トランプ氏と民主知事が激論 トランス選手の女子スポーツ参加めぐり

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は２１日、トランスジェンダー選手がスポーツの女子競技に参加することを禁止する大統領令をめぐり、東部メーン州のジャネット・ミルズ知事（民主党）と舌戦を繰り広げ、ミルズ知事は「法廷で会いましょう」と述べた。（写真は、米首都ワシントンで開催されたドナルド・トランプ大統領と州知事との会合で、トランプ氏と議論するメーン州のジャネット・ミルズ知事）
　共和党のトランプ氏はテレビ中継されたホワイトハウスでの州知事との会合で、今月署名した大統領令に言及。
　「２週間前、私は男性が女子スポーツに参加するのを禁じる大統領令に署名した。このことに多くの民主党員が抗議しているが、続けてほしいと思っている。そうすれば二度と選挙で勝てなくなるからだ」と述べ、大統領令は「女性を守るためのもの」だと主張した。
　続けて「あなたはそれ（大統領令）に従うつもりはないのか？」とミルズ知事に問い掛けた。
　これに対し、ミルズ知事は「私は州法と連邦法に従っている」と答えた。
　トランプ氏が「よろしい、われわれが連邦法だ。まあ従った方がいい。従わなければ連邦政府の資金援助を一切得られなくなる」と警告すると、「法廷で会いましょう」とミルズ氏は応じた。
　トランプ氏は怒気を含んだ様子で「いいだろう。法廷で会おう。楽しみにしている。すごく簡単な訴訟になるはずだ。知事を辞めた後は自分の人生を楽しむといい。政界にはいられなくなるだろうから」と言い返した。
　大統領令は、トランスジェンダー選手の女子競技参加を認めている学校への資金援助を連邦政府機関が打ち切ることを認める内容。
　地方紙ポートランド・プレス・ヘラルドによると、メーン州当局者の一部は同州人権法に基づく州法を理由に、トランスジェンダーの学生・生徒が男子・女子どちらの競技に参加するかを選択できる政策を変えるつもりはないと述べている。
　同紙によれば、ミルズ知事と同州の司法長官は、同州への連邦政府資金の拠出を拒否する措置に対抗すると表明している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/02/25-18:05）

US President Donald Trump had a heated exchange with a Democratic governor Friday over his order barring transgender athletes from women's sports, with the state leader telling him: See you in court.
The Republican president was making televised remarks to a gathering of the country's governors at the White House when he raised the executive order he signed earlier this month.
Two weeks ago I signed an executive order banning men from playing in women's sports. Many Democrats are fighting me on that, I hope you continue because you'll never win another race, he said.
The ban is to protect women, he claimed.
Are you not going to comply with it? he asked Janet Mills, governor of the northeastern state of Maine.
I'm complying with state and federal laws, Mills responded.
Well, we are the federal law... You better do it, because you're not going to get any federal funding at all if you don't, the president said.
See you in court, she responded.
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, a visibly angry Trump replied.
Trump's order allows US government agencies to deny funds to schools that allow transgender athletes to compete on women's teams.
Some Maine officials have said they will continue a policy of allowing transgender students to choose which team they play on, citing state law under the Maine Human Rights Act, according to the Portland Press Herald.
Mills and the state's attorney general have vowed to fight any move to deny the state federal funds, the newspaper reported.
- 'Violation' -
Later Friday, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights announced an investigation into Maine's education department for alleged violations of Title IX, the landmark civil rights law that forbids discrimination on the basis of gender in educational facilities that receive federal support.
A statement cited allegations that Maine's education department continues to allow male athletes to compete in girls' interscholastic athletics and that it has denied female athletes female-only intimate facilities, thereby violating federal antidiscrimination law.
Craig Trainor, DoE acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, said Maine must comply with Title IX to continue receiving federal funds.
If it wants to forgo federal funds and continue to trample the rights of its young female athletes, that, too, is its choice, he said in the statement.
Mills called it a politically directed move to strip funding paid for by Maine taxpayers.
This is not just about who can compete on the athletic field, this is about whether a President can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law that governs our nation, she added.
Republicans hammered Democrats on transgender issues -- especially when it came to youth and sports -- ahead of the 2024 election, capitalizing on a broader culture war over LGBTQ rights.
Since his return to power, Trump has demonized any recognition of gender diversity, attacking transgender people -- a small minority of the population -- and gender-affirming care for minors in both his rhetoric and in executive orders.
Trump has said he will also push the International Olympic Committee to change its rules on transgender athletes before the 2028 Los Angeles Games.