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Maine GOP lawmaker says Lewiston shooting was God's wrath in response to law expanding abortion access

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A pair of Maine lawmakers are facing possible censure after one said the state’s deadliest mass shooting, in Lewiston in October, was a sign of retribution from God over the passage of a law to expand abortion access by the Democratic-led state Legislature and other “immoral laws." During a floor debate Wednesday, state Republican state Rep. Michael Lemelin said God “draws a line in the sand, and when we crossed that line there’s consequences” to immoral actions. “Meditate on this, Madam Speaker,” Lemelin said, addressing House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross,...

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