Moments after (Democratic State Rep. Loren) Selig spoke, Sabourin dit Choinière, who was elected in 2024, proposed an amendment to add a new member to the commission from an extremist group led by Germar Rudolf, a longtime Holocaust denial activist, whose claims have been repeatedly debunked. Rudolf contends — despite overwhelming evidence — that the Nazis never used gas chambers to commit mass murder.

At the invitation of Sabourin dit Choiniere, Rudolf testified at the hearing along with two other men known for their antisemitic activism.

Selig, who is Jewish, was horrified.

"Shocked would be an understatement," she later said. "I could barely speak."

Sabourin dit Choinière's amendment failed to attract any support, but was nonetheless seen as a "breakthrough" for the Holocaust denial movement.

https://www.nhpr.org/2026-04-29/how-a-republican-state-lawmaker-tried-to-let-holocaust-deniers-hijack-history-lessons