Janet Mills launches Senate campaign by celebrating her wins for trans rightshttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/janet-mills-launches-senate-campaign-by-celebrating-her-wins-for-trans-rights/ 🔗Alex Bollinger (22 Oct 2025)
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) launched her campaign for U.S. Senate last week, and one of the first arguments she made was to tout her record on trans rights.
In a message posted across social media platforms, Mills discussed how she stood up to the president earlier this year as he tried to force the state to ban trans girls from participating in school sports.
"See you in court," she said after he threatened to end Maine's federal education funding to punish the state for not following his orders in February. By May, Maine had settled its lawsuit with the administration over its attempt to freeze $3 million in federal funds allocated by Congress.
"There was no investigation, there was no notice, and there was no lawful process that was followed," the state's attorney general said at the time. "Maine had no choice but to bring suit to confront this unlawful action by the USDA."
"I told him I'd see him in court," Mills said at the time. "Well, we did see him in court, and we won."
"It's the Congress that makes the law, not the president... These bullying tactics, we will not tolerate them... I am confident when we see him in court, we will win time and time again."
Mills used those lines in her post this past weekend, adding that she won't "tolerate bullies."
"This is proof that when we fight, we win," she wrote.
