image Share in thread Janet Mills of the Democratic Maine government claims that her state has said it will stop paying federal taxes.

Verdict: False

A Mills spokesman denied the validity of the claim in an email to USA Today.

Fact check:

Maine resident Melissa Moulton has created a petition calling for Mills to be called as Maine governor following a tense exchange between Mills and Trump over transgender athletes, according to a local outlet. wgme. The petition has 16,000 signatures, the outlet reports.

The thread image claims that Mills is claiming that Maine will stop paying federal taxes. “If Donald Trump suspends federal funds to Maine, Maine people withdraw federal taxes from all salaries and will not be paid to the federal government,” reads the statement attributed to Mills.

The alleged statements appear to refer to a recent exchange between Trump and Trump, where Trump is I was threatened Mills’ refusal to federal funding to Maine suggests she will not comply with an executive order that prohibits trans athletes from participating in women’s sports.

In addition to the thread, the claims have spread xIt has been viewed over 3 million times.

The claim is false. While Mills is releasing two statement Following the exchange with Trump, she did not say that Maine would stop paying federal taxes in either of them.

“If the president attempts to unilaterally take away the benefits of federal funds to children in Maine’s schools, my administration and the Attorney General will take all the appropriate and necessary legal action to restore the funds and the academic opportunities it provides. Maine will not be threatened by the president’s threat,” Mills said via one of his statements. (Related: Trump post about Oregon Governor’s fake)

Similarly, no statements mentioned are mentioned in the relevant Mills of Mills. Social media account. Trump too it’s not It will be displayed I’ve commented publicly About the claim. Plus, make sure you can’t find your facts Trustworthy News Report To support claims. In fact, the opposite is true. Snow, USA TODAYand Reuters Everything unveiled the claim.

Additionally, Mills spokesperson Ben Goodman denied the validity of the claim in an email to USA Today.

“The statement is completely wrong. Furthermore, the lawsuits mentioned in the false statement are illegal in accordance with the Internal Revenue Act. The governor respects the rule of law,” Goodman said, according to the outlet.

Make sure your facts are contacting Mills’ office for comments.