As promised, President Donald Trump’s administration followed through on threats to freeze funding to Maine over banning transgender athletes from female sports.
In February, after an executive order on the issue, Trump warned Maine to comply with the protection of female athletes or face a cut in federal funding to the state. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a freeze in that funding pending Maine’s compliance with the executive order.
It’s common sense: men do NOT belong in women’s sports. @USDA will NOT use any taxpayer $ towards Maine’s Title IX violations –– we are freezing USDA funds and launching a full review into Maine’s use of USDA funding. @GovJanetMills must comply with Title IX! https://t.co/DdEx2Gcc15
— Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) April 3, 2025
“In order to continue to receive taxpayer dollars from USDA, the state of Maine must demonstrate compliance with Title IX, which protects female student athletes from having to compete with or against or having to appear unclothed before males,” USDA Secretary Brooks Rollins said in a letter to the state.
“In addition, USDA has launched a full review of grants awarded by the Biden Administration to the Maine Department of Education. Many of these grants appear to be wasteful, redundant, or otherwise against the priorities of the Trump Administration. USDA will not stand for the Biden Administration’s bloated bureaucracy and will instead focus on a Department that is farmer-first and without a leftist social agenda,” Rollins added.
Maine voters are making one thing clear—girls sports should be for girls.
60% say girls’ sports should be for biological girls
69% of parents say school sports should be grounded in biological sex
72% demand schools notify parents before gender counseling https://t.co/Jb6KcE31gT— Nicki Neily (@nickineily) March 27, 2025
State Rep. Laurel Libby, who called out the state’s leaders this week, brought the issue to light when she posted about a trans high school athlete who won first place at a girls’ pole vault competition in the state after previously competing as a boy.
“Governor Janet Mills and Maine Democrats have chosen to dig their heels in and embrace radical left-wing ideology over the safety and rights of Maine women and girls. Despite repeated warnings from President Trump, Maine Democrats continued to defy federal law, forcing Maine girls to unfairly compete against biological males,” Libby told Fox News Digital.
“As a result, Maine’s Democrat majority has poised Maine students to lose hundreds of millions in federal funding, starting with our USDA funding, instead of championing Maine girls by adhering to federal law. I continue to stand firmly with Maine girls and President Trump in the pursuit of sanity and fairness. I implore Maine Democrats to abandon this incredibly harmful and radical gender ideology for the sake of our students,” Libby added.
Maine’s House Democrat majority censured Libby for the post, but the lawmaker has filed a lawsuit to have it lifted.
Thank you to Secretary Rollins and the Trump administration for standing up for Maine girls, and working to ensure them a fair, safe, and level playing field!
— Rep. Laurel Libby (@laurel_libby) April 2, 2025
The Department of Health and Human Services issued Maine a referral to the Department of Justice last week, and the state faces an April 11 deadline to deal with the issue from the U.S. Department of Education in a letter to the Maine Department of Education.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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