American politician
John Matthew Sellers is an American Republican party politician who represents the Grafton 18th district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[2]
He is strongly against public education and is an advocate of homeschooling and school choice. A former member of the Newfound Area School District budgeting committee from 2020 to 2023,[4] he has suggested that "parents get their children out of the public government schools",[5] claimed public schools are "following the path of Hitler",[6] and stated that the "only things kids learn in [public] schools involve porn and demons".[7] He has been considered to be a conspiracy theorist[8] and has quoted Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin.[6][9]
- ^ Costa, Jamie (February 15, 2023). "NH House kills bill to collect race and ethnicity data during police stops". Concord Monitor. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Representative John Sellers (R)". The General Court of New Hampshire. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "Grafton County Delegation". Grafton County. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024.
- ^ "Budget Committee Committee". Newfoundland Area School District.
- ^ Sellers, John (May 22, 2023). "Rep. John Sellers: Home schooling an easy educational alternative to public schools". The Laconia Daily Sun. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Sellers, John (June 22, 2023). "Rep. John Sellers: Take kids out of schools, which are following path of Hitler". The Laconia Daily Sun. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024.
- ^ Sellers, John (January 2, 2023). "Rep. John Sellers: The only things kids learn in schools involve porn and demons". The Laconia Daily Sun. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024.
- ^ Metcalf, Richard (January 11, 2023). "Richard Metcalf: Rep. John Sellers misrepresents his own record". Archived from the original on September 24, 2024.
- ^ Sellers, John (August 17, 2023). "Rep. John Sellers: Democrats say one thing, then vote to do the opposite". The Laconia Daily Sun. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023.