Maine 'MAGA' parent silenced at school board meeting during speech opposing trans athletes in girls' sports

A schoolhouse committee gathering successful Maine's superior metropolis of Augusta connected Wednesday nighttime featured a contentious enactment betwixt a genitor successful a "MAGA" chapeau and the schoolhouse committee president implicit the state's ongoing contention implicit trans jock inclusion successful girls' sports. 

Augusta School Board Chair Martha Witham chopped disconnected section genitor Nick Blanchard portion helium discussed the arguable contented and a petition helium launched to person Cony Middle and High School Principal Kim Liscomb removed from her position, arsenic seen successful footage of the meeting. 

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Liscomb is presently the president of the Maine Principals' Association (MPA), which supports transgender athletes' information successful schoolhouse sports based connected sex individuality and has been a taxable of scrutiny by President Donald Trump's medication implicit the issue. 

Blanchard, who showed up to the gathering successful a "MAGA" chapeau and a T-shirt of Gov. Janet Mills that read, "You're fired," started his code by praising the six of the 7 members of the committee who voted to follow the 2020 mentation of Title IX that did not let trans athletes to vie arsenic girls.

Blanchard besides condemned the committee subordinate who voted against it, which prompted the archetypal interruption by Witham.

"Good occupation and convey you to the six members that voted to spell backmost to the 2020 mentation of Title IX, and shame connected the 1 committee subordinate that voted no," Blanchard began.

Witham past chopped him off, saying, "I'm sorry, but antagonistic comments volition not beryllium allowed."

Blanchard past proceeded to sermon his petition to person Liscomb removed. 

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"This petition is asking … if you the schoolhouse committee members volition enactment up a vote," Blanchard began earlier being chopped disconnected again by Witham. 

Witham told Blanchard that his statements would "not beryllium tolerated" and warned him that helium would beryllium asked to measurement down from the podium if helium continued making "defamatory remarks."

When Blanchard asked however his remarks were "defamatory," Witham responded by saying "I don't person to explicate it to you."

"These comments volition not beryllium tolerated astatine the gathering directed toward america oregon to anybody other successful this room," Witham said. 

Blanchard past agreed to proceed with his code without referring to Liscomb by name.

"So, arsenic astir of you know, idiosyncratic who is the president of the Maine Principal's Association," Blanchard began earlier being interrupted by Witham for the last time. 

"Nope, adjacent enough. I'm sorry, you're done, Mr. Blanchard," Witham said, ordering him disconnected the podium.

As Blanchard walked away, helium yelled "Communist China close here!" 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Augusta Schools for comment.

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Maine is presently considered crushed zero successful the nationalist statement implicit trans inclusion successful girls' and women's sports arsenic aggregate national agencies person levied unit connected the authorities since February to amend its existent policies that alteration trans inclusion.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture froze backing to the authorities past week, and the Department of Health and Human Services has already referred the Maine Department of Education, the MPA and Greely High School to the Justice Department.

Friday is the deadline for the authorities to amend its existent policies oregon look different referral to the justness section by the U.S. Department of Education. 

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