President Donald Trump told POLITICO on Wednesday that he vetoed a bipartisan bill to fund a Colorado water project because he views it as a waste of taxpayer money, saying residents are leaving the state under Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.
“They’re wasting a lot of money and people are leaving the state. They’re leaving the state in droves. Bad governor,” Trump said in an exclusive phone interview with POLITICO.
The measure, the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, H.R. 131 (119), would have helped complete a pipeline project to deliver clean drinking water to communities in southeastern Colorado, where Trump’s support runs deep.
It passed both chambers of Congress unanimously before Trump vetoed the bill. On Tuesday, the White House announced Trump’s veto of the bill — along with another piece of legislation that would have granted the Miccosukee Tribe in Florida limited control over a part of the Everglades.
