Maine Governor Maga opposes her recall petition after virus Trump showdown – but there is a problem
Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills faces a fight with Donald Trump over trans rights at the White House last week The petition for the recall.
The Change.org petition organized by local conservative activist Melissa Moulton has already sought 12,362 of the 15,000 signatures sought at the time of writing.
But there is a big problem: Maine is one of the 30 U.S. countries that have no recall of the governor.
It can be argued that the gestures still have a symbolic weight to record local dissatisfaction, but have no practical power to facilitate change.
Mills’ approval rate is currently 48% according to Fox 23 Maine data – protesters held Saturday afternoon at the state capitol in Augusta Moulton was once again among the organizers to carry out the goal of “March to Mills”.
Hostility broke out after she had a viral clash with the president, a bipartisan event held at the White House State Restaurant on Friday as part of the National Governors’ Association’s winter summit.
Trump has threatened to withdraw federal funds from Maine the night before at a Republican Governors Association dinner, and the state refused to enforce his recent executive order banning trans athletes from women’s sports, prompting Mills to issue a statement: State: Maine’s threat will not be intimidated by the president’s threat.”
Trump resumed the matter the next morning and picked out the governor’s criticism and asked her his order: “Don’t you want to comply?”
She replied: “I will comply with state and federal laws.”
“Well, I’m – we’re federal law,” Trump verified it.
Maine Governor Janet Mills and Presidents Donald Trump (Getty)
“Well, you’d better do it. You’d better do it because if you don’t, you won’t get any federal funding at all.
“By the way, although I did a good job there, your population, despite some freedom, does not want men to play football in women’s sports.
“So, you’d better comply – because otherwise you don’t get any federal funding.”
Mills retorted irrefutably: “I see you in court.”
“Okay, I’ll see you in court.” Trump turned around. “I’m looking forward to it. That should be a real simplicity. After the governor, enjoy your life, “because I don’t think you’re going to be in elected politics. ”
Maine’s most famous resident is the best-selling horror novelist Stephen King, Mills’ defense on the exchange.
He wrote on X: “Make me proud to be a man in Maine.
After that, the Department of Education’s civil rights department announced an IX-title investigation into the Maine Department of Education’s affairs, prompting another statement from Mills to point out that the withholding of federal funds would be unconstitutional.
“In the United States, the president is neither a king nor a dictator, like that man tried to act like this – it was the rule of law that prevented him from doing this.” She added, “A recent social media product.”
