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Rep. Corcoran Faces Discipline Over Holocaust Joke, Expulsion Sought

5/1/2026

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Rep. Travis Corcoran faced a New Hampshire House disciplinary committee after posting a Holocaust-referencing joke about Rep. Jessica Grill.
Jewish legislators testified the comment invoked the Nazi “final solution” and urged expulsion.
Colleagues highlighted Corcoran’s racist, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ posts and his bill to defund resettlement as evidence of a hateful agenda.
House Speaker Sherman Packard called the remarks deeply inappropriate, while some Republicans argued discipline would violate free-speech protections.

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Rep. Travis Corcoran faced a New Hampshire House disciplinary committee after posting a Holocaust-referencing joke about Rep. Jessica Grill.
Jewish legislators testified the comment invoked the Nazi “final solution” and urged expulsion.
Colleagues highlighted Corcoran’s racist, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ posts and his bill to defund resettlement as evidence of a hateful agenda.
House Speaker Sherman Packard called the remarks deeply inappropriate, while some Republicans argued discipline would violate free-speech protections.