{"id":13099,"date":"2025-03-15T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-clash-with-maine-gov-janet-mills-fuels-tensions-across-state\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T12:56:00","slug":"trumps-clash-with-maine-gov-janet-mills-fuels-tensions-across-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-clash-with-maine-gov-janet-mills-fuels-tensions-across-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Clash With Maine Gov. Janet Mills Fuels Tensions Across State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Before President Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us\/politics\/trump-maine-governor-transgender-athletes.html\" title=\"\">chastised<\/a> Gov. Janet Mills of Maine at the White House last month, and before his administration started investigating Maine\u2019s education system, the seeds of their conflict over transgender athletes had been planted by a state legislator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Laurel Libby, a Republican from Auburn, Maine, had posted on Facebook about a transgender athlete who won a high school pole-vaulting competition. Her critical post, which named and included photos of the student athlete, went viral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">About a month later, the fallout has included funding cuts at the University of Maine and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/06\/us\/trump-maine-title-ix-transgender-athletes.html\" title=\"\">a finding by the Trump administration that the state had violated federal law<\/a> by allowing transgender athletes to compete on two high school teams. The Democratic-controlled Legislature has censured Ms. Libby. And people on both sides of the issue have experienced a complex surge of emotions about Maine suddenly landing in the cross hairs of Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019re not often in the center of controversy here, and it\u2019s a little bit of a shock that it\u2019s happened so quickly,\u201d said Keegan Tripp, a junior at the University of Maine and the president of its student body. \u201cWe have students afraid for themselves, for their friends \u2014 their academics, research, financial situations \u2014 and all of this fear is so brand-new.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the Trump administration issued <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/us\/politics\/trump-trans-athletes-executive-order.html\" title=\"\">an executive order on Feb. 5<\/a> barring transgender women from women\u2019s sports, Ms. Libby, a 43-year-old mother of five, saw an opportunity to amplify her own position on the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After she took to social media to criticize her state for standing by its policy, she said in an interview, she received a tip about a transgender high school student in Maine who was set to compete in a girls\u2019 track event last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the student came in first, Ms. Libby posted two photos: one showing the student on the medal podium last year, after competing on the boys\u2019 team and placing fifth, and another taken after the student won the girls\u2019 competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Libby\u2019s post circulated widely on conservative social media. Democratic state lawmakers called it bullying; Ms. Libby <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6369360367112\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">appeared on Fox News<\/a> to discuss her refusal to delete it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As the story seized national headlines, Mr. Trump turned his own attention to Maine. When he singled out Ms. Mills at a White House meeting with governors on Feb. 21, telling her that she had \u201cbetter comply\u201d with his executive order, her response was icy. \u201cSee you in court,\u201d Ms. Mills told him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Within days, the administration concluded that the state\u2019s Education Department had failed to comply with Title IX, the civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in education programs, including school sports. It also notified the University of Maine that it was discontinuing $4.5 million in federal funding for its Sea Grant program, which supports marine science education and research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Libby was also facing consequences. After she had refused to delete her Facebook post about the student athlete, or to issue an apology, the Maine House voted narrowly to censure her for actions it deemed \u201creprehensible,\u201d barring her from voting or speaking on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think we can all agree that our kids deserve better than to be used as political fodder for internet bullies,\u201d Ryan Fecteau, the House speaker, wrote in an opinion piece in The Bangor Daily News before the vote. \u201cIt isn\u2019t just cruel or meanspirited to take advantage of a minor in this way. It can also be downright dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Libby called the criticism \u201ca red herring\u201d that Democrats were using to avoid real policy debate. She <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SVwm_9SPM6cni5Jue_SCTkyVaikzDMQR\/view\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court<\/a>, claiming that the censure had violated her First Amendment rights by punishing her for a Facebook post that was \u201cconstitutionally protected speech on a matter of public concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The narrowly split Maine Legislature reflects the divisions among the state\u2019s 1.4 million residents. Kamala Harris won in Maine in last year\u2019s election, with 52 percent of votes, but 45 percent of voters supported Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Mills\u2019s