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As we approach the No Kings protests, peaceful protests coming up this week, I want to remind people that it was not a foregone conclusion that people would actually stand up to this tyrant. And there were simple acts, courageous acts. along the way that inspired me. And for example, this video has been surfacing lately, and this to me was one of those moments.
It was back in February, 2025, when Donald Trump just thought he was gonna steamroll over all the democratic governors without resistance at all. Do you all remember this moment where Maine's governor, Janet Mills, stood up to Donald Trump in front of his face without missing a beat? Let's watch this.
Is Maine here, the governor of Maine? Are you not going to comply with it? Well, we are the federal law. Well, you better do it. You better do it because you're not going to get any federal funding at all if you don't. And by the way, your population, even though it's somewhat liberal, although I did very well there, your population doesn't want men playing in women's sports.
So you better comply because otherwise you're not getting any federal funding. Every state. Good. I'll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be a real easy one.
and enjoy your life after, Governor, because I don't think you'll be in elected politics. What a powerful moment right there to his face, and you all know the outcome of what took place. When you stand up to this bully, when you stand up for the Constitution, you win. And Governor Mills won. Let me show you what went down. Let's play this clip.
A few months ago, I stood in the White House, and when confronted by the President of the United States, I told him I'd see him in court. Well, I did see him in court, and we won. I am so pleased to say that Aaron Fry's able representation of the state of Maine has resulted in a binding agreement by the US Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins and all of her staff,
whereby they agree to refrain from freezing, terminating, or otherwise interfering with the State of Maine's access to USDA funds allocated to any official or agency or department of the State of Maine based on alleged violations of Title IX.
Now I wanna bring in the governor of Maine, Governor Janet Mills, served two terms, very successful governor in Maine. Before that, she served as the Attorney General on and off, but for a total of eight years as the Attorney General in Maine. And now you have announced that you are running for United States Senate as the Democratic candidate in Maine.
I wanna talk about your launch in the campaign in just a moment, but I just wanna talk about the clip that I just showed where you stood up to Donald Trump without hesitation right there and won in court. Just remind people about that moment because I thought it was one of those moments when I was watching, when I was like, all right, game on. There are governors who are going to fight this.
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