President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his administration would withhold Maine federal funding following the news of a transgender-identifying boy taking first place in girls’ pole vaulting at Maine’s Class B state championship.
In January, Maine’s Department of Education said it would not comply with Trump’s executive order titled “Keeping Men Out Of Women’s Sports.” Additionally, the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) said earlier this month that the state would allow males to continue competing in girls’ and women’s sports, again ignoring Trump’s order.
“I heard men are still playing in Maine,” Trump said on Thursday. “We’re not gonna give any federal money. They are still saying, ‘We want men to play in women’s sports.’ And I cannot believe they’re doing that.”
“We’re not gonna give them any federal funding — none whatsoever,…
