President Donald Trump mandated an end to allowing high school sports eligibility to be determined by gender-identity, threatening to cut federal funds to any states that do not comply. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty; Trump-Vance Transition Team)
"If Maine Democrats continue to double down on allowing biological males to participate in girls' sports, our students stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding. Gov. [Janet] Mills and legislative Democrats have a renewed opportunity to do the right thing, to ensure restored funding and a fair and level playing field for Maine girls," said state Rep. Laurel Libby, R–Bangor.
"Enough is enough, it is time to put away radical ideology and put the future of our kids first," added Assistant House Minority Leader Katrina Smith, R–Palermo. "The Mills administration’s policy of allowing biological boys in girls’ sports has physically and mentally mistreated our young ladies and now this same policy will harm every child and teacher with the loss of federal funds to our schools."
MAINE STATE REP ‘EXPLORING OPTIONS’ TO REGAIN VOICE AFTER CENSURE OVER TRANSGENDER ATHLETE POST
Protesters call for expanded rights of transgender people in schools during a rally in the United Kingdom. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)
"Maine entered into a contract with the Department of Education, promising to follow that federal civil rights law. [Mills'] reliance on contrary state law will prove fatal to any continued recalcitrance," Perry wrote on social media.
She added in an interview last month with Fox News Digital that in addition to federal law, Maine is also flouting directives from the Department of Education and previously established precedent from a slew of cases that overturned former President Joe Biden's Title IX regulations allowing athletic eligibility to be determined by one's preferred gender identity.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Mills and Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey for comment on these calls from Republicans but did not receive a response by publication time.
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