Libertarians have clashed online over a tweet appearing to glorify the assassination of Vice President Kamala Harris.
The official account for the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire wrote in a now deleted post on X, formerly Twitter: “Anyone who murders Kamala Harris would be an American Hero.”
The tweet was replying to a post about toning down threatening rhetoric and came hours after the apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday. Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested and charged with gun offenses after fleeing the scene.
Chase Oliver, the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee posted a condemnation of the post, writing on X: “I 100% condemn the statement from LPNH regarding Kamala Harris. It is abhorrent and should never have been posted.”
But the local branch snapped back at the party leader, writing “F*** off and read any book on libertarianism, you infiltrating leftist f****t.”
The party had deleted the post, writing in a later post “we don’t want to break the terms of this website we agreed to.”
“It’s a shame that even on a ‘free speech’ website that libertarians cannot speak freely. Libertarians are truly the most oppressed minority.”