President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will cut off federal funding to the state of Maine if it continues to defy his executive order that prevents trans athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports.
“I heard men still playing in Maine,” Trump told a collection of Republican governors in Washington on Thursday.
“I hate telling you this but we won’t give them any federal money, they still say ‘We want men to play in women’s sports’ and I can’t believe they do it … so we ‘Will not give them any federal funding, no one at all until they clean it.
Trump’s executive order signed on February 5, instructed all federal agencies to review grants, programs and policies that do not comply , dignity and truth.
The order also instructed strict title IX enforcement against any Educational institutions Or athletic associations that do not comply and require federal assistance are removed in such cases.
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Maine State House is seen at Daggry, January 3, 2024 in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
“Many sports -specific management bodies have no official position or requirements for transidentifying athletes. Others allow men to compete in female categories if these men reduce the testosterone in their bodies at certain levels or provide documentation of ‘sincerely held’ gender identity,” Trump’s executive order says. “These policies are unfair to female athletes and do not protect female security.”
Shortly after the order was signed, several states, including Maine, California, Minnesota and others, indicated primarily by Democrats that they would not comply with Trump.
The CEO of the primary governing body of high school sports in The state Maine Mentioned athletic teams will continue to determine eligibility based on the student’s declared gender identity despite the president’s executive order seeking to keep “men out of women’s sports.”
Mike Burnham, CEO of Maine Principals Association (MPA), said the president’s order is in conflict with state law aiming for protecting human rights and as a result, MPA will postpone to the latter when it comes to deciding athletic eligibility.
“The executive order and our Maine State Human Rights Act are in conflict, and Maine Principal’s Association (MPA) will continue to follow the State Act as it relates to gender identity,” Burnham told the local news site Maine Public After Trump’s February 5th executive order.
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In a previous statement to Pakinomist Digital, Burnham repeated that MPA would “instruct all schools in Maine to follow Maine Human Rights ACT,” as he said was in accordance with a January 21 message from the Department of Education.
“The staff at MPA will closely monitor any updates from federal and state authorities regarding the potential impact of the president’s executive order on participation in high school and adjust his policy accordingly.”
Meanwhile US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Recently, Title IX studies launched by Minnesota State High School League and California Interscholastic Federation to refuse to comply with Trump on the subject.
“Minnesota State High School League and California Interscholastic Federation are free to engage in all the meaningless virtue signals they want, but at the end of the day they must comply with federal legislation,” said Craig Trainor, acting assisting secretary of civil rights.
“(Office of Civil Rights’) Chicago and San Francisco Regional offices will conduct corrected studies of both organizations to ensure that female athletes in these states are treated with the dignity, respect and equality that Trump administration requires. I will remind these Organizations This story does not look kind of on units and say that actively opposed the enforcement of federal civil rights laws that protect women and girls against discrimination and harassment.
President Donald Trump signed the executive order on February 5, (Donald Trump 2024 -campaign)
The educational department added that state legislation did not disregard federal laws of discrimination so that the associations are subject to investigations.
However, some democratic states have been quick to fall in line with Trump’s order.
Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association announced on Wednesday an update to its policies who only said athletes “appointed as women at birth” would be allowed to compete in girls sports, Despite previously allowed Trans athletes in Girls Sports back to 2013.
