A Republican lawmaker is speaking out after a Democrat-controlled state legislature disenfranchised her, refused to let her speak, and accused her of lacking “good moral character” over a social media post opposing men’s participation in women’s sports.

Maine’s House of Representatives formally passed a resolution censuring State Representative Laurel D. Libby (R) on Tuesday by a 75-70, party-line vote. “[T]he House finds the conduct of Representative Laurel D. Libby to be reprehensible and in direct violation of our code of ethics,” said the resolution. She may not cast a vote nor speak on the floor of the House until she apologizes.

Rep. Libby’s trouble began when she wrote a viral Facebook post pointing out that a male won the girl’s class B championship in the girls’ pole vault. She included photos of the underage male and his first (but not his last) name, indicating that he had an unfair advantage over his adolescent female competitors. One year earlier, “John tied for 5th place in boys pole vault. Tonight, ‘Katie’ won 1st place in the girls’ Maine State Class B Championship,” wrote Libby.

“This young man won the Maine state championship for the pole vault in the girls category. And I posted side-by-side pictures of him on the podium in fifth place as a boy last year, and then in the first place spot this year in the girls category. And I think that side-by-side visual was shocking to people,” Libby told “Washington Watch” on Thursday. “That is what I have been silenced over: speaking up for those girls who are standing there next to him in second place, displaced from the top of the podium by a biological male.”

As of this writing, her post has more than 102,000 views and 18,000 shares. “I certainly had no idea that the post would go viral, but the truth has a way of getting out,” she told “Washington Watch.”

The lawmaker revealed Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D) called her and asked her to take her post down. “It exposed truth,” she told Fecteau. “There are boys participating in girls’ sports, boys taking the place of girls.”

After she refused, Democrats introduced a censure resolution against Libby, allegedly because she posted the image of a minor without his consent and “her post may endanger the minor.” Libby noted that the boy already “had multiple photos online with [his full] name online on multiple websites.” Legislators maintained the censure had nothing to do with the content of her post, a claim few accepted at face value. “If Rep. Libby had posted the same picture, the same name with sentiments of congratulations, would we be here doing the censure right now? I think we know the answer to that,” remarked Rep. Jennifer Poirier (R).

Maine Democrats would not even let her voice opposition to trans ideology as she attempted to defend herself, continually interrupting her defense by ruling the discussion off-topic. “When you shine a spotlight on the truth, you can expect opposition,” said Libby in one of a handful of sentences she managed to utter before being cut off. “It is becoming abundantly clear that Maine girls will not get fairness in Maine. And when the woke Left can’t silence women, they cancel them.”

The disciplinary resolution says Libby “must accept full responsibility for the incident and publicly apologize to the House and to the people of the State of Maine.” It bars Libby from voting or speaking until she makes a formal apology.

“This censure motion makes a mockery of the censure process,” said House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R), who highlighted the fact that nothing in the code of ethics allows the legislature to censure a lawmaker over online speech.

“It is unprecedented. Never in Maine’s history has a sitting legislator been censured in this way for anything outside of the statehouse,” Libby told “Washington Watch.” The resolution “has silenced me. This has silenced Maine girls. And this has silenced my constituents — all 9,000 of them — that elected me to represent them. I no longer can be their voice in the state House, and I cannot vote for them.”

“I do not believe that that is constitutional,” she said.

The chamber’s actions against Libby conform to the Democratic Party’s plans to overturn elections by stripping Republican elected officials such as Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) of their committee assignments, threatening to expel conservatives from Congress, or attempting to bar President Donald Trump from running for president by branding him an “insurrectionist” ineligible for office under the 14th Amendment.

The latest censure motion comes nearly one year after the Maine House of Representatives censured two other Christian lawmakers for noting that abortion cheapens human life. State Rep. Michael Lemelin (R-88) dared to point out a state law allowing abortion to take place “after viability” took effect on October 25 — the same day a man killed 18 people in a mass shooting in Lewiston. When that law “passed and went into law on October 25, you told God, ‘Life doesn’t matter,’” said Lemelin. “Keep in mind that the law came into effect on October 25. God heard you, and the horrible events on October 25 happened.” Rep. Shelley Rudnicki (R) added, “I just wanted to stand and say that I agree with Representative Lemelin and everything he said.”

“Nowhere in the Bible do I see where the word of God is to be used as a weapon against people, or where we are told to speak on behalf of God to express His wrath to the people,” claimed state Rep. Rachel Henderson (R) at the time, although the Bible contains numerous such passages.

Both Lemelin and Rudnicki apologized to restore their voting rights — but Libby has no intention of caving in or recanting her post. “I’m not going to apologize for speaking the truth,” Libby told NewsNation. However, she plans to take an alternative course of action which she believes will restore her voting rights.

Libby told “Washington Watch” she believes she has the support of her state leaders. “The Republican caucus stands very firmly and strongly in support of Maine girls and their right to have a fair and level playing field,” she observed.

Libby’s principled stand has won her nationwide praise. Alleigh Marré, executive director of American Parents Coalition, extolled Libby for “standing up for female athletes” through her online presence. “Parents across Maine — and the country — are fed up with being ignored while their daughters are forced to compete against biological males. The Maine Principals’ Association’s decision isn’t just unfair; it’s an affront to every parent who expects their child to have a level playing field and is at odds with President Trump’s executive order protecting girls’ sports,” Marré told The Washington Stand. “Schools should be working alongside the administration and supporting parents, not prioritizing politics.”

Yet the state shows little sign of changing its hard position on allowing males access to female changing rooms. The Maine Principals’ Association said such a policy would remain in force due to the state’s so-called “Human Rights Act,” which punishes and stigmatizes opposition to radical gender ideology as discrimination based on “gender identity.”

“The decision by the Maine Principal’s Association to continue allowing male athletes to compete against female athletes in school athletic competitions is outrageous. Not only does their decision violate President Trump’s February 5 executive order but it jeopardizes the safety and privacy of female athletes, all while allowing male athletes to take medals, trophies, and podium spots away from women, effectively erasing them. I urge the Trump administration to move swiftly to ensure that female athletes in Maine can once again compete on a level playing field, preserving the integrity of women's sports,” said Libby in a statement emailed to TWS earlier in the week.

The censorious actions come as the latest sign Maine’s political leaders have gone all-in on the transgender political agenda. During a testy exchange on February 24, President Donald Trump warned Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) her state could lose all federal funding for defying his executive order on “No Men in Women’s Sports.” The U.S. Department of Education, while it still exists, is investigating Maine for potentially violating Title IX.

Mills’ actions appear to be unpopular in her typically Democratic state. A recent poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center found 49% of Maine residents disapprove of the job Mills has done as governor, while 48% approve. A New York Times/Ipsos survey found 79% of all Americans — including 67% of Democrats — said trans-identifying men should not be able to play in women’s sports.

The Left believes it may have the power to transform public opinion on transgenderism as it did on other LGBT issues. “Look at same sex marriage for example,” University of Maine Political Science Chair Mark Brewer told Bangor’s WABI-TV. “For a long time, the majority of Americans were opposed, until they weren’t. Transgender athletes could be the same thing.”

“I’m not saying it will be, or it won’t be, but it could be,” said Brewer.

But Libby told “Washington Watch,” come what may, she is in the fight for the long run.

“I am a longtime runner, and I’m not going to let this go,” promised Libby.