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I heard men are still playing in Maine,
Trump said to a gathering of Republican governors in Washington Thursday President Trump has made it abundantly clear: taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars will not support institutions that discriminate against women,
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital Saturday If the President attempts to unilaterally deprive Maine school children of the benefit of Federal funding, my Administration and the Attorney General will take all appropriate and necessary legal action to restore that funding and the academic opportunity it provides,
This is not just about who can compete on the athletic field, this is about whether a President can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law that governs our nation,
In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it – and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so,
And by the way, your population, even though it’s somewhat liberal, although I did very well there, your population doesn’t want men playing in women’s sports. So … you better comply, because otherwise you’re not getting any, any federal funding.”
I understand Maine, is Maine here, the governor of Maine?”
Trump said addressing Republican and Democratic governors in the State Dining Room If you’re going to have women’s sports, if you’re going to provide opportunities for women, then they have to be equally safe, equally fair, and equally private opportunities, and so that means that you’re going to preserve women’s sports for women.”
We’re not going to give them any federal funding whatsoever until they clean that up.”
Delivering remarks at a Republican Governors Association dinner Thursday night, Trump singled out Maine, saying With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over,
the president said when he signed the order As governors, we have our prior initiative that we continue to work on is to disagree better,
He is a businessman. He is not ideological. He wants to get things done,
I’ve got it, but I’m going to hold onto it,
It was a little uncomfortable in the room,
added NGA Vice Chairman Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma’s GOP governor We always hope that people can disagree in a way that elevates the discourse and tries to come to a common solution around . . . what the issue is. I don't think that that disagreement is necessarily a model of that,
Two weeks ago, I signed an executive order banning men from playing in women's sports. Many Democrats are fighting me on that, and I hope you continue, because you'll never win another race,
Trump said during his remarks No President – Republican or Democrat – can withhold Federal funding authorized and appropriated by Congress and paid for by Maine taxpayers in an attempt to coerce someone into compliance with his will. It is a violation of our Constitution and of our laws, which I took an oath to uphold,
All of President Trump’s executive actions are lawful, constitutional and intended to deliver on the promises he made to the American people,
State leaders have failed our female athletes and there needs to be repercussions for their neglect,
Partisan elected officials and judicial activists who seek to legally obstruct President Trump’s agenda are defying the will of 77 million Americans who overwhelmingly re-elected President Trump,
In a statement to Fox News Digital, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said ... and added