Trump Rally in Aurora, Colo., Is Marked by Nativist Attacks

The New York Times ^ | Oct. 11, 2024 | Michael Gold and Jonathan Weisman

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Former President Donald J. Trump escalated the nativist, anti-immigration rhetoric that has animated his political career with a speech Friday in Aurora, Colo., where he repeated false and grossly exaggerated claims about undocumented immigrants that local Republican officials have refuted.

For weeks, Aurora has been fending off false rumors about the city. And its conservative Republican mayor, Mike Coffman, said in a statement on Friday that he hoped to show Mr. Trump that Aurora was “a considerably safe city.”

But Mr. Trump has made debunked claims about Aurora, a Denver suburb, such a central part of his stump speech that he took a campaign detour to Colorado, which has not voted for a Republican in a presidential election since 2004, to make the case in person at a rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center.

And during a meandering 80-minute speech Mr. Trump repeated claims, which have been debunked by local officials, that Aurora had been “invaded and conquered,” described the United States as an “occupied state,” called for the death penalty “for any migrant that kills an American citizen” and revived a promise to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport suspected members of drug cartels and criminal gangs without due process.

That law allows for the summary deportation of people from nations with which the United States is at war, that have invaded the United States or that have engaged in “predatory incursions.” It was far from clear whether the law could be used in the way that Mr. Trump was proposing.

The false tale that Aurora, Colorado’s third-largest city, was occupied by armed Venezuelans stemmed from a dispute over housing conditions.

[Republican Wildcat]

I remember when the media reported those who literally declared they had “seceded” from the United States in Oregon and took over entire areas portraying Trump as a madman for lashing out at people just having a “festival.”

[beaversmom]

He’s a Trump-hating piece of doo.

[metmom]

*Nativist*?

WTH is that?

Some new pejorative with which to smear non-leftists?

[KC_Conspirator]

NYT, without evidence indeed. The Slimes is going crazy this weekend with the big lies and hysteria.

[Alas Babylon!]

[Doc91678]

I agree with your statement..
They're telling us not to believe our lying eyes.
Unfortunately, these incidents regarding the Venezuelan gangs is happening in Chicago, New York and other cities where they've been inserted by the Biden Admin..

[Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi]

Exactly.

The locals should round up a bunch of these invaders, find out where these idiots live and dump them there.

If President Trump really wanted to torque the left, after he gets elected, he should round up the illegals and dump them in every leftist enclave on the west and east coast.

If they complain, tell them thusly: here is a chance to prove yourselves; as we in the Christian community say here in the South: don’t just talk the talk, walk the walk.

[Colorado Doug]

Nativist? I assume that he is referring to us indigenous United Sates Citizens?

[ridesthemiles]

THEN—WHY DID A NUMBER OF LANDLORDS BAND TOGETHER, GET ATTORNEYS, AND SUE TO GET CONTROL OF THEIR PROPERTIES BACK?????

[dp0622]

Too many here are obsessed with the ny times :)

Every fourth article is from the times tonight

Leftists don’t read them as much :)

They are not worth the attention.

We should stop giving so much attention to them.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Too many here are obsessed with the ny times :) Every fourth article is from the times tonight Leftists don’t read them as much :) They are not worth the attention. We should stop giving so much attention to them.

Rush Limbaugh spent most of his shows discussing content from NYT, WaPo, LAT, etc. Was he wrong to do that? I miss Rush's insight and get bored reading things I agree with all the time, so I post articles that Rush probably would have discussed. If you don’t like them, don’t click on them. Lots of people are interested in them, judging from the number of comments the articles get.

[blueplum]

There is nothing wrong with being proud of one’s heritage as a legacy American and desire to preserve that history, any more than an American Indian being proud of their own legacy, a Messican being proud of their own legacy, an African being proud of their own legacy or a Puerto Rican being proud of their own heritage, all of which openly display that pride within the halls of our Congress.