Boston Globe rips Maine Democrats for censuring Laurel Libby, making her 'a free speech martyr'

Maine Rep. Laurel Libby has been mostly outspoken astir the contented of transgender athletes competing against biologic females, to the constituent wherever she was censured by the authorities House.

That determination was harshly criticized by the Boston Globe's editorial committee this week.

In a communicative by its editorial committee headlined "Maine Democrats should halt making Laurel Libby a escaped code martyr," the outlet said that the voters, "not the House leadership," should determine whether to "disqualify her."

Libby was censured earlier this period by Maine's Democratic bulk and Speaker Ryan Fecteau for a societal media station identifying an underage trans athlete. The censure has prevented her from carrying retired different legislative actions to service her constituents.

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Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby is sounding the alarm implicit the state's defiance of President Donald Trump's Executive Order demanding an extremity to biologic males competing successful women's sports. (Getty/Maine House of Representatives)

"There is nary request to proceed making a escaped code martyr of Libby. A basal respect for ideology argues for letting the voters successful her district, not the House leadership, beryllium the ones to determine whether her actions disqualify her . . . ," the communicative reads. 

"It was unnecessary for Libby to marque that statement by singling retired an idiosyncratic - particularly erstwhile that idiosyncratic is simply a insignificant who had nary relation successful making the rules that Libby opposes. But it was wholly morganatic for her to explicit a presumption connected what is inarguably a arguable governmental question . . . , " the portion continued. "A censure is 1 happening erstwhile it’s conscionable a symbolic connection of disapproval. But preventing an elected typical from voting should beryllium a past edifice for precise superior misbehavior, and nary legislature should marque that determination lightly."

Libby filed a suit earlier this month, which seeks to person her voting and speaking rights restored. She was primitively told she would person her rights restored if she apologized for the post. However, she has said she volition not apologize but has said she is consenting to driblet it if her censure is dropped. She has said she is consenting to driblet her suit if the censure is dropped.

Libby's authorities of Maine, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, agreed to comply with President Donald Trump's enforcement bid to support transgender athletes retired of women's sports aft overmuch nationalist backmost and forth.

The University of Maine System (USM), a web of 8 nationalist universities successful Maine, was taxable to a impermanent intermission successful backing from the USDA past week during an ongoing conflict betwixt the authorities and the national authorities implicit trans inclusion successful women's and girls' sports. The backing was reinstated conscionable days later. 

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by women athletes, signs the "No Men successful Women’s Sports" enforcement bid successful the East Room astatine the White House connected February 5, 2025, successful Washington, D.C.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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The USDA present claims the UMS is successful afloat compliance with Trump's enforcement order. 

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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