Maine Gov. Janet Mills beats Donald Trump, gets school meal funds restored while defending trans kids. She said she would see him in court. She did. She won.

https://www.advocate.com/news/janet-mills-beats-trump-transphobia

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  1. >The retreat follows a now-infamous confrontation between [Democratic](http://advocate.com/democratic-party) Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Trump at the White House in February. When Trump demanded she comply with his executive order banning [transgender](https://www.advocate.com/transgender?utm_campaign=SmartLinks) athletes from girls’ and women’s sports or lose all federal funding, [Mills didn’t flinch](https://www.advocate.com/politics/maine-governor-trump-trans-sports).

    >The victory for Maine is also a win for basic decency and due process. Trump’s USDA had frozen more than $3 million in funding for programs that feed over 170,000 children and vulnerable adults in the state, claiming Maine’s inclusive sports policy violated Title IX. But a federal judge ruled last month that the agency had likely failed to follow required legal procedures. Rather than risk a broader injunction, the USDA folded.

    Janet Mills, you are amazing! I am so glad to see someone stand up for trans kids and stand up to bullies like Trump and the Christian nationalists.

    The rest of the Democratic Party needs to take notes from Mills and Pritzker. Instead of genuflecting to Trump and the Christian nationalists, we don’t appease fascists.

  3. I appreciate her fighting for trans people, especially with her managing to make him look like a weak pansy (which is what weakens him the most electorally, in my eyes). Someone like Newsom would likely just roll over. Hope she keeps up the good fight…

    …And ditches that yee-yee ass haircut /hj

  5. Someone needs to play 12 Angry Men on the local Palm
    Beach movie channel tonight…

  8. Talk about a state of polar opposites. One politician kicking Trump’s ass while another might be mildly concerned

  9. This is why I don’t understand why all these people/organizations were bending the knee so quickly to Trump and his agenda. Unless, of course, they actually secretly agreed with Trump and were just using that as cover. Thank you Janet Mills for exposing them.

  11. And good for her. More politicians should take guidance from that. (I’m talking about you, Newsome.)

  12. This is how we defeat him these policies, and take our country back. It will be a hard long fight, but we can’t let fatigue win. They are hoping we just get tired and stop fighting.

    It’s about leaving a better world for our children, all of them. Not just few children, but all of them.

  14. So Trump is a loser in summary.

    If anyone stands up to him he collapses in a diaper oozing heap and picks on someone else.

  15. Good for Governor Mills. Good for democracy. Good for this country. Good to show the nation you can take the bully to task and take his lunch money.

  16. 👍 down with the Mango Mussolini should be in prison with all his administration

  18. I hope this news about her court victory gets out, trump belittling her was so cringe, worst.president.ever.

  19. This is the fight I want to see from every Democratic governor. Fight these pricks at every turn. They’re using fear and coercion because they know they’re overstepping their boundaries and their arguments won’t hold up in court.

    CALL. THEIR. BLUFFS.

    Way to go, Gov. Mills! ✊

  20. Straight up bad bitch. Hell yeah.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

    Fascist fucking pig, get lost

  22. Bro really thought he could just speedrun dictatorship lmfao

  23. “We’ll see you in court” could be a winning slogan for a certain party that should start calling another certain party’s bluff more often 

  24. **On Tyranny**

    *Rule #1 – Do not obey in advance*

  25. Janet Mills is an absolute badass. She stood her ground, told Trump to shove his transphobic threats, and won. Meanwhile, Trump tried to pull his usual “tough guy” routine, bluffing, bullying, and flopping like a dying fish when challenged in court. And she did it by doing something Trump’s never managed: being decent and effective.

  26. It’s so funny living in Maine because all the comments around here on the local news feeds are that Mills overstepped.

    She’s a national hero to the rest of the country.

  27. Her quick wit and quip “then we’ll see you in court” just shattered Trump right then and there. It was so evident in the moment and what a beautiful cherry on top this is.

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