Governor of Maine Janet Mills released a statement on Friday in response to the announcement that the US Department of Education will be Research into her state For allowing transatletes to compete in girls sports, with a recently executive order by President Donald Trump.
In the statement of Mills, she suggested that Trump’s research into Hair Staat’s Potential title IX violations is an indication that the president will later focus on people based on their race or religion.
“Maine can (are) one of the first states to undergo an investigation through his administration, but we will not be the last. Today the president of the United States has a certain group focused on a certain issue that the Maine law has tackled .
“I imagine that the outcome of this politically oriented investigation is anything but in advance. My administration will start working with the attorney -general to defend the interests of Maine people in court. But not be misled: this Is not only about who can compete in the athletic field, this is about whether a president can force compliance with his will, without taking into account the rule of law that our nation rules. “
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Mills also stated that Trump has no authority to withhold the federal financing of her state because he refused to comply with his recent executive order to prohibit trans -athletes from girls and women’s sports, who promised the president on Thursday in a Speech on Thursday.
“No president – Republican or Democrat – can remember federal financing that has been authorized and appropriate by the congress and paid by Maine taxpayers in an attempt to force someone to comply with his will. It is a violation of our constitution and our laws, I took an oath to maintain, “said Mills.
Maine is the fourth state with a title IX research that started against it for the defense of Trump’s order since it was signed on February 5. refused to comply with Trump’s recent order.
Before that, the Doe announced on 6 February that the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) would investigate IX -violations in addition to San Jose State University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Now Maine accepts that list after a confronting two days between Trump and Mills.
It started on Thursday when Trump promised to reduce financing to the state because he refused to follow his order during a meeting of Republican governors in Washington.
“I hate to tell you this, but we are not going to give them federal money, they still say:” We want men to play in women’s sports “and I can’t believe they do that … so we’re going” I’m going Give no federal financing, not at all, until they clean it up. “
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Maine received more than $ 360 million, or about 10.1 percent of its education financing, from the federal government in the tax year of 2021-22.
On Friday, the Mills office responded with a statement that endangered legal action against the Trump administration if it had remembered the federal financing of the state. Then Trump and Mills Verbaal sparkled in a broadly published argument in the White House during a two -part meeting of governors.
“Are you not going to meet that?” Trump asked Mills.
“I followed myself to the state and federal laws,” she replied, before Trump said, “Well, we are the federal law” and “you can do better, you can do better because you don’t get federal financing with All if you don’t.
“And by the way, your population, although it is somewhat liberal, although I have done very well there, your population does not want men to play in women’s sport, so you should better meet because otherwise you will not get federal financing,” Trump went on.
“We’ll see you in court,” Mills replied.
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“Well, I see you in court. I look forward to it. That should be a very easy one. And enjoy your life after governor because I don’t think you’ll be in the chosen politics,” concluded Trump.
The Doe research against Maine was announced only a few hours later.
Maine came under national research into the allowance of trans -athletes in the sport of girls in the midst of the state refusal to comply with the Order of Trump and a recent incident with a transpool Vaulter.
During a state championship track and field meeting, Katie Spencer, who previously participated as a man named John Rydzewski in pole vault in June 2024, any other woman with half a foot. Spencer’s winning pole vault jumping was crucial in helping Spencer’s track and field team at the Greely High School in Cumberland, Maine, won the class B State Championship with only one point.
Due to the victory, Spencer has now automatically qualified for the Multistate Regional Championships and took the place that would have been awarded to the female athlete who had collected the second place as Spencer in the boys’ division.
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A female high school job and field athlete praised Trump for collapsing in the situation on Friday.
Zoe, who competed in Scot at Maine’s class B State Indoor Championship measures on Monday, said that she is “grateful” for the president’s announcement that he will reduce federal financing to Maine because of Trump’s assignment to play men from the sports sports Keeping, adding that leaders in the state ‘our female athletes have failed’.
“State leaders have failed our female athletes and there must be consequences for their neglect,” said Zoe. “We feel and heard because of this announcement and hope that steps will be taken to protect women’s sports in Maine.”
In a statement to FOX News Digital, Pers Secretary Karoline Leavitt of the White House said: “Particular chosen officials and judicial activists trying to legally hinder President Trump’s agenda, defend the will of 77 million Americans who overwhelmingly re -elected, President Trump,” and Added and added and added that “their efforts will fail.”
“All executive actions by President Trump are legal, constitutional and intended to realize the promises he has made to the American people,” Leavitt said. “The Trump government is willing to combat these fights in court and will prevail. “
Alex Schemel from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.
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