Dem Rep. Pingree: GOP 'Started' Fight on Trans Athletes Issue Maine Has a Law on

Dem Rep. Pingree: GOP ‘Started’ Fight on Trans Athletes Issue Maine Has a Law on


On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) reacted to the Trump administration cutting off some federal money from Maine over allowing biological men to play in women’s sports by stating that the state’s Governor, Janet Mills, (D) is just following state law and court rulings and also it was a Republican legislator “who started the fight on transgender athletes in our school[s].” And “they are targeting and making young people feel very challenged and putting them in a difficult situation.”

Pingree said, “[W]hat kind of world do we live in where you get mad at a governor who has to follow the laws of our state and also a recent Supreme Court decision? So, she’s dealing within the parameters she’s

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