Alciere makes bid for Senate with non-traditional platform

LACONIA — Tom Alciere has run as a Republican, Democrat, and an independent in previous races. This time, he's running as the “anti-Trump” Republican, vying for the open U.S. Senate seat.

Alciere is running on a number of non-traditional views, with ideas to open borders entirely, legalize all drugs, abolish public school, abolish zoning, and repeal “all other unjust laws.” He also voiced opposition to rights for the LGBTQ+ community.

Who is Tom Alciere?

Alciere, 66, is a Hudson resident who works for UPS at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

He was elected to the Statehouse in 2000, representing Hillsborough’s 29th district. He resigned after only about a month, after publicly supporting violence, including murder, against police.

“I got elected to the Legislature in 2000, and didn’t last long, because there was this tidal wave of ridiculous nonsense that I didn’t fully understand,” Alciere said in an interview. “I’ve had plenty of time to look back on. Oh, yeah, the Abolitionists ran into the same thing, didn’t they?”

According to an ABC News report in 2001, Alciere acknowledged posting anti-police rhetoric online, including, “There is nothing wrong with slaughtering a cop. Just throw the carcass into the dumpster with the rest of the garbage.”

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), who was governor at the time, called for his resignation, and he offered it on Jan. 11, 2001. Shaheen's seat is the one he's running for, after her decision to retire from the federal delegation.

Alciere has run for office unsuccessfully on numerous occasions, including U.S. Senate Republican Primary in 2004; the 2006 state Senate Republican Primary; the 2008 U.S. Senate Republican Primary; the 2010 U.S. Senate Republican Primary; the 2016 U.S. Senate Republican Primary; the 2018 Libertarian Primary for Congressional District 2; the U.S. Senate Democratic Primary in 2020; and the 2022 Republican Primary for Congressional District 1.

In his 2024 run for Congressional District 2, he received 1% of the votes in the Republican Primary, which was won by Lily Tang Williams.

Why he's running

“You can’t fix crazy, so I just tell it like it is,” Alciere said.

Alciere called President Donald Trump a “mad man,” and cited him bombing civilian vessels and hijacking oil tankers in international waters, and going to war with no declaration from Congress.

He does agree with some aspects of Trump’s presidency, however.

“I like the fact that he has picked conservatives for the United States Supreme Court and overturned Roe vs. Wade,” Alciere said. “He picks people, and sometimes they rule correctly, like on birthright citizenship.”

Alciere said the bigotry displayed by Trump has gotten to him. He is against military alliances, and thought the U.S. should have let the people of Europe escape to the United States instead of turning them away, causing countless deaths.

“And then saying, 'Oh, let’s prop up the state of Israel in the middle of a hostile regime,’” Alciere said. “The way to deal with Hamas is to let their people escape to the United States. The people who are living under Hamas, a terrorist organization."

Alciere said by committing war crimes, they are forcing more casualties and collateral damage. He said the U.S. could work on resettling people, and vetting people to ensure they won’t commit crimes stateside.

Alciere said there are eight Republicans running for Senate, so he could win with 13% of the vote, theoretically, if the other seven divide equally.

“So, if the undeclared voters say, 'This guy is the anti-Trump candidate, I’m voting for him,’ I’m in.”

Open borders

“I want to shut down ICE,” Alciere said. “This country got along just fine before the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Blatantly racist. I mean, look at the Chinese. How many people don’t know of somebody graduating at the top of their high school class who is Asian? They go on to college and become doctors, accountants, people serving the community.”

He said people could be fingerprinted at ports of entry, and if they have committed crimes, arrest them. Otherwise, he recommends work permits rather than welfare.

“Welfare is what incites people to say they don’t belong here, as if anybody belongs,” Alciere said. “We’re all children of the same God. You’ve got these crazy people who think that their being born here in the United States makes them superior to people born outside some lines on a map, and that’s crazy.”

Alciere said he is against the kidnapping of “God’s children” off the streets, and said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers need to wear masks to avoid paying the price for “malicious wrongdoing.”

