in response, taitz wrote to william l. o'brien, the speaker of the house of the new hampshire house of representatives, and demanded the removal of bill gardner, new hampshire's secretary of state, for "egregious elections fraud, aiding and abetting fraud, forgery and possibly treason." d.j. bettencourt, house majority leader of the new hampshire house of representatives, wrote to taitz and called her actions "unbecoming of any legitimate political dialogue, nevermind one as ridiculous as the continued obsession over president obama's birth place." bettencourt added, "i have spoken to the representatives who were present and expressed to them my strong desire that they immediately disassociate themselves from you and this folly."