{"id":22438,"date":"2025-02-22T20:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T20:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22438"},"modified":"2025-02-22T20:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T20:09:25","slug":"donald-trump-calls-out-governor-to-her-face-during-press-conference-following-controversial-law-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=22438","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump calls out governor to her face during press conference following controversial law change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Warning: This article contains discussion of trans issues which some readers may find distressing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Donald Trump threatened the Democratic governor of Maine to her face during a meeting with governors at the White House on Friday (21 February).<\/p>\n

The President of the\u00a0United States<\/a>, 78, told Maine Governor Janet Mills that she must comply with his executive order which bans transgender women and girls from women’s\u00a0sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said that if she doesn’t, she will risk losing federal funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you not going to comply with it?\u201d\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0asked the 75th governor of Maine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m complying with state and federal laws,\u201d the 77-year-old responded.<\/p>\n

That’s when the American businessman threatened: \u201cWe are federal law, you better do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou better do it, because you\u2019re not going to get federal funding\u2026 Your population doesn\u2019t want men in women\u2019s sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see you in court,\u201d Mills replied.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump threatened the Democratic governor of Maine (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

\u201cGood. I\u2019ll see you in court. I\u2019ll look forward to that. That should be a real easy one.\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd enjoy your life after, governor, because I don\u2019t think you\u2019ll be in elected politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to the meeting, Mills said Maine ‘will not be intimidated by the president\u2019s threats.’<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the president attempts to unilaterally deprive Maine school children of the benefit of federal funding, my administration and the attorney general will take all appropriate and necessary legal action to restore that funding and the academic opportunity it provides,\u201d Mills said (via<\/a>\u00a0The Independent).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said that Trump’s attempt to cut federal funding ‘would be illegal and in direct violation of federal court orders’.<\/p>\n

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Maine Governor Janet Mills challenged President Trump over trans women in sports (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

\u201cFortunately, the rule of law still applies in this country, and I will do everything in my power to defend Maine\u2019s laws and block efforts by the president to bully and threaten us.\u201d Frey said.<\/p>\n

This comes after acting\u00a0Education<\/a>\u00a0Secretary for civil rights Craig Trainor said Maine is being investigated for alleged Title IX violations, which are actions that discriminate against people based on their sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaine would have you believe that it has no choice in how it treats women and girls in athletics \u2014 that is, that it must follow its state laws and allow male athletes to compete against women and girls,\u201d Trainor said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be clear: If Maine wants to continue to receive federal funds from the Education Department, it has to follow Title IX. If it wants to forgo federal funds and continue to trample the rights of its young female athletes, that, too, is its choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to<\/a>\u00a0PBS, earlier this month, the Maine Principal’s Association said it would continue to allow transgender female athletes to compete in women’s sports.<\/p>\n

Their executive director, Mike Burnham, said that they would be following the Maine Human Rights Act, which goes against discrimination based on gender identity.<\/p>\n

Mills said she’d be working alongside the general attorney in defence of Maine in court, however, she added in her statement: “But do not be misled: this is not just about who can compete on the athletic field, this is about whether a President can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law that governs our nation. I believe he cannot.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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