Remember that incident last month where President Trump went at it with Maine’ Governor Janet Mills? Where he informed her that the state would lose federal funding if it allowed biological males to compete in women’s sporting events (and, presumably, use their locker rooms and bathrooms as well)?
Remember her snotty “We’ll see you in court” response.
Well, that was then. And this is now.
From Jackson Thompson’s article for Fox News:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that the University of Maine System (UMS) has agreed to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep transgender athletes out of women’s sports.
UMS, a network of eight public universities in Maine, claims it has been compliant with the NCAA’s revised gender policy to keep trans athletes out of the women’s category since the NCAA’s revision was made on Feb. 6, and has always followed state and federal law. UMS was subject to a temporary pause in funding from the USDA last week during an ongoing battle between the state and the federal government over trans inclusion in women’s and girls sports. The funding was reinstated just days later.
The USDA now claims the UMS is in full compliance with Trump’s executive order.
UMS Chancellor Dannel Malloy provided a statement to Fox News Digital, saying the system is “relieved” to have come to an understanding with the USDA.
“The University of Maine System has always maintained its compliance with state and federal laws and with NCAA rules, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture also affirmed in a press release today,” said Chancellor Malloy.
“We are relieved to put the Department’s Title IX compliance review behind us…………………
Thank you for that commentary, Chancellor Malloy. Or, more exactly, thank you for your babblespeak, that really says “Are we out of our minds? We’re going to lose federal funding on behalf of a few guys who decided they weren’t guys, they were women? That is – like one of the key distinguishing factors between the two sexes – nuts. Wake up, Governor Mills. That ain’t happening.”
So now Maine is – or at least tells us it is – in full compliance. And Janet Mills comes out looking ridiculous.
The good news for her? Re-election time is next year…so she has over a year and a half to come back from this embarrassment. See me the November after this one and we’ll talk about how she made out.
