Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) dod NOT get the Memo….
When President Trump ordered her to comply with Trump’s transgender order for Sports?
She openly defied him in their phone call….
Trump taken aback?
Then told the Governor her state would get NO Federal Funds….
He answered?
“We’ll see you in Court!”….
On Friday, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights said it was opening a Title IX investigation into the Maine Department of Education over the inclusion of transgender athletes.
It came after Trump had told a group of Republican governors about his plans to withhold federal funds from Maine unless the state complies with his executive order. At a meeting of governors at the White House earlier on Friday, he called out Mills specifically, asking: “Is Maine here, the governor of Maine?”
“I’m going to comply with state and federal laws,” she said.
“Well, we are the federal law,” Trump replied. “You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t.”
After some back-and-forth, Trump repeated himself, telling Mills: “You better do it because you’re not going to get federal funding.”
“We’re going to follow the law, sir. We’ll see you in court,” she said.
“Good, I’ll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be a real easy one,” Trump said. “And enjoy your life after governor because I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics.”
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The majority of funding for education comes from state and local sources such as property taxes. According to the Education Department, federal contributions to elementary and secondary education make up about 8 percent of all funding, and this includes contributions from other departments such as the Department of Health and Human Services’ Head Start program and the Agriculture Department’s school lunch program, as well as the Education Department.
In the 2021-2022 fiscal year, the most recent year available, Maine received more than $360 million from the federal government for elementary and secondary education — about 10 percent of the state’s funding, according to the National Center for Education Statistics….
Note…
This IS gonna be repeated across more state’s….
One would thing Trump’s threats and possibel action is NOT gonna get Republicans more votes….
Great clip from her…she had a quick reply
Need MORE of this…..