Colorado Gov. Jared Polis doesn’t appear to thoughts being attacked by former President Donald Trump.
Polis (D) appeared on CNN Friday after Trump spoke within the city of Aurora and called him a “coward” and a “fraud,” and falsely claimed that immigrants have “invaded and conquered the town.”
The governor took all of it in stride.
“I’m glad he was speaking about me as a result of he’s not operating in opposition to me,” Polis told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “He’s operating in opposition to [Vice President] Kamala Harris. … The extra lies and assaults he needs to say about me, the higher, as a result of I’m not on the poll.
“So I’m glad to distract him nevertheless I can,” he continued, earlier than praising Aurora.
Additionally on Friday, Trump claimed that Venezuelan gangs have been conquering the town, describing how “they’re taking on buildings” and doing so “violently.”
(A video exhibiting gang members in an Aurora condominium constructing went viral over the summer season, however authorities say the realm is protected and much from overrun with crime, The Associated Press reported.)
Collins famous Friday that Trump has lobbed related criticisms in opposition to governors in his personal get together, together with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
“Some say it’s cognitive decline,” mentioned Polis. “However the extra he’s distracted and attacking folks like Gov. Kemp or me, whether or not they’re Republican or Democrat, perhaps he’s forgotten who he’s operating in opposition to.”
“I feel she’ll be a fantastic president,” he added, of Harris. “So let him assault all these different folks and attempt to settle all these grudges he has. … I don’t suppose that’s what the American folks need.”
