"Maine Republicans Censured for Blaming Mass Shooting on Abortion Law, Tennessee GOP Criminalizes Transgender Care for Minors"

Two Republican lawmakers in Maine were censured after suggesting that the state’s deadliest mass shooting was linked to God’s anger with a bill that expanded access to abortion. The comments prompted bipartisan rebuke, with the House Speaker calling them "extremely offensive and intentionally harmful." The lawmakers were formally censured and barred from speaking on the chamber floor or voting until they apologized.