Fireworks erupted at the White House on Friday when President Donald Trump challenged Maine’s Democrat governor for refusing to defend the integrity of women’s sports.
Trump delivered remarks at the Governors Working Session, where he discussed the NCAA complying with his executive order mandating that men stay out of women’s spaces. He looked up from the podium questioning: “Is Maine here? The governor of Maine? Are you not going to comply with it?”
“I’ll comply with state and federal law,” Governor Janet Mills responded.
“We are the federal law,’ Trump told her. “You better do it. Because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t. And by the way, your population, even though it is somewhat liberal although I did very well there. Your population doesn’t want men playing in women’s sports. You better comply because otherwise you’re…
