Git Bash (Windows) not using PATH

I'm trying to set up python as an alias on my git bash and I've edited both my .bashrc and .bash_profile to have the alias. I've edited both files and I am still getting a command not found prompt within Git Bash:bash-screenshot

.bashrc and .bash_profile:

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi# Enable tab completionsource ~/git-completion.bashalias python="~\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\python.exe"

Anybody have any ideas?