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yellow dahlia

(6,466 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 04:30 PM Feb 2025

"We are the federal law': Trump, Maine governor clash over transgender athletes"

Yikes. I just watched the Grifter in Chief "go after" the Governor of Maine while standing at a podium with the Presidential seal on the front of it.



Here is an article from The Hill. There is a video clip included in the article.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5157818-trump-janet-mills-maine-transgender-athletes/

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"We are the federal law': Trump, Maine governor clash over transgender athletes" (Original Post) yellow dahlia Feb 2025 OP
Are they not allowed to speak... EarthAbides Feb 2025 #1
He said something the other day - yellow dahlia Feb 2025 #3
See you in court, says Janet Mills. yorkster Feb 2025 #2
Like a mob boss at the podium. yellow dahlia Feb 2025 #4
Exactly. yorkster Feb 2025 #5

EarthAbides

(465 posts)
1. Are they not allowed to speak...
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 04:37 PM
Feb 2025

unless spoken to by the orange magat? I wanted to get up and yell "YOU ARE NOT THE FEDERAL LAW!!!" Sadly none of the other governors said anything...

yellow dahlia

(6,466 posts)
3. He said something the other day -
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 04:47 PM
Feb 2025

along the lines of the red states will do very well....we will see about the blue states.

He thinks he can control the money in the Treasury that we all contribute into it. The "blue" states have been subsidizing the "red" states for years. This is beyond the pale...but I say that a lot lately.

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