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After Trump Says He's 'Building a Wall in Colorado,' Democratic Senator Ingeniously Redraws U.S. Map to Make It So
24 October 2019
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President Donald Trump spoke to energy workers at the Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Wednesday night.
The rambling speech lasted a little over an hour, with Trump predictably railing against witch hunts and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT). One claim, however, stood out when the President brought up his long-sought wall at the southern border.
<p>Watch below.</p><p></p><div id="f6043" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="G8X12N1574872553"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187111951685566465" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Video of President Trump saying he is building a wall in Colorado. Presumably this is a mistake. https://t.co/pydocFWIJo</div> — Joe St. George (@Joe St. George)<a href="https://twitter.com/JoeStGeorge/statuses/1187111951685566465">1571864519.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Trump bragged about building an impenetrable wall in Colorado.</p><blockquote>"And we're building a wall on the border of New Mexico. And we're building a wall in Colorado. We're building a beautiful wall."</blockquote><p>The problem? Colorado isn't a border state. There can't be a border wall in Colorado without excluding New Mexico, an actual border state.</p><p>Trump attempted to explain his remarks on Twitter.</p><p></p><div id="9bfef" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="APRWBQ1574872553"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187222295556874241" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">(Kiddingly) We’re building a Wall in Colorado”(then stated, “we’re not building a Wall in Kansas but they get the b… https://t.co/90eXJgZ6de</div> — Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump)<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1187222295556874241">1571890827.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>But Democratic Senator from Vermont, Patrick Leahy, wasted no time in trolling Trump over the gaffe.</p><p></p><div id="505c3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="YQ0LHD1574872553"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187117375008755712" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">https://t.co/fmE0hiPLNB https://t.co/gMzNIcl5Qu</div> — Sen. Patrick Leahy (@Sen. Patrick Leahy)<a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLeahy/statuses/1187117375008755712">1571865812.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Leahy redrew a United States map to include New Mexico as a part of Mexico, thereby making Colorado a border state and Trump's comment correct. A sharpie sits in the corner, just barely visible on the screen.</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p>Edited with permanent marker, the map alludes to Trump's <a href="https://secondnexus.com/news/politics/donald-trump-altered-weather-forecast-sharpie/">redrawing of an official weather forecast</a> with Sharpie last month in an effort to vindicate his claims that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama, despite weather officials saying it wouldn't.</p><p>People got the joke.</p><p></p><div id="23d6b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6T4UQ91574872553"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187157819335667713" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@SenatorLeahy 😂 Nearly choked on my covfefe.</div> — Middle School Graduate Boyd (@Middle School Graduate Boyd)<a href="https://twitter.com/BoydPetrie/statuses/1187157819335667713">1571875455.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="e57a6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="DMAIK41574872554"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187183653610127360" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@SenatorLeahy Senator, your sense of humor is wonderful. Please keep it up. https://t.co/qsZLnOXOaA</div> — Porpentina (Tina) (@Porpentina (Tina))<a href="https://twitter.com/porpentina2017/statuses/1187183653610127360">1571881614.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="ad5f8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0EZC9C1574872554"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187119981277790208" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@SenatorLeahy @funflaw Trump: We're going to build a wall in Colorado, and we'll make (New) Mexico pay for it!</div> — Mo Jong Un (@Mo Jong Un)<a href="https://twitter.com/mo_spheres/statuses/1187119981277790208">1571866433.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="abdff" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8GQPYY1574872554"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187195549633654785" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@SenatorLeahy Omg Senator Leahy that's hilarious.</div> — susan morrow (@susan morrow)<a href="https://twitter.com/sooze555/statuses/1187195549633654785">1571884450.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Some thought Trump was just confusing New Mexico with Mexico.</p><p></p><div id="4cc0e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="WYYLHM1574872554"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187138188625743878" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@SenatorLeahy "Wait, theres a NEW mexico?"
-Homer Simpson</div> — America's Next Bob Modelᵀᴹ (@America's Next Bob Modelᵀᴹ)<a href="https://twitter.com/BuffaloBobZ/statuses/1187138188625743878">1571870774.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="7fa24" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="AGHAKK1574872554"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187133226789171200" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@SenatorLeahy As much as the president would like to pretend that New Mexico is not part of the country because we… https://t.co/ZBWwic28ps</div> — Nicole Sexton (@Nicole Sexton)<a href="https://twitter.com/Nicolesmic/statuses/1187133226789171200">1571869591.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><div id="bdce7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4GTPX11574872554"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1187152608697303040" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@SenatorLeahy He doesn't know that New Mexico is a state, does he?</div> — Farmers Daughter🌊🖌️📚 (@Farmers Daughter🌊🖌️📚)<a href="https://twitter.com/kdbk42/statuses/1187152608697303040">1571874212.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Geography is hard.</p><p><a class="e-widget no-button generic-loader" href="https://gleam.io/EYuF3/george-takeis-halloween-costume-contest-2019" rel="nofollow">George Takei's Halloween Costume Contest 2019</a></p><p></p>
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