clash with the president deepened feelings about her on both sides, ratcheting up tensions that spilled into view at recent protests outside the State House in Augusta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mike Dees, 56, of Skowhegan, said he brought his 11-year-old daughter, Julia, to a \u201cMarch Against Mills\u201d this month because she had played softball against a team with a transgender player who outhit everyone else on the field. Mr. Dees said he thought that Ms. Mills should be impeached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Theresa Weichmann, 59, of West Gardiner, said that while the issue had not come up in her community that she knew of, she believed that parents and school boards were being pressured into accepting transgender athletes on girls\u2019 teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis should have been squashed years ago,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Mills, 77, is term-limited, and her second term ends next year. She declined an interview request but has said that she intends to fight cuts to Maine\u2019s federal funding. A portion of the University of Maine\u2019s lost Sea Grant funding has since been restored, a spokeswoman said, and negotiations are underway to try and save the rest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Asked by reporters recently about her run-in at the White House, Ms. Mills said the State Legislature is the appropriate place to consider changes to Maine\u2019s policies on transgender athletes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou don\u2019t change it by executive order or by wishing it differently,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2YIOgwq1wCc\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">she said<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s worthy of a debate \u2014 a full democratic debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the anti-Mills march two weeks ago, counterprotesters draped a banner with the slogan \u201cWe\u2019re Here, We\u2019re Queer, Get Used to It!\u201d on a white picket fence across the street from the demonstration. They included Doug Emerson, 67, of Portland, who said he was gay and worried that the Trump administration\u2019s recent rhetoric and actions could lead to increased violence against L.G.B.T.Q. people or anyone \u201cwho looks other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cOur gay kids are going to be so much more marginalized and bullied,\u201d Mr. Emerson said. \u201cThey\u2019ll live in fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Polling suggests that most Americans agree with Ms. Libby. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/documenttools\/f548560f100205ef\/e656ddda-full.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A poll in January<\/a> by The New York Times and Ipsos found that nearly all Republicans and 67 percent of Democrats believe transgender women should not play women\u2019s sports. Since 2020, 25 states have passed laws barring transgender athletes from joining teams aligned with their gender identities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Maine legislators moved in the opposite direction, updating a state law in 2021 to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. In compliance with that law, the Maine Principals Association, which oversees interscholastic athletics, allows transgender students to join teams of either gender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among the 151 public and private high schools that the association oversees statewide, there are two transgender girls currently competing on girls\u2019 teams, according to a spokesman for the association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Libby said she believes the actual number is larger \u2014 and that even one would be too many.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAny young lady getting displaced by a biological male on a podium is unacceptable,\u201d she said. \u201cI ran track and cross country in college, and I can empathize with these girls, walking into a competition thinking you have a shot of winning, and then finding out a biological male is competing, and the outcome is guaranteed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On the snow-covered flagship campus of the University of Maine in Orono last week, several students said they had felt empowered by Ms. Mills\u2019s feisty response to Mr. Trump, even as they also feel their campus increasingly at risk of losing federal funding that supports their research, campus jobs and financial aid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYes, it put us as a target,\u201d said Gracie Gebel, 19, a sophomore political science major who helped organize a pro-Palestinian demonstration in front of the Fogler Library on March 7. \u201cBut you have to be a target if you\u2019re going to protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For her part, Ms. Libby said she had no regrets about drawing the attention of the Trump administration, and the costs that Maine may bear as a result. Another Republican legislator has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/legislature.maine.gov\/legis\/bills\/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0554&amp;item=1&amp;snum=132\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">filed a bill<\/a> that would bar transgender student-athletes in the state from women\u2019s sports, but Ms. Libby sees little chance of it passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe only way we get a fair playing field is by federal action,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/15\/us\/trump-maine-governor-janet-mills-transgender-athletes.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before President Trump chastised Gov. 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