On July 1st, Maine Rep. Charlotte Warren of District 84, posted a post attacking White, straight men. She made this post on the Maine State Senate facebook page. Several other Democrat Representatives supported Charlotte's comments within their own troubling comments: Rep. Richard Evans of Dover-Foxcroft and Lori Gramlich of Old Orchard. We believe Charlotte's comments are an infringement of Maine constituents' rights to petition their government based on 1)their skin color 2) their gender and 3) their perceived emotion state.
Ms. Warren additionally informed this demographic that if they "need to complain about her [my] comments" those comments will be deleted.
Outrageous! Rep. Warren is interfering with an entire demographics' Constitutionally protected freedom of speech and right to petition their government.
Courts have clearly ruled that government actors cannot censor critics on social media platforms.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/internet-speech/court-rules-public-officials-cant-block-critics-facebookhttps://www.aclu-nj.org/theissues/freespeechexpression/know-your-rights-when-public-officials-censor-you-social-mediaLike all of us, Rep. Warren's enjoys freedom of speech protections. Regardless, Rep. Warren issued her comments clearly as a Maine State Legislature, made her post on the Maine Senate facebook page and pictured herself in the State House Halls.
Egregious!
We demand Charlotte be expelled from the Maine State Legislature at once. We further demand Rep. Evans and Rep. Gramlich be removed from their committees by Speaker of the House, Ryan Fecteau. We also demand a full investigation via the Government Oversight Committee and any other sanctions at hand. Please support this effort to remove these Democrats from their committees by signing this petition so we can deliver to the Speaker of the House. Screen shots are below:
