HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, responded Friday morning to President Donald Trump’s claims that she advocated for a train from Hawaii to the mainland.

In Washington, D.C., President Trump answered questions from reporters during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

During the press event, the president said, “Well, we had a senator that wanted, remember from Hawaii, she wanted a tunnel from the mainland to Hawaii, and she said, ‘Well, we can’t do that, so we’re gonna build a railroad to Hawaii.

“Do you remember? She’s a current sitting senator, a Democrat. She wants a railroad to go to Hawaii, right? You know who that is, right?” he said.

In response to the president’s claims, Hirono commented, “Yet another unhinged Trump comment.”

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