Colorado governor dismisses Trump's lies about Aurora: 'He's not running against me'

Colorado Governor Jared Polis doesn’t seem to mind being attacked by former President Donald Trump.

Polis (D) appeared on CNN on Friday after Trump spoke in the city of Aurora and called him a “coward” and a “fraud,” and falsely claimed that immigrants “invaded and conquered the city.”

The governor accepted everything calmly.

“I’m glad he was talking about me because he’s not running against me,” Polis told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “He’s running against (Vice President) Kamala Harris. … The more lies and attacks he wants to say about me, the better, because I’m not on the ballot.

“Then I’m happy to distract you in any way I can,” he continued, before praising Aurora.

Also on Friday, Trump claimed that Venezuelan gangs were taking over the city, describing how “they are taking over buildings” and doing so “violently.”

(A video showing gang members in an Aurora apartment building went viral over the summer, but authorities say the area is safe and far from being overrun by crime, the Associated Press reported.)

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Collins noted Friday that Trump has leveled similar criticism at governors in his own party, including Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

“Some say it’s cognitive decline,” Polis said. “But the more he gets distracted and attacks people like Governor Kemp or me, whether they’re Republicans or Democrats, maybe he’s forgotten who he’s running against.”

“I think she will be a great president,” he added of Harris. “Then let him lash out at all these other people and try to resolve all these resentments he has. … I don’t think that’s what the American people want.”