Maine 'MAGA' parent silenced at school board meeting during speech opposing trans athletes in girls' sports
SUMMARY
A fiery clash lit up an Augusta, Maine, school board meeting when parent Nick Blanchard, sporting a MAGA hat and a “You’re fired” Gov. Janet Mills tee, got silenced by Chair Martha Witham. Blanchard was railing against trans athletes in girls’ sports and pushing a petition to oust Cony Middle and High School Principal Kim Liscomb, president of the Maine Principals’ Association, which backs trans inclusion based on gender identity. He praised six board members for supporting a 2020 Title IX rule against trans girls competing but got cut off after slamming the lone dissenter. Witham called it “negative,” then stopped him again when he mentioned his petition, labeling it “defamatory” without explanation. A third time, as he referenced Liscomb indirectly, Witham shut him down for good. Blanchard stormed off, yelling, “Communist China right here!” Maine’s under heat—since February, federal agencies like the USDA and HHS, are pushing to end men from participating in women's sports.
