Matt Sabourin
Matt Sabourin | |
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.jpg) Sabourin in 2024 | |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Rockingham 30th district | |
| Assumed office December 4, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tina Harley |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Republican[1][2] |
Matt Sabourin dit Choinière is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Rockingham 30th district. He was elected in November 2024 and assumed office on December 4, 2024.[3][4]
According to New Hampshire Public Radio, Sabourin is closely associated with New Hampshire's libertarian Free State Project movement,[5] an educational nonprofit aimed at encouraging supporters of libertarianism to move to New Hampshire.[6]
Holocaust denial
[edit]On January 14, 2026, Sabourin attended a New Hampshire House Executive Department and Administration public meeting on HB 1162, a bill to extend the Commission on Holocaust and Genocide Studies.[7][8] During the meeting, he introduced an amendment proposing representative for the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH) on the commission. CODOH has been described by the Anti-Defamation League as an antisemitic group that promotes Holocaust denial[5] and is associated with the Institute for Historical Review.[9] While speaking, Sabourin dit Choinière visually presented books endorsed by the CODOH, including books by Italian Holocaust denier Carlo Mattogno, which he was then asked to remove.[10][11] The proposed amendment was not adopted and did not appear in the final version of the legislation.[12] He also invited Germar Rudolf, a longtime Holocaust denial activist who has been convicted in Germany for Holocaust denial and in the United States for open lewdness, indecent exposure at a children's playground in Pennsylvania, and trespassing on school grounds, to testify at the January hearing.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Matt Sabourin". CitizensCount. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- ↑ "NH House candidate 2024: Matt Sabourin". The Portsmouth Herald. October 1, 2024. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
- ↑ "Matt Sabourin". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
- ↑ "NH Elections Database, 2024 State Representative General Election Rockingham 30 District". NH Elections Database. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
- 1 2 Dreisbach, Tom (April 29, 2026). "How a Republican state lawmaker tried to let Holocaust deniers hijack history lessons". New Hampshire Public Radio.
- ↑ "Mission – Free State Project". Retrieved June 7, 2026.
- ↑ "HB 1162 - New Hampshire House (2026) - Open States". open.pluralpolicy.com. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
- ↑ "Section 193-E:2-f Commission on Holocaust and Genocide Education". gc.nh.gov. Archived from the original on July 17, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
- ↑ "Committee For Open Debate on the Holocaust". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
- ↑ NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming (January 14, 2026). House Executive Departments and Administration (01/14/2026). Retrieved January 29, 2026 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "A GOP lawmaker tried to put a Holocaust denier on New Hampshire's Holocaust education board". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. April 30, 2026.
- ↑ Dreisbach, Tom (April 29, 2026). "How a Republican state lawmaker tried to let Holocaust deniers hijack history lessons". NPR. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
- ↑ Dreisbach, Tom (April 29, 2026). "How a Republican state lawmaker tried to let Holocaust deniers hijack history lessons". KERA News. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
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