'We are the federal law': Trump, Maine governor clash over transgender athletes

Source: The Hill

President Trump and Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills briefly quarreled Friday at a National Governors Association session at the White House after Trump told a meeting of Republican governors he would withhold federal funding from the state over its refusal to comply with an executive order on transgender athletes.

In remarks Friday afternoon, Trump repeated the false claim that two female Olympic boxers were transgender and touted a recent order meant to ban trans athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports, including at the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

He asked Mills, who attended Friday’s event, whether she would direct her state to follow the order. Maine’s governing body for high school sports, the Maine Principal’s Association, previously said it would not bar transgender athletes from competing on teams that match their gender identity, citing a state anti-discrimination law preventing the organization from doing so.

“I’m complying with state and federal law,” Mills responded.

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