Maine Governor Publicly Demands Federal Funds Be Canceled by President Trump
"Governor Janet Mills clearly says she will not send federal taxes collected and that Maine does not need federal funds to operate in a nationally broadcast public confrontation with President Donald Trump this week," says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate.
A federal investigation of Maine's refusal to comply with Title IX is underway after Maine's governor told President Donald Trump the state would continue rejecting his executive order on keeping men out of women's sports.
At a Friday meeting with governors at the White House, Trump and Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills clashed, according to a video posted on X.
Trump was speaking about his order to ban men from women's school sports when he called out, "Is Maine here, the governor of Maine?"
After Mills responded, Trump asked, "Are you not going to comply with it?"
"We'll comply with state and federal law," Mills replied.
"Well, we are the federal law. You better do it because you're not going to get any federal funding at all if you don't," Trump said.
"And by the way, your population, even though it's somewhat liberal, although I did very well there, your population doesn't want men playing in women's sports. So you better you'd better comply because otherwise you're not getting any federal funding," Trump said.
"We'll see you in court," Mills replied.