During a speech on American energy in Pittsburgh today, President 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.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) mocked Trump, tweeting: “Well this is awkward…Colorado doesn’t border Mexico,” Polis wrote on Facebook.
“Good thing Colorado now offers free full day kindergarten so our kids can learn basic geography,” he added.
During the speech, Trump correctly mentioned Kansas was not on the border.
“We’re building a beautiful wall, a big one that really works that you can’t get over, you can’t get under,” he went on, adding: “And we’re building a wall in Texas. And we’re not building a wall in Kansas, but they get the benefit of the walls we just mentioned. And Louisiana’s incredible.”
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) responded with a map of the U.S. with a sharpie making Colorado a border state and New Mexico crossed out to be just Mexico.
https://t.co/fmE0hiPLNB pic.twitter.com/gMzNIcl5Qu
— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) October 23, 2019
A number of Colorado politicians have been poking fun at Trump too:
Is NEW Mexico gonna pay for it? https://t.co/DoSNGfsB9C
— Rep. Diana DeGette (@RepDianaDeGette) October 23, 2019
Let me repeat: There isn’t an elected leader from the state of Colorado who would support using eminent domain to steal the property of our farmers and ranchers to build a medieval wall. pic.twitter.com/2GAxAgIV5c
— Michael Bennet (@SenatorBennet) October 23, 2019