Maine governor, staring down Trump, says she is unfazed by 'loud men'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : She maintains that the state's human rights law -- which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity as well as religion, race and other factors -- can be changed only by the Legislature, not by anyone's executive order.
49% : " Katrina Smith, the assistant leader of the Republican minority in the Maine House of Representatives, said Mills had made the state's financial position precarious by putting its federal funding at risk, given the state's budget problems, high energy costs, property tax burdens and household incomes below the national median.
37% : But to people who have watched her political ascent -- from the state's first female district attorney to its first female attorney general and governor -- and to some who have sparred with her over thorny issues -- the governor's refusal to bow to Trump is not surprising.
36% : Leland Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, acknowledged that he tried to punish Mills by briefly cutting off Maine's access to a program that makes it easier for parents to request Social Security numbers for their children.
35% : At a time when resistance to Trump has largely seemed muted by fears of retribution, Mills, a relative moderate who has never sought the national limelight, seemed unlikely to emerge as one of his boldest challengers.
32% : LePage outraged Democrats by denying climate change and opposing same-sex marriage, attempting to roll back child labor laws and refusing to attend Martin Luther King Jr. Day events.
32% : The governor's feud with Trump has raised her profile across the country -- fans now wear "See you in court" T-shirts -- and has intensified feelings about her at home.
31% : The first Democrat to announce plans to run for governor was Shenna Bellows, Maine's secretary of state, who tried unsuccessfully last year to exclude Trump from Maine's primary ballot.
27% : " But in a state where 46% of voters supported Trump, many people are livid about Mills' stance.
25% : Trump demanded in late March that Mills issue a "full throated apology."
16% : After Trump threatened that day to cut off funding for Maine, and Mills shot back, "See you in court," she has not budged from her stance: that complying with the president's executive order barring transgender women from women's sports would violate the Maine law.

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