WASHINGTON — According to a report released by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), 872 Republican state legislators, including 62 New Hampshire Republican legislators, are members of far-right Facebook groups. Today’s Republican lawmakers belong to groups promoting conspiracy theories, disinformation, and bigotry – and later turn the hate they see online into policies that threaten our most fundamental liberties.
“Extremism and alt-right views are no longer a fringe of the GOP — instead, radical views are rapidly becoming the norm of the Republican Party,” said DLCC President Jessica Post. “Hate and division have become the GOP’s guiding light — and it has dangerous consequences for the future of our country. Electorally, the only way to challenge deadly extremism, protect our basic freedoms, and protect our democracy is to elect Democrats to statehouses this fall.”
Read the IREHR report here.
On the heels of the racist attack in Buffalo, it is crystal clear that far-right radicalization is a threat to the health and safety of our country. Extremism has become a core tenet of the Republican Party, and it represents a threat to voting access, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive freedom, and the very safety of people of color in America.
New Hampshire House Republicans in Far-Right Facebook Groups:
- Rep. Aidan Ankarberg (HD-Strafford 10)
- Rep. Alan Bershtein (HD-Rockingham 2)
- Rep. Alfred Baldasaro (HD-Rockingham 5)
- Rep. Alicia Lekas (HD-Hillsborough 37)
- Rep. Anne Copp (HD-Rockingham 6)
- Rep. Beth Folsom (HD-Grafton 11)
- Rep. Bob Healey (HD-Hillsborough 21)
- Rep. Daryl Abbas (HD-Rockingham 8)
- Rep. David W. Binford (HD-Grafton 15)
- Rep. Dawn Johnson (HD-Belknap 3)
- Rep. Deborah Hobson (HD-Rockingham 35)
- Rep. Dennis Acton (HD-Rockingham 10)
- Rep. Diane Kelley (HD-Hillsborough 25)
- Rep. Doug Thomas (HD-Rockingham 5)
- Rep. Dustin Dodge (HD-Rockingham 3)
- Rep. Erica Layon (HD-Rockingham 6)
- Rep. Gail Sanborn (HD-Grafton 6)
- Rep. Gary Hopper (HD-Hillsborough 2)
- Rep. Glen Aldrich (HD-Belknap 2)
- Rep. Glenn Cordelli (HD-Carroll 4)
- Rep. Gregg Hough (HD-Belknap 3)
- Rep. Gregory Hill (HD-Merrimack 3)
- Rep. Hershel Nunez (HD-Hillsborough 37)
- Rep. James Horgan (HD-Strafford 2)
- Rep. Jess Edwards (HD-Rockingham 4)
- Rep. Jim Kofalt (HD-Hillsborough 4)
- Rep. Joe Sweeney (HD-Rockingham 8)
- Rep. John Burt (HD-Hillsborough 39)
- Rep. John Potucek (HD-Rockingham 6)
- Rep. Jordan Ulery (HD-Hillsborough 37)
- Rep. Josh Yokela (HD-Rockingham 33)
- Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia (HD-Belknap 4)
- Rep. Julius Soti (HD-Rockingham 7)
- Rep. Katherine Prudhomme O’Brien (HD-Rockingham 6)
- Rep. Leah Cushman (HD-Hillsborough 2)
- Rep. Len Turcotte (HD-Strafford 4)
- Rep. Lex Berezhny (HD-Grafton 9)
- Rep. Lino Avellani (HD-Carroll 5)
- Rep. Louise Andrus (HD-Merrimack 1)
- Rep. Mark Alliegro (HD-Grafton 7)
- Rep. Matthew Santonastaso (HD-Cheshire 14)
- Rep. Max Abramson (HD-Rockingham 37)
- Rep. Melissa Blasek (HD-Hillsborough 21)
- Rep. Michael Moffett (HD-Merrimack 9)
- Rep. Michael Yakubovich (HD-Merrimack 24)
- Rep. Richard Lascelles (HD-Hillsborough 20)
- Rep. Richard Littlefield (HD-Belknap 3)
- Rep. Ross Berry (HD-Hillsborough 44)
- Rep. Scott Wallace (HD-Rockingham 12)
- Rep. Susan DeLemus (HD-Strafford 24)
- Rep. Tim Baxter (HD-Rockingham 20)
- Rep. Timothy Lang Sr. (HD-Belknap 4)
- Rep. Tina Harley (HD-Rockingham 20)
- Rep. Tom Dolan (HD-Rockingham 5)
- Rep. Tom Lanzara (HD-Hillsborough 28)
- Rep. Tony Lekas (HD-Hillsborough 37)
- Rep. Vanessa Sheehan (HD-Hillsborough 23)
- Rep. Wayne MacDonald (HD-Rockingham 5)
New Hampshire Senate Republicans in Far-Right Facebook Groups:
- Sen. Bob Giuda (SD-2)
- Sen. Kevin Avard (SD-12)
- Sen. Regina Birdsell (SD-19)
- Sen. Sharon Carson (SD-14)
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