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'Cannot go unpunished': Backlash after state Libertarian Party 'calls for murder' of Dems

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Democrats and libertarians alike condemned the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire after it said it supports the assassination of "basically every elected Democrat" in the state. The party posted the message on X Tuesday. The post, which the account later edited, remained online Wednesday with more than 317,000 views. Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) responded Tuesday night by calling on the state attorney general and federal law enforcement to investigate. "We openly support the assassination of basically every elected Democrat in New Hampshire. But if you don't have the balls to do that then you should probably vote GOP," the party wrote. "I condemn, with every fiber of my being, the threats of and calls for murder from the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire," Goodlander wrote. "If you want to light Democrats on fire, please do," the party's account wrote in another post, answering a user who had asked, "When's the time to burn it to the ground?" The exchange appears in screenshots Goodl