NH man accused of threat to ‘impale,’ disembowel’ presidential candidate

A New Hampshire man indicted last week for allegedly texting death threats to Vivek Ramaswamy‘s presidential campaign was formally charged Thursday with sending lurid warnings to two other White House contenders.

Tyler Anderson, 30, of Dover, now faces three counts of transmitting an interstate threat and could receive 15 years in prison if convicted on all charges, according to court documents.

Anderson was initially arrested Dec. 9 and charged with threatening graphic violence a day earlier in response to a Ramaswamy campaign message advertising an appearance in Portsmouth.

“Great, another opportunity for me to blow [Ramaswamy’s] brains out!,” Anderson allegedly replied, adding in a subsequent message: “I’m going to kill everyone who attends and then f— their corpses.”

The new charges relate to messages Anderson allegedly sent Nov. 22 in which he threatened to “impale” and “disembowel” one candidate, and a Dec. 6 message to a third campaign in which he said, “now I know where to go so I can blow that bastard’s head off” and added, “Hope you have the stamina for a mass shooting!”

The other two candidates allegedly threatened by Anderson were not identified by prosecutors, but the Dec. 6 message answered by Anderson used slogans associated with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Anderson was released on bail last week after his defense team contended he had no intention of following through on the threats, according to WMUR-TV.

The judge agreed, noting the defendant has no prior record, but insisted that Anderson take mental health medication, enroll in a mental health program, avoid contact of any kind with presidential candidates and not possess any weapons.

“We have seen an increase in threats of violence against public officials and those seeking public office across the country, and I have made clear that these types of illegal threats undermine the function of our democracy,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement responding to Thursday’s new charges.

“We will not tolerate illegal threats of violence directed at public officials or those seeking public office.”

Anderson is due back in court early next month, days before the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, which is set for Jan. 23.