora Institute. She studies partisan identity, polarization and political violence and is the author of Uncivil Agreement.
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David F. Prenatt, Jr. is an American internet research consultant who writes under the name NetEsq. He is a graduate of the University of California, Davis School of Law.
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