Bondi slams Maine gov for brushing off trans athlete issue

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Attorney General Pam Bondi slammed Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday after the Democratic lawmaker downplayed the transgender athlete controversy in her state.

Bondi said on "America’s Newsroom" with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino that Mills was "very wrong" to merely brush off the transgender athlete issue because there were only two cases in the state. Maine has refused to alter its policies to keep biological males out of girls’ and women’s sports.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi looks on during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"First, to say only two is shocking. We gave two examples … First of all, these are boys in girls’ locker room," Bondi said. "One is too many. It’s ridiculous what she said, and it doesn’t just affect one young woman – it affects the entire team. It affects the entire team, the entire sport within that school.

"These young women are not being able to compete because of a boy. The boy in 2024 came in 43rd in his category in track and field. When he competed in the women’s sport, he won. Governor Mills shouldn’t have said that, shouldn’t have done this, should be supporting women in the state of Maine. And we’re going to fight for them if they’re not."

Mills appeared on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" to discuss her battle with several departments of the Trump administration, which started when the state refused to comply with