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Maine State Gop Rep. Laurel Libby applauded president Donald Trump’s Comments about keeping biological men from the sport of girls and women on Tuesday evening in his speech to a joint session of the congress.

Libby was censored in the Maine House of Representatives About a post on social media that indicated that a transgenderatleet had won a girls competition. Libby had also been vocal in her disagreement about how Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ spit the president in February.

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President Donald Trump focuses on a joint session of the congress in the Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday 4 March 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The two clashed about the decision of the State not to change the policy of gender participation in order to comply with the executive order of the president to keep biological men from girls and women’s sports. Trump threatened to draw federal financing for the schools of Maine if the state did not suffice.

On Tuesday evening, Trump received loud cheers from his colleagues when he mentioned the executive order. He called Payton Mcnabb’s Story about seriously injured when a transgenderatleet nailed a ball in her face during a volleyball game in high school. She was unable to finish her career in high school on the field.

“Schools will kick men of the girls’ team, otherwise they will lose all federal financing,” said Trump.

Payton Mcnabb, left, folds as a second Lady Usha Vance watches during the speech by President Donald Trump into a joint session of the congress in the Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday 4 March 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Libby wrote on X that Mills must be ‘absolutely in panic’.

“Her failures have made Maine Ground Zero in the fight to protect girls’ sports. President Trump sends a clear message to her and other leaders throughout the country: the voices of our girls will be heard and their rights will be respected.”

Trump’s comments came a day after the Senate Docal Catten had blocked the protection of women and girls in the Sports Act by going up in the Senate. Republicans needed 60 votes to overcome the Filibuster, but only received 51.