Trump Gets Jeers After Colorado Wall Comments
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Trump includes Colorado in states getting border wallWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s boast of building part of the border wall in Colorado is garnering attention in the state, including from the state’s governor, Democrat Jared Polis.
Trump was speaking Wednesday to an audience in Pennsylvania when he included Colorado in a list of states where the border wall is being constructed, along with New Mexico and Texas.
The president said: “We’re building a wall in Colorado, we’re building a beautiful wall, a big one that really works, that you can’t get over, you can’t get under.”
From the Left
Trump says US is building a wall in Colorado -- a state that doesn't border Mexico(CNN)During a speech on American energy in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, President Donald Trump ticked through his usual issues before making an unusual remark about his long-promised border wall.
"We're building a wall on the border of New Mexico. And we're building a wall in Colorado," Trump said.
Colorado, located directly north of New Mexico, is not on the US-Mexico border.
Trump went on to say the wall would be "a big one that really works -- you can't get over, you can't get under."
From the Right
Colorado governor slams Trump after president says America's building the wall therePresident Trump caught flak on Wednesday after he boasted -- incorrectly -- that he is "building a beautiful wall" in Colorado, a state that does not border Mexico.
The state's Democratic Gov. Jared Polis mocked Trump for the gaffe on Twitter, saying: "Well this is awkward... Colorado doesn't border Mexico. Good thing Colorado now offers free full day kindergarten so our kids can learn basic geography."
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