Maine trans athlete battle: Laurel Libby slams Janet Mills over lawsuit response

[ad_1] Maine Gov. Janet Mills launched a press release justifying the state's enabling of trans athletes in women' sports activities on Wednesday after the U.S. Division of Justice filed a lawsuit in opposition to the state over the difficulty.

Mills' response included a sentence that learn, "I've fought tirelessly for the rights of ladies and women, for the well being and well-being of children and families ."

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Outstanding GOP state consultant Laurel Libby has spoken out in opposition to Mills for together with point out of the sentence in a press release supplied to Fox Information Digital.

"Let me be clear, Governor Janet Mills’ declare that she has all the time stood up for the rights of ladies and women in Maine is totally false. The Division of Justice’s lawsuit in opposition to Maine for refusing to adjust to Title IX is proof of that, as it might not exist if she had. Her insistence that this difficulty has nothing to do with organic males in women' sports activities isn't solely baseless—it’s absurd," Libby stated.

"This is not about states’ rights, as she claims; it’s about Governor Mills and Maine Democrats pushing far-left ideologies that ignore organic actuality. By disregarding Title IX, they’ve discriminated in opposition to and endangered ladies and women, and put Maine college students and households at a drawback. Frankly, by selling insurance policies that erase the identities of ladies and women in Maine, it’s laborious to imagine even Governor Mills believes what she’s saying."

MAINE GOV JANET MILLS RESPONDS TO DOJ LAWSUIT AGAINST HER STATE OVER TRANS ATHLETES IN GIRLS' SPORTS

Libby, who was at Wednesday's press convention the place U.S. Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi introduced the lawsuit, has been considered one of Mills' harshest critics over the past two months because the state has refused to adjust to President Donald Trump's Maintaining Males Out of Ladies's Sports activities government order. After Trump signed the order on Feb. 5, Maine was one of many earliest states to point out its intent to not adjust to it.

Libby introduced consideration to the state's ongoing trans inclusion insurance policies when she made a social media submit that recognized a biologically male trans athlete who gained a women' pole vault competitors for Greely Excessive Faculty in mid-February.

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For the reason that submit, two federal companies have launched investigations into the state. The Division of Agriculture has frozen funding to it, and now an official lawsuit by the DOJ has been filed. Maine has filed its personal lawsuit in opposition to the Trump administration over the funding freeze and a federal decide has dominated the funding have to be unfrozen.

In the meantime, Libby was censured by the Democrat majority within the Maine Home of Representatives for her social media submit on the premise that she recognized a minor. Libby has since sued Home Speaker Ryan Fecteau to have the censure overturned, arguing that the minor she recognized had already been publicized in different media.

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Jackson Thompson is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital. He beforehand labored for ESPN and Enterprise Insider. Jackson has lined the Tremendous Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.