The governor of Maine, Janet Mills, minimized the URR on the transgender state inclusion policies in the sports of girls and women on Monday and said that he was “horrified” about the demands of the Trump administration that a battle over a battle over federal funds agasta.
Mills appeared in “Morning Joe” of MSNBC to discuss the battle with several departments of the Trump administration, which began when the State refused to comply with the executive order of “No men in female sports” of President Donald Trump in giological men.
The State did not comply with the order, which began the problem.
“The Constitution requires that the Executive Director be careful that the laws are executed faithfully, not to make the laws, not to invent the laws or reinterpret the laws by tweet or Instagram post or press release or executive order. It is not allowed to do so.
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The governor of Maine Janet Mills and President Donald Trump. (Getty images)
“Then, when title IX reinterpreted … I support title IX. I have spent most of my career protecting the rights of women and girls in medical care, in employment, housing credit and the like and I am horrified.
Mills recalled the letters he received from the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Human Health and Services. He described a letter of April 2 by USDA secretary, Brooke Rollins, as “quite frightening” and said some described is a “rescue note.”
In the letter, the Administration threatened to cut funds for Maine due to the continuous subsidy of the state of biological men in the sports of girls and women.
“The next day, because perhaps there is a maximum of two transgender athletes that compete in the Maine schools at this time, they decided to close the funds for our school nutrition program, the school lunch program, completely, in which 172,000 Didnn’nirdren” Mills.
He added that the demands against the State “were not rational.”
A federal judge granted Maine a temporary resting order and ruled the freezing of funds must be lifted.
Governor Janet Mills attends an event, on March 11, 2022, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, Archive)
“This temporary restriction order confirms that the Trump administration did not follow the rule of law when it reduced the funds of the program that are going to feed vulnerable schoolchildren and adults,” said Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, in a statement. “This order
“No one in our constitutional republic is above the law and we will continually fight to make this administration count.”
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The USDA “must defrost and immediately release any federal financing that has been frozen or failed or denied to pay due to the alleged breach of the State of Maine in complying with the requirements of the title.
The Administration was also “prohibited to freeze, end or interfire with the Future Federal State of the State of Maine for alleged violations of title IX without complying with the legally required procedure.”
Maine has refused to comply with Trump’s executive order to prohibit biological men from women and women’s sports. Initial Trump promised to reduce federal funds to the State if he refused to combine with the order to be off an February. 20 speech.
Maine’s officials filed a lawsuit against USDA last week after the decision of the agencies to freeze funds to the State.
President Donald Trump walks on the southern grass of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Photo AP/José Luis Magana)
The State accused USDA or “retaining funds used to feed children in schools, child care centers and programming after school, as well as well -disabled adults in congregated environments”, an argument with which the judge agreed. The judge pointed out that the freezing was due to violations of Title IX, but restricted the capacity of “provid[e] Meals to vulnerable children and adults. “
Meanwhile, Maine residents have announced their opinions when they were transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports.
A March survey showed that 64% of Maine’s residents believe that transgender athletes “should definitely not” or “probable should not” participate in sports of girls and women. Only 29% of Maine’s residents believed that transgender “probable athletes should” definitely “compete against girls and women in sports.
The survey also showed that 56% of Maine’s Democrats believe that transgender athletes should be able to compete in girls and women’s sports.
When it comes to promulgating policies to combat the problem of transgender participation in sports, the survey showed that 50% of Maine’s residents wanted him at the federal level, while 41% believe that politics should be left in the United States.
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Maine is also among the states that were warned about housing prisoners by biological sex or face a financing limit.
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