President Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills clashed Friday at the White House over executive order compliance. (Pool via AP/Win McNamee/Getty Images)
"Enjoy your life after governor because I don't think you'll be an elected official afterwards," Trump then said.
Mills released a statement Friday saying that "The State of Maine will not be intimidated by the President's threats."
"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," she added.
Trump told a gathering of Republican governors in Washington on Thursday that "I heard men are still playing in Maine."
"I hate to tell you this, but we're not going to give them any federal money, they are still saying ‘we want men to play in women’s sports' and I cannot believe that they're doing that… So we’re not going to give them any federal funding, none whatsoever, until they clean that up," he also said.
WISCONSIN BANS TRANS ATHLETES FROM GIRLS’ SPORTS, FOLLOWING TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER
President Donald Trump arrives at the governors working session in the State Dining Room of the White House on Friday, Feb. 21. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The executive director of the primary governing body for high school sports in the state of Maine said athletic teams will continue to determine eligibility based on a student's stated gender identity, despite the president's executive order seeking to keep "men out of women's sports."
Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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