“Stop deporting people,” Alciere said. “Open the borders. You can’t have numerical limits. If somebody was born outside some lines on a map, what are they supposed to do? Marry your daughter?”

Legalizing drugs

“If they’re selling fentanyl, you don’t have to buy any,” Alciere said. “Live free or die. You’ve got to look over the underlying causes and look over the chessboard to deal with issues with drug problems.”

Alciere said the deadliest of all drugs are cigarettes and alcohol, but they remain readily available, as long the user is of age.

“But notice how the enemies of liberty conveniently exempt their favorite drugs for themselves,” Alciere said. “I was 19 when Gov. Hugh Gallen committed a hate crime. He signed a bill raising the drinking age to 20 when I was 19, and making me no longer old enough. A victim of a hate crime. That was my wake-up call that this country is overrun by crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy, potholes who don’t give a fire truck about my rights.”

Alciere said he thinks laws are created by people of power, as a show of power and control. He said the drinking age does nothing to stop drunk drivers, of legal drinking age, from killing people.

“No drinking age,” he said. “Parents will have to start parenting. Like water, wine, or turpentine, you drink too much of it, it’s bad for you.”

No more zoning

“Congress doesn’t really have any authority over zoning restrictions, but the states do,” Alciere said. “Any movement to make the United States of America a free country requires economic freedom, free from interference at all levels.”

Alciere said zoning restrictions cause housing shortages, which drives up rent.

“The state Legislature needs to pass a law banning zoning,” Alciere said. “That was one of my priorities, back when I was in the Legislature, briefly. Nullify the zoning restrictions, so that people can build. It’s their land.”

Abolishing public school

Alciere said public school is one reason the country is failing, as it forces people to buy real estate they don’t want, just to be taxed.

“If they can’t afford to pay for their children’s education, how are they supposed to pay school taxes while they’re paying off a mortgage on a million-dollar house?” Alciere asked. “That is the most ridiculous way to collect tuition.”

He said he thinks schools should compete against each other. A school with a drug or bullying problem, or one with bad students, would go out of business. He said public schools should be abolished, and let the free market take over. He also doesn’t believe in state testing, or required attendance.

“They believe that every child somehow has a right to an education at somebody else’s expense,” Alciere said. “When school taxes start going up, they tell the selectmen to impose zoning restrictions to prevent families from moving into their towns.”

Reproductive rights

“Roe vs. Wade was garbage,” he said. “It created an imaginary right to kill your baby.”

Alciere said the only legitimate function of government is to secure the rights of a person, but practicing birth control doesn’t violate anybody’s rights. However, he said he thinks abortion creates a conflict between the baby’s rights and the mother’s right to her own body. He said regardless, the termination of a pregnancy needs to be stopped, and he is pro-life.

“Not to minimize the ordeal they are going through,” Alciere said. “We’ve got to look over the chessboard for ways to minimize the damage to the mother. If somebody wants to open a maternity home and the neighbors stampede Town Hall, we don’t want that in our neighborhood.”

LGBTQ+ rights

“I am against homosexuality, but technically they’re not violating anybody’s rights,” Alciere said.

Alciere said businesses are forced to hire people in the LGBTQ+ community, which he said is a violation of business owners' rights.

Alciere referred to the Founding Fathers’ visions in 1776, saying “to secure these rights, governments are instituted.”

“The legitimate function of the government is to secure the rights of persons,” Alciere said. “Technically, they’re not violating anybody’s rights by having a gay old time. Technically, they’re not violating anybody’s rights by men pretending to be women, or women pretending to be men, as long as he stays out of the women’s locker room. As long as she stays out of the men’s locker room. That’s where you’ve got to draw the line.”

Alciere said children are being “convinced, persuaded to undergo genital mutilation.” He said this needs to stop, because “they don’t really know what they’re doing,” and he said once they are 18, they should be able to do what they want with their bodies.

“It can’t be the government making that decision.”

Alciere said gay marriage should be “up to them,” and “there is something seriously wrong with them.”

“They made that choice,” Alciere said. “I don’t buy this nonsense about how they had no choice. They’re free to break up at any time. It wasn’t a shotgun wedding.”