President Trump has just targeted the state of Maine, threatening to cut off their federal funding unless they stop allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports.
While speaking at the Republican Governors Association meeting in D.C. earlier today, President Trump declared, “We’re not going to give them federal money. They are still saying, ‘We want men to play in women’s sports.’ I cannot believe they’re doing that. We’re not going to give them any federal funding. No more until they clean that up.”
Watch here:
🚨 President Trump announces Maine will not receive federal funding until they comply with the executive order keeping men out of women's sports pic.twitter.com/OZqBHyW1QB
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 21, 2025
🚨 President Trump announcing the state of Maine will no longer receive federal funding until they follow along with his executive order to keep men out of women's sports.
FAFO.
pic.twitter.com/YQc3oK66II— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 21, 2025
From Bloomberg:
President Donald Trump warned Maine that he would block federal dollars from going to the state, saying it was letting transgender people compete in women’s sports.
“We’re not going to give them any federal funding, none whatsoever, until they clean that up,” Trump told a gathering of Republican governors in Washington on Thursday.
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President Trump’s decision to cut funding to Maine comes after a so-called ‘transgender’ male high school student won a pole vaulting championship in the state.
A boy pretending to be a girl just won 1st place in the girl’s Maine State Class B Championship.
Before he pretended to be a girl he was 5th place on the boy’s team.
He’s a cheater trying to invade women’s spaces to get ahead pic.twitter.com/DYa5UjdPUU
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 18, 2025
Newsweek covered that story:
A transgender high school athlete’s victory in a Maine state pole vaulting competition has reignited the debate over transgender participation in girls’ sports.
The competition, held on Monday, saw Katie Spencer, a transgender athlete from Greely High School, win the Class B state championship in pole vaulting with a jump of 10 feet, 6 inches. Her victory helped Greely secure the overall girls’ team title by just one point.
Why It Matters
The inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports has drawn increasing criticism from conservative groups, who argue it creates an unfair competitive advantage and raises safety concerns. The issue has become a key talking point in Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, despite transgender athletes making up a small minority in college sports.
Earlier this month, President Trump fulfilled a campaign promise by signing an executive order barring transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. The order allows federal agencies to withhold funding from organizations that do not comply with Title IX as interpreted by the Trump administration, which defines “sex” as the gender assigned at birth.
President Trump is not messing around, and Democrat left-wing state governments are starting to find this out the hard way.
EXCELLENT!!!! Trump don’t play!! pic.twitter.com/i1rw5AAweR
— Joshua T. Saldivar (@JTSaldivar) February 21, 2025
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