I guess Maine didn't get the trans sport memo?

On a positive note Laurel got some awesome national press.

Maine’s Transgender Madness

State Democrats silence a lawmaker who defended girls’ sports.

By The Editorial Board, WSJ

Feb. 28, 2025 5:58 pm ET

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, speaks in 2023 at the State House in Augusta, Maine. Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press

If Democrats want to know why so many voters abandoned them in November, they could take a gander at the progressive meltdown in Maine. On Tuesday the Maine House of Representatives voted to censure Republican Rep. Laurel Libby for posting photos of a transgender high school athlete on Facebook.

The teenager, who previously competed in boys’ track and field, switched to compete in the girls’ pole vault this year, winning the class B state championship. “This is outrageous and unfair to the many female athletes who work every day to succeed in their respective sports,” Ms. Libby wrote on Facebook.

Cue full-on progressive derangement. Lawmakers voted 75-70 to formally reprimand Ms. Libby. The censure means she isn’t allowed to speak or vote in the Legislature unless she apologizes. She has said she will not.

Under the Maine constitution, expelling a member requires a two-thirds majority, but state lawmakers have used the censure as a backdoor to silence Ms. Libby by a simple majority vote. Trying to speak in her own defense during the Maine House Resolution to censure her, Rep. Libby was repeatedly interrupted by other members challenging her remarks. She later posted her remarks on Facebook.

The progressive left claims she was “doxxing” a minor by posting the photo. But a state champion athlete has no reasonable expectation of privacy after winning a high-profile championship. Taking pictures of such victories and distributing them in the press or internet is routine. No law prohibits what Ms. Libby did, which is free political speech. Her post didn’t attack the athlete. It simply reposted the champion’s picture and noted that the same athlete had placed fifth in the men’s competition in a previous year.

The Legislature’s censure of Ms. Libby also deprives her of the right to vote on legislation, which in turn disenfranchises her constituents by denying them representation. What’s to stop the majority party from censuring any problematic lawmaker to make sure legislation passes? Democrats should be considering whether they really want to go down the road of regulating posts on social media.

President Trump’s executive order on transgender athletes says schools or educational institutions that receive Title IX funding “cannot deny women an equal opportunity to participate in sports.” The order notes that allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports is “demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls.”

Mr. Trump confronted Maine Gov. Janet Mills at a recent White House event over the state’s refusal to abide by the executive order. On Tuesday Attorney General Pam Bondi warned officials in California, Maine and Minnesota in a letter that they will face consequences if they don’t comply with federal law.

Republicans prospered politically in 2024 by campaigning on the unfairness of forcing girls to compete against testosterone-loaded transgender athletes. Now, to dodge a debate over their policy, Maine Democrats abuse their power by silencing a duly elected dissenter. They’ve learned nothing from defeat.