In a classic political showdown, President Trump and Maine’s Governor Janet Mills turned a White House meeting into a verbal back and forth.
Trump called out the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, and asked if she would follow the law regarding banning transgender athletes in women’s sports.
She’s a Democrat so I’ll give you three guesses what she said.
She quickly stated that she is following the law, the federal law. Mills thought she was being slick.
Then Trump pointed out that it is the federal law to ban these trans athletes.
She didn’t quite know how to respond to that.
Trump then doubled down and threatened to cut Maine’s federal funding if they didn’t play ball.
The only resort she had left while in her stubborn state was “I’ll see you in court.”
Oooh, she’s going to regret that.
She should’ve abided by the law. I thought “No one is above the law!” Isn’t that the Dems favorite line?
Gov Janet Mills (D-ME) refuses to comply w
EO banning transgender women in sports.Trump: "Good. I'll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be an easy one. And enjoy your life after governor, because I don't think you'll be in elected politics."
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The amount of stubbornness in these Democrat leaders is on a whole other level.
They’re married to their ideology, the facts be damned.
And that’s just another reason why we voted for President Donald Trump.
AP News reports:
President Donald Trump sparred with Maine’s Democratic governor during a meeting of governors at the White House on Friday, with Gov. Janet Mills telling the Republican president, “We’ll see you in court,” over his push to deny federal funding to the state over transgender athletes.
Trump told the governor he looked forward to it, and predicted the end of her political career for opposing his order.
The confrontation came after Mills and Trump had traded barbs over the last 24 hours regarding his push to bar transgender athletes from playing in girls’ and women’s sports. The confrontation in the State Dining Room was an unusual breach of the typically courteous interactions that lawmakers, even of opposing parties, have historically shared at the White House.
ADVERTISEMENTThe back-and-forth came in the middle of the president’s remarks welcoming the nation’s governors to the White House. As he was speaking about an executive order he signed earlier this month on transgender athletes, he sought out Mills in the room after singling her out a day earlier in remarks to the Republican Governors Association.
“Is Maine here, the governor of Maine?” he asked.
“I’m here,” she replied.
“Are you not going to comply with it?” he asked.
“I’m complying with state and federal laws,” Mills replied.
Trump responded, “We are the federal law.” He again threatened the state’s federal funding and said Maine may be a Democratic state but its residents largely agree with him on this issue.
“We’re going to follow the law,” she said.
“You’d better comply,” Trump warned. “Otherwise, you’re not getting any federal funding.”
ADVERTISEMENT“We’ll see you in court,” the governor replied.
“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.”
"I'll see you in court."
At a meeting of state governors at the White House, Pres. Trump threatened to cut federal funding to Maine if the state does not comply with Trump's executive order concerning transgender athletes in women's sports. https://t.co/7pstwUN9A3 pic.twitter.com/hlsaNkQkvu
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