main Gov. Janet Mills on Monday downplayed the uproar over the state’s transgender implications policy in women’s sports and women’s sports, calling the Trump administration’s lawsuit against her state “applause” amid the fight against federal funds.
Mills appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to discuss her fight with several divisions of the Trump administration. Donald Trump’s “There are no men in women’s sports” executive order bans biological men in girls and women’s sports.
The state kicked off the issue as it failed to comply with the order.
“The CEO is obliged to be careful to faithfully carry out the law rather than inventing it, rather than reinterpreting it in a tweet, Instagram post, press release or executive order, and not reinterpret the law in a tweet, an Instagram post, or a press release or an executive order. He is not permitted to do so.
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Maine Governor Janet Mills and President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
“So when he reinterpreted Title IX, I support Title IX. I spent most of my career protecting women and girls’ rights, including employment, employment, housing credit, and more. I was horrified.
Mills recalls letters he received from the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services. She explained the April 2nd letter from USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins “It’s rather terrifying.” And some said they described it as a “ransom note.”
In the letter, the administration threatened to cut off Maine funds as biological male states in girls and women’s sports are continuously allowed.
“The next day there could be up to two trans athletes competing at Maine schools, so they decided to completely shut out funding for the school lunch program, which is the school lunch program, which is completely free of 172,000 main school children, who are not dependent on school lunches,” Mills said.
She added that the lawsuit against the state is “not reasonable.”
A federal judge ruled that Maine should grant a temporary restraining order and lift the funding freeze.
Gov. Janet Mills will be taking part in an event held in Augusta, Maine on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukati, File)
“This temporary restraint order confirms that the Trump administration failed to comply with the rule of law when it cut program funding to feed children and vulnerable adults in schools,” Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said in a statement. “The order preserves access to funds allocated to certain Maine legislatures by banning illegal freezes by the administration.
“No one in our constitutional republic has surpassed the law, so we will continue to fight to explain this administration.”
The USDA is said to have failed to comply with Title IX requirements, so federal funds that Maine freezes or fails or refuses to pay will be lifted to Maine and released to Maine.” I’ll read control.
The administration also “was prohibited from freezing, termination or interference with Maine’s future federal funds for alleged violations of Title IX without adhering to legally necessary procedures.”
Maine has refused to comply with Trump’s executive order to ban biological men from girls and women’s sports. Trump initially vowed to cut federal funds to the state if he refused to comply with the order during his Feb. 20 speech.
Maine officials filed a lawsuit against the USDA last week following the agency’s decision to freeze funds for the state.
President Donald Trump walked the Southern Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
The state denounced the USDA “withholding funds used to feed disabled adults in schools, childcare centers, after-school programming, and disabled adults’ settings.” The judge said the freeze was due to a violation of Title IX, but “limited ability to provide.”[e] Diet for children and vulnerable adults. ”
Meanwhile, Maine residents are making their opinions on transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports.
In a March poll, 64% of Maine residents thought trans athletes “must not be” or “maybe not be involved in ‘girl or women’ sports.” Only 29% of Maine residents believed that trans athletes should “perhaps think they should “be “undetectedly.”
Opinion polls also were presented 56% of Maine Democrats believe that trans athletes should be allowed to compete in girls and women’s sports.
When it comes to enact policies to address the issue of transgender participation in sports, polls show that 50% of Maine residents want it at the federal level, with 41% thinking that the policy should be left to the state.
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Maine is also among the states that were warned. Residential prisoner Faced with biological sex or cutoffs of funds.
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