Maine lawmaker praises Trump for 'clear message' on keeping men out of women's sports

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Maine authorities GOP Rep. Laurel Libby applauded President Donald Trump’s remarks connected keeping biologic males retired of girls’ and women’s sports connected Tuesday nighttime successful his code to a associated league of Congress.

Libby was censured successful the Maine House of Representatives implicit a societal media station that pointed retired a transgender jock had won a girls’ competition. Libby had besides been vocal successful her disagreement with however Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ spat with the president went down successful February.

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President Donald Trump addresses a associated league of Congress astatine the Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The 2 clashed implicit the state’s determination not to change its gender-participation argumentation to comply with the president’s enforcement bid to support biologic males retired of girls’ and women’s sports. Trump threatened to propulsion national backing for Maine’s schools if the authorities did not comply.

On Tuesday night, Trump received large cheers from his colleagues erstwhile helium mentioned the enforcement order. He called retired Payton McNabb’s communicative astir being near severely injured erstwhile a transgender jock spiked a shot successful her look during a precocious schoolhouse volleyball competition. She was incapable to decorativeness retired her precocious schoolhouse vocation connected the court.

"Schools volition footwear men disconnected the girls’ team, oregon they volition suffer each national funding," Trump said.

Payton McNabb, left, claps arsenic 2nd woman Usha Vance watches during President Donald Trump's code to a associated league of Congress astatine the Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Libby wrote connected X that Mills indispensable beryllium "absolutely panicking."

"Her failures person made Maine crushed zero successful the combat to support girls' sports. President Trump is sending a wide connection to her and different leaders nationwide: Our girls’ voices volition beryllium heard and their rights volition beryllium respected."

Trump’s remarks came a time aft Senate Democrats blocked the Protection of Women and Girls successful Sports Act from advancing successful the Senate. Republicans needed 60 votes to flooded the filibuster but lone received 51.