Riley Gaines put California, Minnesota and other states on warning as court lawyer Pam Bondi announced a lawsuit against Maine for the state’s non -compliance with section IX.
Gaines was at the press conference where Bondi talked about the trial. The former NCAA star swimmer-facing champion for justice in women’s sports was given the opportunity to speak.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi, Center, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, DC, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
“Let this be a message – California, Minnesota and the like thereof – If you do not comply with federal legislation, you will not reap the benefits of complying with federal legislation,” she said. “Of course, one of these benefits receiving federal funds. Women are protected and recognized by federal law – again that the law is title IX.
“The US government, including the Ministry of Justice, including the Department of Education, will not stand by and ignore when the federally protected rights of women and girls are violated.”
Gaines, hosting Outkick’s “Gaines for Girls” podcast, said the moment between Maine Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump during their spat in February “became viral for all the right reasons.”
She made it clear that Trump was a “man of his promises and that’s what we’ve seen delivered.”
“Promises gave, promises held,” she said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom campaigns for then President Joe Biden on July 4, 2024, at a county democratic party event in South Haven, Michigan. (Chris Dumond/Shutterstock)
Bondi announces trial against Maine for refusing to ban trans athletes from girls’ sports
Bondi’s lawsuit came when Maine refused to change her trans-inclusion policies when it came to allowing transient athletes in girls and women’s sports in the state.
Stephanie Turner, who recently drawn viral attention to the question of trans -cluttering in women’s fences with a clip of her kneeling in protest against a trans opponent, was also at the press conference.
“The Ministry of Justice will not sit when women are discriminated against in sports,” Bondi said at a press conference. “… what they’ve been through are terrible.”
“We want to get states to comply with us,” Bondi added.
Bondi said they were looking for an injunction and got titles returned to the girls who “rightly” won competitions where Trans athletes participated in.
California legislators have rejected the legislation of banning biological men from girls and women’s sports. A democratic state legislator compared the ban with practice employed in Nazi Germany in the Holocaust.
The then American Democratic Vice President nominated, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, takes the scene on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 21, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
Legislators in Minnesota have also failed to ban biological men from girls and women’s sports. A legislature who said it was related to “state -sanctioned genocide.”
