Trump admin warns states to comply with housing prisoners by their biological sex or face funding cutoff

StateRep.LaurelLibby,R-Maine,joins‘Fox&FriendsWeekend’todiscussthepresident’sclashwithMaineGov.JanetMillsoverhisexecutiveordertoprotectwomen’ssports. FIRSTONFOX:ATrumpadministrationofficialconfirmedThursdaythatstatesfailingtocomplywithfederalorderstohouseinmatesbasedontheirbiologicalsexcanexpect“imminentchanges”–andMaine“willnotbethelast”statetohaveprisonfundsslashed. WhiletheTrumpadministration’sdecisiontopullfederalfundingfromMaine’sDepartmentofCorrectionsduetoatransgenderinmatebeinghousedinawomen’sfacilityisnotanisolatedcase,similarsituationsinvolvingtransgenderinmatesinfemalefacilitieshaveoccurredacrossthecountry. InadditiontoMaine,California,NewYork,Minnesota,NewJerseyandWashingtonstateallowtransgenderpeopletobehousedinjailandprisonfacilitiesthatalignwiththeirgenderidentity.Mostprovidetransgendertreatmentsonthetaxpayerdimeo