The remarks showed a 'deeply troubling absence of empathy and infuriating disregard for the victims,” one Democrat said.
A makeshift memorial grows outside of Schemengees Bar & Grille one of two locations where a mass shooting killed 18 people.Two Republican lawmakers in Maine were reprimanded this week for trying to link the expansion of abortion rights and gender-affirming care to a mass shooting that took place in the state last fall.
“Meditate on this, madam speaker: when passed and went into law on October 25th, you told God life doesn’t matter,”. “Keep in mind that the law came into effect on October 25th. God heard you and the horrible events on October 25th happened.”The abortion law, passed months earlier, went into effect the same day the massacre took place. But the two events are unrelated—
A second GOP lawmaker, Rep. Shelley Rudnicki, expressed her wholehearted agreement with Lemelin’s comments on the House floor.
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