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.

Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby has filed a lawsuit against Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau after she was censured for pointing out a high school trans athlete on social media.

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.

Auburn, has filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court against the Maine Speaker of the House. In a social media post, Libby says that a lawsuit was filed against Rep. Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, for “attempting to silence both myself and my constituents,