Maine gov brushes off state's trans athlete issue, says she's 'appalled' at Trump admin

Fox News contributor Joe Concha discusses a heated school board meeting in Maine over the fight to protect girls' sports and Kamala Harris' reported rejection from campaigning for a Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills downplayed the uproar over the state’s transgender-inclusion policies in girls’ and women’s sports on Monday and said she was "appalled" over the Trump administration’s lawsuits against her state amid a battle over federal funds.

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 President Donald Trump’s "No Men in Women’s Sports" executive order which prohibited biological males in girls’ and women’s sports. 

The state did not comply with the order, which kick-started the issue.

"The chief executive is required by the Constitution to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, not to make the laws, not to invent the laws or reinterpret the laws by tweet or Instagram post or press release or executive order. He’s not allowed to do that.

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

"So, when he reinterpreted Title IX … I support Title IX. I have spent the better part of my career protecting the rights of women and girls in healthcare, in employment, housing credit and the like and I’m appalled. I was appalled at his interpretation that he can just reinvent the law."

Mills recalled the letters she received from the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services. She described an April 2 letter from USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins as