Gov. Janet Mills’ (D-Maine) Chief of Staff, Jeremy Kennedy, swore at White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Alex Meyers on Saturday, according to a Daily Wire report, and stormed off after Meyers called on Maine to keep men out of women’s sports.
“When Meyer told them that Maine needs to follow the law and protect women’s sports, Gov. Janet Mills’ chief of staff Jeremy Kennedy exclaimed “Fuck you, you asshole,” and stormed out of the room, I’m told by a senior White House official,” said Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan on X.
The outlet cited an unnamed senior White House official as its source. An unspecified spokesman for Gov. Mills, likely either Anthony Ronzio, her director of communications, or Ben Goodman, her press secretary, contacted The Daily Wire to contradict its reporting.
“Jeremy did not say those words. He did not engage in profanity,” Mills’ spokesman told The Daily Wire.
On Sunday, the National Governors Association (NGA) reached out to the outlet to corroborate the Mills Administration’s claim, arguing that Kennedy, the former director of advocacy for Planned Parenthood in Maine, did not use any profanity when addressing Meyers.
Notably, the statements refuting Olohan’s initial report focused on Kennedy’s alleged use of profanity and did not deny that an argument took place or that he stormed off.
Despite the denials, Maine House Republican Leader Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) issued a scathing statement criticizing Kennedy for his alleged conduct on this occasion and highlighting a pattern of similar behavior.
“While this recent outburst is now public, it highlights a troubling pattern of intimidation and unprofessional conduct from Kennedy, whose actions have consistently displayed arrogance and recklessness. This is not the first time his behavior has raised concern,” said Rep. Faulkingham.
“As the Governor’s chief of staff, who is married to Democrat House Majority Leader Matt Moonen [D-Portland], Jeremy Kennedy wields significant power as an unelected bureaucrat, with seemingly no checks on his conduct,” he added.
Faulkingham highlighted a letter he submitted to Mills in late January, demanding that the governor address the “inappropriate” conduct Kennedy allegedly exhibited during an interaction with Republican staffers.
“Respectful communication is fundamental to maintaining productive relationships among different branches of government. Disparaging remarks made in a professional setting can create an environment of hostility and division, which ultimately hampers our collective ability to serve the public effectively,” said Faulkingham in his earlier letter.
The January letter does not specify the nature of Kennedy’s comments at that time.
The latest Kennedy controversy is a continuation of the growing feud between the Mills Administration and President Donald Trump. The feud began on Thursday when President Trump publicly called out Mills for refusing to comply with his executive order removing federal education funding from states that continue to allow males to compete in girls’ sports.
“Well you better do it, [comply with the order], you better do it, because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t. And, by the way, your population, even though it’s somewhat liberal, although I did very well there, your population doesn’t want men playing in women’s sports,” said Trump.
Gov. Mills has vowed to take legal action to fight the loss of federal dollars, rather than siding with the vast majority of voters of both parties who do not believe men belong in women’s sports.
On Friday, Mills put out a statement in response to the news that the Maine Department of Education has come under investigation for an alleged Title IX discrimination lawsuit for discriminating against women by allowing men into their sports.
“No President – Republican or Democrat – can withhold Federal funding authorized and appropriated by Congress and paid for by Maine taxpayers in an attempt to coerce someone into compliance with his will. It is a violation of our Constitution and of our laws, which I took an oath to uphold,” said Mills.
She suggested that, after Trump finishes removing transgender-identifying males from women’s sports, he will begin using federal force to persecute various religious and racial groups.
“Who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your religion? Will it be because you look different or think differently? Where does it end? In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it,” said Mills.
Ah yes the ‘protected class”
Unfortunately it is actually Mills that is acting like a king and dictator. The will of the people in Maine is being ignored. Mentally ill boys competing with girls is defies common sense.
She alone is placing one “marginalized” group above another which violates Title 9.
On an equally bizarre note, the Maine Principles Association , which operates as a nonprofit, is helping her make the rules.
One wonders how many of their public sponsors would agree with their position??
Perhaps the Maine Wire should contact their “partners” and ask. If we’re gonna take this state back, we need to get everybody on the record.
