Libby’s post went viral among her rightwing MAGA allies, including aggrieved former college swimmer and anti-trans agitator Riley Gaines, who reposted it denouncing Maine’s “disregard” for “President [Donald] Trump’s beautifully written Executive Order” banning trans athletes from women’s and girls’ sports.

When a lawmaker posted about a male athlete winning a girls state championship, her colleagues silenced her. Now, she’s taking legal action.

The Auburn Republican is arguing that her constitutional rights have been violated after Democrats voted to bar her from voting and speaking on the House floor.

A Republican lawmaker in Maine is suing the state’s Democratic House speaker over her censure that followed a social media post about a transgender athlete participating in high school sports

A Republican Maine state representative has filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s House speaker and other Democrats violated her First Amendment rights and disenfranchised her constituents by censuring her last month and barring from speaking or voting on the House floor.

I have the constitutional right to speak out and my constituents have the right to full representation in the Maine House,’ Representative Laurel Libby said.