Posted on 02/23/2025 8:12:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
This morning, Donald Trump presided over a meeting of governors, one of whom was Maine’s Janet Mills. When she effectively announced that she was refusing to comply with his mandate regarding men in women’s sports, Trump told her the harsh truth: He holds the checkbook. It was an epic confrontation and also a Rorschach test because leftists are celebrating Mills’s stance, while conservatives (and probably most Americans) are supporting Trump.
Up until this morning, Gov. Mills was a complete nonentity to most Americans. Outside of Maine, nobody had heard of her—and she probably wouldn’t have won in the first place were it not for Maine’s wacky “ranked choice” voting system.
What’s changed is that Mills has decided that she plans to die on the transgender hill—and not just the hill of believing that men and women can magically change their sex. Instead, she’s planting her flag on the hill that says it’s perfectly okay for boys and men to compete in girls’ and women’s sports and strip down in their locker rooms. The vast majority of Americans disagree.
Donald Trump disagrees, too. That’s why one of his major executive actions was to get men out of women’s sports. Part of the executive action is to investigate the immense harm women suffer (physical, emotional, and financial) because men have invaded women’s sports.
However, Trump also held in the EO that Title IX, properly interpreted, means that anyone forcing women to share their playing fields, gymnasiums, swimming pools, and, especially, locker rooms with men has violated Title IX. This gives Trump’s EO heft because violating the Act triggers penalties, and Trump intends to enforce them.
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The clash is over federal funding of the states not authorized by the Constitution and the states becoming subject to unconstitutional federal regulation by taking federal funds.
Trans activists should start their own sports leagues. I doubt anyone would pay to see a bunch of freaks running up and down a field, though. They probably know that.
It was a very interesting exchange.
While Trump was discussing with the governors his administration’s decision to interpret Title IX to benefit actual women, not fake women (i.e., mentally ill men), Trump suddenly called out Mills because her state’s political actors remain committed to allowing boys and men to participate in girls’ and women’s sports and to share their locker rooms.
With Maine’s stance in mind, Trump asked Mills, “Are you not going to comply with that [the executive order]?”
Mills responded that she intended to comply “with the state and federal laws”—a passive-aggressive way of saying, “No.”
Trump explained that “we are the federal laws” and that if Mills failed to abide by his Title IX-compliant mandate, he would withhold federal funds from her state. (Note that he didn’t threaten police action; he just said that if you want money, he who pays the piper calls the tune.)
Free money ain't so free after all. If you whore youreself out, you gotta do what the payer says.
Trans activists should start their own sports leagues
They want you to think there are tons of Trans out there but there’re very few and even fewer that are insane enough to compete with females
80/2O or more like 95/5 issue please gov stand with them
Mills answered, “See you in court,” to which Trump responded, “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, but I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics.”
The brief exchange was interesting because it shows that Trump is willing to fight for his principles rather than just mouth them. That’s a rarity amongst conservatives and must be celebrated.
It also shows how differently Democrats and Republicans see the issue of transgender “rights” was “.
Even The Times observed that this defiance was done at “… at a time when Democrats have struggled to find any coherent or effective way to stand up to this president.”
“The clash is over federal funding of the states not authorized by the Constitution ..”
You’re a real one trick pony.
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Maine governor
“ The Maine executive branch consists of the governor and state agencies. In Maine, the governor can be elected for two consecutive four-year terms. Maine’s governor does not have term limits. Maine does not have a lieutenant governor; for the purpose of succession the president of the Maine Senate is next in line after the governor.”
So it’s not clear if she can do more than two terms or not.
Your posts would be interesting if you were a member of the Supreme Court.
Since you are not they are a total waste of time.
‘Should’ and will, likely in Maine.
‘Should’ have been all along, but she’ll claim to have ended her career in a battle upon that hill, a Pyrrhic victory at best (one whose effect upon the ‘d’ party makes me smile).
Common sense is a difficult enemy to find yourself against.
Murphy in NJ talking trash too. Can’t wait until he gets raided by ICE for bragging about harboring illegals.
I WONDER WHAT HER PLAN B IS???
OR IF SHE REALLY WANTS TO STAY GOVERNOR???
If it’s not in the Constitution it is NOT a federal power.
And if it’s not in the Constitution it IS a state’s power.
Read and reread the 9th and 10th Amendments.
First word that comes to mind for me: Healey.
First two words that come to mind are: Maura and Healey.
HOW about the “GOVERNOR” go spend time in a high school girls locker room-— under the scrutiny of those “TRANS BOYS”.
Let’s see how that makes her feel.
DOES she have any kids herself????
ANY NIECES???
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