{"id":2405192,"date":"2025-02-21T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-out-maine-governor-at-white-house-over-transgender-sports\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:53:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:53:55","slug":"trump-calls-out-maine-governor-at-white-house-over-transgender-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-out-maine-governor-at-white-house-over-transgender-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls out Maine governor at White House over transgender sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-calls-out-maine-governor-at-white-house-over-transgender-sports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent event at the\u2064 White House, President Donald\u2063 Trump clashed \u2062with Maine Governor Janet \u2063Mills over Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-opts-for-dominance-with-executive-order-signings-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump opts for &#039;dominance&#039; with ... signings - Washington Examiner\">executive order banning transgender athletes<\/a>\u200c from competing in \u200dwomen&#8217;s sports. During a \u2064speech addressing a\u2064 bipartisan group of governors,\u2062 Trump called out mills, questioning her compliance with the ban. mills responded that she would\u200d follow state and federal laws,\u2063 which\u200d prompted \u2064Trump to\u2064 threaten her with the \u2062loss of federal funding. Mills \u2063firmly stated that she and her administration would \u2062take legal action if\u2064 Trump attempted to withhold funds, declaring that Maine would not be intimidated. This \u200cexchange highlighted the ongoing \u200dlegal \u2064and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">political tensions surrounding transgender\u2062 sports policies<\/a>, as \u2064several states, including Maine, have decided not to comply with trump&#8217;s directive.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump tussles with Maine governor at White House event over transgender sports<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1999571\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> got into a brief spat with the governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Maine\">Maine<\/a> during a speech at the White House, with the Democrat promising to &ldquo;see you in court.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>During a lengthy speech to a bipartisan group of governors, Trump began touting his ban on transgender athletes in women&rsquo;s sports before asking if Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) was in attendance. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is Maine here? There governor of Maine?&rdquo; Trump called out. &ldquo;Are you not going to comply with it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After confirming her presence, Mills said flatly that she would &ldquo;comply with state and federal law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Things escalated quickly from there. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You better do it because you&rsquo;re not going to get any federal funding,&rdquo; Trump shot back. &ldquo;By the way, your population may be somewhat liberal &mdash;&nbsp;although I did very well there &mdash; your population doesn&rsquo;t want men playing in women&rsquo;s sports.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to follow the law,&rdquo; Mills repeated. &ldquo;See you in court.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump, refusing to give Mills the final word, continued on.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I look forward to that, that should be a real easy one,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And enjoy your life after governor because I don&rsquo;t think you&rsquo;ll be an elected official afterward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A handful of states have refused to follow Trump&rsquo;s executive order, which his administration said bans men from playing women&rsquo;s sports. Maine is one of them, with the Maine Principal&rsquo;s Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/sports\/2025-02-07\/governing-body-for-maine-high-school-sports-says-transgender-female-athletes-can-still-compete-under-state-law-gove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"saying\">saying<\/a> transgender athletes can still compete.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s order seeks to force compliance by withholding federal funds under Title IX, which bans sex discrimination. <\/p>\n<p>Mills, 77, previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/governor\/mills\/news\/governor-mills-statement-presidents-threat-withhold-education-funding-maine-2025-02-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> she would not give into Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;threat,&rdquo; which is likely why Trump asked if she was in the room.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If 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,&rdquo; Mills said. &ldquo;The State of Maine will not be intimidated by the president&rsquo;s threats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3325925\/president-trump-anoints-former-inmate-alice-johnson-new-pardon-czar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump anoints former inmate Alice Johnson as new &lsquo;pardon czar&rsquo;\">Trump anoints former inmate Alice Johnson as new &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-anoints-former-inmate-alice-johnson-as-new-pardon-czar-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump anoints former inmate Alice Johnson as new \u2018pardon czar\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">pardon czar&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, it appears that legal action may be more likely.<\/p>\n<p>Trump won 45% of the vote in Maine last fall, but he lost the state to former Vice President Kamala Harris. Mills is in her second term as Maine governor and cannot seek a third term under state law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1999571\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1999571\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump clashes with Maine governor over transgender sports policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2405193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Donald-Trump-Maine-governor-Janet-Mills.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50823,5894,50091,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2405192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-maine-governor","tag-politics","tag-transgender-sports","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Donald-Trump-Maine-governor-Janet-Mills.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405196,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405192\/revisions\/2405196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}