As goes Maine . . .

I'm posting an editorial from the Bangor Daily News showing how to confront Trump.

" - - - Trump blasted Maine and Mills at a White House event for the nation’s governors on Thursday because the state has refused to change its policies on transgender student athletes. Trump threatened to withhold federal funding if the state did not prohibit transgender athletes from participating in sports based on their gender identity.

'You’d better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t,' Trump told Mills. It was unclear if he meant federal funding for education or all federal funding that comes to Maine.

The president of the United States is threatening to withhold federal funding to Maine so he and his supporters can punish, demean, and dehumanize a tiny number of girls."

"- - - But that wasn’t enough, Trump also took a personal swipe at Mills, a Democrat.

He said she’d better enjoy her retirement because 'I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics.' Mills, who is 77, has not said if she plans to run for other elected offices. She was the first female district attorney in New England, the first female attorney general in Maine and the state’s first female governor. She was re-elected in 2022 by resoundingly defeating Trump-like former Republican Gov. Paul LePage."

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/02/22/opinion/editorials/janet-mills-shows-how-to-stand-up-to-donald-trump/