That guys been unbearable since his partner, bidens nuclear waste director was hauled off to jail. Just another raging inseminated person I suppose.
Janet Mills and her queer “ pronoun “ friends are burning Maine to the ground .
I am completely disgusted with what is happening in Augusta .
The Maine “ media “ has hidden this from us for too long and are complicit in this behavior .
This is unacceptable .
The spotlight is on you Janet, and the fraud, corruption and rot surrounding your ideology. Sit down and hang on. The cavalry is coming to a sanctuary city near you.
What would happen to me if I went into the State House (or Blaine House) as an invited guest at a function and proceeded to scream the exact same words at him?
Do I correctly presume that handcuffs would be involved in the subsequent consequences?
And why isn’t it a conflict of interest for him to be married to a legislator, let alone a member of the legislative leadership? Doesn’t Maine have a conflict of interest law???
It’s very simple. Abide by the federal laws. Gov. kills is the one at fault here. She’s going to single handedly destroy the Maine dems. for decades. She will lose biggly.
This MUST be on video somewhere which would either prove or disprove the claim.
So Janet’s chief of staff who’s a man ( question ) is married to another man ( question ) and maybe that is no big deal in fantasy land .
I guess we know why they think that “ boys “ should be able to beat the girls .
This is getting way too weird for ME and I’m confident the majority of Maine voters .
THESE “ People “ need to be replaced .
How many more days to we have to put up with this ?
Is this really what Maine voters want, a psychotic sodomite representing Maine?
You know that if that was Lepages chief of staff that eruption would be going on for a week. So if schoolgirl sports are not a protected class then neither are the sodomites- let the games begin.
Entitled twit having a fit for all the world to consider…..
Wherever one finds the Queer cult he discovers illogic and histrionics. Mills allowed her party base radicals to get too much power. In order to remain viable in Maine she needs to replace the sex radicals with commonsense heterosexuals. I am offering this advice as a political consultant who cares (:.
Anyone want to bet this slimeball got bullied as a kid. Now goes home and abuses his dog and any woman he can. Sounds like lil Jemmy has “anger management issues”. Shitbag I’m 62, overweight, with a pacemaker, why do you come try to intimidate me and tell me to fuck off. Oh, Jemmy, you need to keep loser boys out of girls’ sports.
He was the former director of advocacy for Planned Parenthood which tells you all you need to know.
This is exactly why I changed from a life long independent to Republican in 2016. I was totally disgusted by the tantrums and profanity from these entitled libs.
I received an email sent to a group of women from an acquaintance requesting that we all write emails to the papers exclaiming how proud we are of our wonderful governor for standing up to Trump! I live near Portland. These women hate Trump and think he’s a bully. (and I agree, he is a bit of a bully). Reading the many group replies brought me to the frustrating point of not knowing whether to laugh, cry or scream at that email and the women I know who think Janet Mills is wonderful.
I think that Mills and her retinue, including my many women friends, believe in their righteousness concerning this identity issue and many other now-political issues. I don’t think that anyone who votes dem thinks one step beyond the immediate moment. Maine seems to be filled with self-righteous, economically ignorant democrat voters who probably don’t care what the majority of citizens think. They’re “progressive” and proud of it! They’re beyond feminism at this point. They can’t think out far enough to see what men in women’s sports means to women who have to put up with it in order to play sports. It’s all emotionalism for dems and, like it or not, the trans issue rates higher than the women’s issue right now among progressives. This is a mind and spirit disease.
Hilarious, the hypocratic people are all signing their own political fate. This is priceless to watch unfold…
Right…. so from what you are saying…. You’re a dictator? Your finger pointing right back at yourself Janet. You are an embarrassment not only to all Maine women, I mean the real ones, but also to all the Maine people that voted in the best POTUS ever.
In Maine 57 of its 192 school districts have policies that exclude parents from knowing whether their children start identifying as transgender. Is yours on the list? Check out the story @ The Federalist.
This is the kind of insanity that the democrats have put in charge of our state government!
Mills will ultimately back down on this issue. It’s all for show. She wants to replace Collins in the U.S. Senate. Now she will be viewed as a hero in the eyes of the “resistance “. She was invisible to DNC until that very moment.