Idiots of the Week: 2 Maine Republicans: God Brought Mass Shooting because of Abortion Protections

If you know someone who can be so hateful as to use a mass shooting to support their religion, that's a sick person and a disgusting religion. That's exactly what happened in Maine during a hearing about a law to shield out-of-state patients who get abortions or gender-affirming care. This week's idiots stated on April 10, 2024 in the Maine House, the October 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine was created by their God as punishment for passing those protections. 

  What sick, hateful people said that?  Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea and Rep. Shelley Rudnicki, R-Fairfield, Maine. These idiots should be tossed out of politics and sent back to their awful churches. Here's the story.

Maine House will vote on censuring Republicans who tied mass shooting to abortion law 

by Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily NewsThu, April 11th 2024 at 12:50 PM

AUGUSTA, Maine (BDN) -- The Democratic-led Maine House of Representatives will vote Thursday to censure two Republicans who used floor speeches to tie the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston to God’s wrath over an abortion law passed last year.

Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, made remarks to that effect during a late-Wednesday (April 10, 2024) debate on “shield bill” that aims to shield out-of-state patients who get abortions or gender-affirming care here from legal action in other states. Rep. Shelley Rudnicki, R-Fairfield, rose to say she agreed with Lemelin, a second-term lawmaker representing towns outside of Augusta.

Rebukes were swift from both political parties. Rep. Rachel Henderson, R-Rumford, rose to call Lemelin’s remarks “reprehensible.” Assistant House Majority Leader Kristen Cloutier, D-Lewiston, issued a statement saying the two lawmakers showed a “stunning lack of empathy and infuriating disregard for the victims, their families and everyone in our community.”

House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, said in letters to Lemelin and Rudnicki that the House would vote to censure them on Thursday as soon as staff could prepare orders. She also said that the two would be barred from speaking or voting under House rules governing decorum until they apologized from the floor and in writing for their remarks.