Hundreds of Mainers showed their support for Governor Janet Mills at the State House in Augusta on Sunday. "We’re here today just for Governor Mills. We’re having the guts to stand up to do the right thing,
Who and what will he target next, and what will he do?” Maine Governor Janet Mills said. “In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it – and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so.
President Donald Trump spoke at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Washington, D.C. Thursday night.
Janet Mills' vow that she would see Trump in court over his threat to withhold money from the state if it didn't comply with his executive order delighted Democrats who want more strident pushback. But the dust-up that played out in the open Friday as Trump hosted governors at the White House ticked off a president known to retaliate against people he considers enemies.
Just days after President Donald Trump got into a spat with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, and threatened to withhold federal dollars from the state over transgender women participating in school sports,
The president sees himself as national king, and every other American—including Maine Governor Janet Mills—as one of his quavering subjects.
At the White House governors event, there was a tense exchange between President Trump and Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills. The back-and-forth came as Trump discussed his executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports.
Janet Mills, who has a long history of facing tough guys in the courtroom and in politics, finds herself in an unprecedented moment with the nation watching.
The chairman and vice-chairman of the National Governors Association weighed-in Sunday on the spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills.
Trump threatened to withhold federal education funding if Maine does not comply with his executive order and bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports.