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Victor Davis Hanson: Maine Pulls a South Carolina

The Daily Signal Podcast

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News, Government, Politics, Daily News

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson discusses a recent heated exchange between President Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet T. Mills at a White House meeting of governors. The confrontation centered on Trump’s executive order banning males from participating in female sports, which Mills resisted.  Hanson argues that Mills’ stance is not only out of line with public opinion, but also basic constitutional principles: “[Gov. Janet T. Mills’] wrong on public opinion and she’s wrong on sporting authorization. She’s wrong in the idea that a state law can supersede a federal law. “Because, if she were right, she would destroy female sports as we know it. … “Under our Constitution, when a state and federal law are in conflict, the federal law predominates. The alternative is something that caused the Civil War. …  “I would remind her that there’s some things that she’s not thinking about. No. 1, that issue, according to liberal polls, is about 80-to-20 in favor of keeping female sports for biological females. The person, most recently, who won a pole vault contest in Maine was a biological male. And they usually have about a 20% higher rate of performance in pole vaulting because of their muscular skeletal frame. … “Remember, women who transition to men, that is biological women, do not win male sports. And that should tell you something. It’s that the idea of genderism, transgenderism, is not a third sex. It’s primarily predicated on whether you’re a biological male or a biological female. If you’re a biological female, you do not do well as a transgendered male.” For Victor’s latest thoughts, go to: https://victorhanson.com/ Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHqkXbgqrDrDVInBMSoGQgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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slash setup. Donald Trump had a meeting of the governors in the White House recently this week,

0:34.4

and he went through a list of initiatives and executive orders that he's issued.

0:38.3

At one point he brought up the fact that he'd heard that the governor of Maine had resisted his executive order

0:45.3

banning biological males in female sports. They got into a tit for tat. She started arguing with the president,

0:53.3

you're going to defy a federal order.

0:55.0

The executive order has the force of a federal law.

0:58.0

Under our Constitution, when a state and federal law are in conflict, the federal law predominates.

1:03.0

The alternative is something that causes a civil war. Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hansson for the Daily Signal.

1:21.4

Donald Trump had a meeting of the governors in the White House recently this week,

1:26.2

and they were both Republican and Democrat,

1:28.8

and he went through a list of initiatives and executive orders that he's issued in his first

1:34.8

nearly 30 days in office and how they might apply to the particular states.

1:39.3

At one point, he brought up the fact that he'd heard that the governor of Maine had resisted his executive order

1:47.6

banning the participation of biological males in female sports.

1:54.2

And he asked if the Maine governor was there.

1:56.7

And she said she was.

1:57.7

And he said, are you, you're going to defy a federal order? And she says,

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