Donald Trump slams Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over Venezuelan gang situation
Gov. Jared Polis says Donald Trump's "cognitive decline" is obvious
During a visit to Aurora Friday, former President Donald Trump took aim Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, accusing the latter of deliberately failing to see that members of an international gang were operating in his state.
Polis said he’s disappointed that Trump is willing to “attack” the very people who would be his constituents, assuming the Republican is elected to office.
When he was president, Trump said he got to know many of the nation’s governors, including Polis.
“I worked with all of them,” Trump said. “I know the good ones and the bad ones. He (Polis) is not a good one.”
Trump called Polis a “coward” and a “fraud” who has “pathetically” been denying that there is a problem with Venezuelan gangs in Aurora.
“He doesn’t see. They don’t want to see,” Trump said. “They’re all cowards. So, this guy doesn’t see what you see. He doesn’t see people bursting into buildings with military-style weapons. Sometimes, better than our own military.”
Later in his nearly 80-minute speech, Trump said if Polis wanted to do his job, he “would be leading the fight to get these gangs and thugs the hell out of Colorado.”
In a statement to Colorado Politics, Polis said Trump’s “cognitive decline” is obvious.
“I feel bad about the former President’s alarming cognitive decline, which is obvious. His ramblings were hard to track, much like his failed economic policies, including the huge tax increases he is proposing, which will increase costs to Americans,” he said.
The governor added: “Coloradans like myself love Aurora, Colorado, and love the United States of America. I am deeply disappointed that a candidate for the highest office in the land is willing to tarnish and attack the very people who would be his constituents.”
The ages of both Trump and President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race in August, became an election topic. Trump, 78, is running against Vice President Kamala Harris, who is 59.
Speaking from the Gaylord Resort in Aurora on Friday, Trump also criticized Polis over a case that sought to remove him from the general election ballot in Colorado.
In March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 9-0, that Colorado could not apply state election laws to remove federal candidates from the ballot. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington led the efforts to remove Trump from the ballot.