The Maine House of Representatives voted to censor the representative Laurel Libby on Tuesday evening for a recent post on social networks stressing that an athlete of the Transgenre high school won a competition for girls.
The democratic majority of the Maine House, led by President Ryan Fecteau, adopted the resolution of censorship on Tuesday evening during a vote of 75-70. Libby is no longer allowed to speak on the floor of the room or to vote until it apologizes.
Libby told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview after the vote that she did not plan to apologize for her recent post.
After the censorship was determined, Fecteau told Libby that the members of the chamber would take a break while Libby considered his apologies.
“I said to him:” We don’t need to relax “because I was going to continue to speak for Maine’s girls,” said Libby.
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The Libby post came last Sunday when she pointed out that a transgender athletics athlete took first place during a jacket competition for Maine’s girls after participating in a boy a year earlier . The premise of the censorship of Libby by the Maine House was focused on the fact that it published a photo of a minor and provided the name of this minor.
“It is a remarkable double standard because there are public photos of this individual in many places, on social networks and even some published by his school, and therefore yes, this post has become viral, but it was a An individual who participated in a public event, which was held publicly on a podium and accepted a championship medal which rightly belonged to the girls standing in second place, “said Libby.
The head of the majority of the room, Matt Moonen, sentenced Libby to a declaration on the house of the house.
“She has irreparably broke the confidence that has been placed in her as an elected official in this House of Representatives,” said Moonen. “This institution and all of Maine deserve better.”
The head of the minority of the Billy Bob Faulking House spoke out against censorship, stressing that the Code of Ethics of the State legislature does not mention the online publications that the members carry out.
During Tuesday’s vote, Libby came to the ground of the room with a prepared speech of seven pages on the importance of protecting the sports of girls and women against trans inclusion. However, throughout the night, her microphone was always deactivated when she tried to say this speech.
“I was completely incapable of my first sentence, to pass a word, before the other side closes me,” said Libby, adding that she had never seen anything like this during her mandate at the ‘Maine Legislative Assembly.
Libby then published a video of her giving the speech on Facebook After the hearing.
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Libby says that even if she does not plan to apologize, she has another line of conduct, she plans to take to return to her voting and speech privileges, but has not revealed any details of this plan.
The Republicans of Maine and the voters of Libby will now lose a vote and a voice for other questions in the legislative process of the State in the middle of a busy month.
Libby recently proposed a bill to extend access to mental health resources for Maine residents, which she will no longer be able to help. In the coming weeks, Maine House will vote on the next biannual budget, and Libby will not vote either.
“It looks like I won’t be able to talk about it or vote on it,” she said.
The revelation by Libby of the Trans athlete sparked the national conversation and the coverage of state policy on the inclusion trans after the Maine announced that it is not in accordance with the executive decree “No Men in Women’s Sports “by President Donald Trump.
Trump then promised to reduce the funding of the state for refusing to follow his order during a gathering of governors at the White House last Thursday.
On Friday, the Mills’ office responded with a statement threatening legal action against the Trump administration if it retains federal state funding. Then Trump and Mills verbally overwhelmed in a largely published argument at the White House during a bipartite meeting of governors.
Only a few hours after this interaction, the United States Ministry of Education has announced that it would be investigate To allow Trans athletes to participate in women’s sports and potential violations of title IX.
Police protection has since been assigned to high school which has been frequented by the Trans athlete that Libby has identified in his article on Facebook, in the midst of security concerns.
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A recent New York Times / Ipsos survey Found that the vast majority of Americans, including the majority of Democrats, do not think that transgender athletes should be allowed to participate in female sports.
Of the 2,128 people who participated, 79% said that biological men who identify themselves as women should not be allowed to participate in female sports. Of the 1,025 people who have identified as a democrats or who lean a democrat, 67% said that transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
For Libby, she has her own hypothesis on the reasons why democratic legislators in her state, and many across the country, fight so hard to protect trans inclusion in girls sports, despite most Americans, and Even most of the Democrats opposed it.
“I think the position of the Democrats of Maine is, they did not go strong enough and they need to dig,” said Libby.
But it expects the Democrats to fight for their current position and censorship on Tuesday evening, will turn against them.
“I think it was a huge misstep on the part of the Democrats, and they consider this problem completely badly, and they do not understand how vigorously the people of Maine are in disagreement with them on this policy, and they will regret At one point this action tonight, “she said.
Libby added that she believed that her republican colleagues returned her as she fights censorship.
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