Janet Mills actually said...

"if the president attempts to unilaterally deprive Maine school children of the benefit of federal funding, my administration and the attorney general will take all appropriate and necessary legal acti..."

"the president of the United States has targeted one particular group on one particular issue which Maine law has addressed."

"In America, the president is neither a king nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it."

"this is about whether a president can force compliance with his will, without regard for the rule of law."