Maine Reps Ruled Out of Order for Blaming Mass Shooting on Abortion Bill

A pair of Republican lawmakers in Maine were ruled out of order on Thursday after one of them tried to suggest that a horrific mass shooting last October was God’s retribution for a state bill which expanded abortion access, and the other heartily agreed.

During a debate Wednesday night over a new bill which would extend the right to gender-affirming care to people from out of state, Rep. Michael Lemelin voiced his trepidation by making a wildly offensive connection between the two discrete incidents.

“When (L.D.) 1619 passed and went into law on Oct. 25, you told God life doesn’t matter,” he said, referring to the abortion bill.

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