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Trump, Maine Governor Clash Over Men Competing in Women’s Sports

Maine high schools allow males to play on girls’ teams. Gov. Janet Mills said she ‘will not be intimidated by the president’s threats.’
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Trump, Maine Governor Clash Over Men Competing in Women’s Sports
Maine Gov. Janet Mills sits as President Donald Trump hosts a business session with governors who are in town for the National Governors Association's (NGA) annual winter meeting, at the White House on Feb. 21, 2025. Leah Millis/Reuters
Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
2/21/2025|Updated: 2/21/2025
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President Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills got into a verbal altercation over transgender participation in sports during a White House event on Friday.

Trump, while reiterating his executive order that prohibits males from competing as females, accused Mills of allowing her state to violate that policy.

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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
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