President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will cut the federal funds to the State of Maine if he continues to challenge his executive order preventing Trans athletes from competing in sports of girls and women.
“I heard that men are still playing in Maine,” Trump told a meeting of Republican governors in Washington on Thursday.
“I hate telling you this, but we are not going to give them federal money, they still say ‘we want men to play in women’s sports’ and I can’t believe they are doing that … So we’ I’m not going to give them any financing Federal, none, until they clean it. “
Trump’s executive order, which was signed on February 5, instructed all federal agencies to review subsidies, programs and policies that do not meet the administration’s efforts to end the “male competitive participation in the sports of the sports of the sports of the Women … as a matter of security, justice, dignity, dignity and truth. ”
The order also instructed the strict application of title IX against any educational institutions or athletic associations that do not meet and require that federal assistance be eliminated in such cases.
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The house of the state of Maine is seen at dawn, on January 3, 2024 in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
“Many specific governing organs do not have an official position or requirements regarding transdentifying athletes. Others allow men to compete in the categories of women if these men reduce testosterone in their bodies below certain levels or provide documentation Gender identity ‘sincerely’, “Trump’s executive order says. “These policies are unfair to female athletes and do not protect female security.”
Shortly after signing the order, multiple states, including Maine, California, Minnesota and others directed mainly by Democrats, indicated that they would not comply with Trump.
The executive director of the primary governing body for high school sports in The state of Maine These athletic teams will continue to determine the eligibility based on the declared gender identity of a student, despite the president’s executive order that seeks to maintain “men outside women’s sports.”
Mike Burnham, executive director of the Association of Directors of Maine (MPA), said that the president’s order was in conflict with state law aimed at protecting human rights and, as a result, the MPA will postpone the latter when it comes to of determining athletic eligibility.
“The Executive Order and our Human Rights Law of the State of Maine are in conflict, and the Association of the Principal of Maine (MPA) will continue to follow the state law in regards to gender identity,” Burnham told local News Outlet Maine public After Trump’s executive order.
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In a statement prior to Pak Gazette Digital, Burnham reiterated that MPA would be “instructing all schools in Maine to follow Maine’s Human Rights Law”, which according to him agreed with a January 21 notice of the Department of Education of the Department of Education .
“The MPA staff will closely supervise any update of the federal and state authorities with respect to the potential impact of the president’s executive order on the sports participation of the secondary school and adjust its policy accordingly.”
Meanwhile, the United States Department of Education Recently he launched Title IX investigations in the Minnesota State Secondary School League and the California Interestic Federation for refusing to comply with Trump on the subject.
“The Minnesota State High School League and the California Interest Federation are free to participate in the entire signage of meaningless virtue they want, but at the end of the day they must comply with the federal law,” said Craig Trainor, secretary Interim civil rights assistant.
“(The Office of Civil Rights’) The Regional Offices of Chicago and San Francisco will conduct research aimed at both organizations to ensure that female athletes in these states are treated with dignity, respect and equality required by the Trump administration. To these organizations that history does not seem kind in the entities and states that actively oppose the application of federal civil rights laws that protect women and girls from the discrimination and harassment. “
President Donald Trump signed the executive order on February 5, (Donald Trump 2024 campaign)
The Department of Education added that state laws do not cancel federal laws against discrimination, so associations are subject to investigations.
However, some states administered by the Democrats have become quickly in line with the Trump order.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association on Wednesday announced an update of its policies that indicated that only the athletes “designated as women at birth” could compete in Girl sports, Despite allowing trans athletes in girls from girls datan 2013.
