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Two weeks ago, I signed an executive order banning men from playing in women's sports. Many Democrats are fighting me on that, and I hope you continue, because you'll never win another race,
Trump said during his remarks
No President – Republican or Democrat – can withhold Federal funding authorized and appropriated by Congress and paid for by Maine taxpayers in an attempt to coerce someone into compliance with his will. It is a violation of our Constitution and of our laws, which I took an oath to uphold,
Mills said
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All of President Trump’s executive actions are lawful, constitutional and intended to deliver on the promises he made to the American people,
Leavitt saidState leaders have failed our female athletes and there needs to be repercussions for their neglect,
Zoe saidPartisan elected officials and judicial activists who seek to legally obstruct President Trump’s agenda are defying the will of 77 million Americans who overwhelmingly re-elected President Trump,
In a statement to Fox News Digital, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said ... and addedAnd 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 comply because otherwise you're not getting any federal funding,
Trump continuedIf it wants to forgo federal funds and continue to trample the rights of its young female athletes, that, too, is its choice,
he said in the statement
This is not just about who can compete on the athletic field, this is about whether a President can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law that governs our nation,
she addedLet me be clear: If Maine wants to continue to receive federal funds from the Education Department, it has to follow Title IX,
said Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, in a statement
Good, I’ll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be a real easy one. And enjoy your life after Governor, because I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics,
a visibly angry Trump said
Well we are the federal law. Well, you better do it. You better do it, because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t,
the president said
I oppose the President's attempt to curtail funding for Maine, and will advocate vigorously for our fair share of federal funding for Maine schools. And again, I believe that we must treat transgender people with respect and dignity. But it is important for state officials to remember not only the success that has resulted from Title IX, but the original intent behind that landmark law."
Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, in a statement to News Center Maine
Are you not going to comply with that?” ... I’m complying with the state and federal law.”
President Trump asked the Maine Governor Janet Mills about resisting an executive order he signed banning transgender athletes from women’s
Today the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent a letter to the Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin announcing that OCR is initiating a directed investigation of the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) amid allegations that it continues to allow male athletes to compete in girls’ interscholastic athletics and that it has denied female athletes female-only intimate facilities, thereby violating federal antidiscrimination law,
the USDOE said in a press release FridayThe State of Maine will not be intimidated by the President's threats."
Mills released a statement on Friday, sayingAre you not gonna comply with it?”
Trump asked Mills, as seen in video footage shared on social media
Fortunately, the rule of law still applies in this country, and I will do everything in my power to defend Maine’s laws and block efforts by the president to bully and threaten us,
Frey said
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,
she addedWe're going to follow the law sir. We'll see you in court,
she respondedI hate to tell you this, but we're not going to give them any federal money, they are still saying ‘we want men to play in women’s sports' and I cannot believe that they're doing that… So we’re not going to give them any federal funding, none whatsoever, until they clean that up,
he also said