Twitter Users Tear Down Trump's Proposed Colorado Border Wall
When Donald Trump promised to build a wall along the border with Mexico, he apparently meant “New Mexico.”
On Wednesday, the president spoke at the Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh, where he made a bizarre comment about how his administration is building a wall in Colorado.
The complete quote appears below.
Here's Trump's full quote about how he's building a wall in Colorado. pic.twitter.com/nPR3sLsfTu
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 23, 2019
As you might expect, many Twitter users had a field day tearing down Trump’s “wall in Colorado” comment.
Colorado Wall - New Mexico will pay for it! pic.twitter.com/8uMinWOZ14
— xKeyscore (@userIDinfo) October 23, 2019
Donald Trump just handed out this map to explain why he's building a wall in Colorado.#sharpie pic.twitter.com/ZbfXiDK8rz
— TrumpsTaxes (@TrumpsTaxes) October 23, 2019
The geography department at Trump University was severely underfunded.
— Trumpy Trumpy (parody) (@outofcontroljb) October 23, 2019
They're building a wall around Colorado because straight lines are a lot easier. Wyoming was also a finalist.
— As the father of a son (@BobbyBigWheel) October 23, 2019
Donald Trump, separating children from families fleeing oppression and violence in Wyoming since 2019.
— Emigrant/Immigrant (@POCuts) October 23, 2019
At least one Twitter user was willing to speculate about Trump’s reasoning, based on his past remarks.
well New Mexico isn't sending us their best ....
Hey .@RepRossSpano .@marcorubio .@SenRickScott Trump says he's building a wall in Colorado. His ignorance is impressive. #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica— Peggy T (@peggyturni) October 23, 2019
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