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Leahy mocks Trump's 'Colorado border' flub with a Sharpie and a tweet
During a speech in Pittsburgh on Oct. 23, President Trump touted the ongoing success of efforts to build a wall along the southern border.
"We’re building a wall in Colorado,” Trump declared amidst a list of states in which construction is underway. “We’re building a beautiful wall. A big one that really works, that you can’t get over, that you can’t get under,” the Washington Post reported.
One problem: Colorado does not share a border with Mexico, a fact that politicians and the public were quick to point out. A flurry of tweets lambasted Trump's flub, including one from Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
Link to tweet
Retweeting CNN correspondent Daniel Dale, Leahy added his own visual quip, a map of the United States with the border redrawn with a Sharpie around Colorado. In the picture, the word "New" in"New Mexico" is scribbled out.
Read more: https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2019/10/24/senator-patrick-leahy-teases-president-trump-altered-usa-border-map-sharpie/4081719002/
