Posted on 09/15/2024 11:37:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Mike Coffman, the conservative Republican mayor of Aurora, Colo., said he was at home on Tuesday night watching the presidential debate and bracing for the worst.
And then there it was again, before tens of millions of viewers: former President Donald J. Trump, describing Mr. Coffman’s Aurora, a sprawling suburb just east of Denver, as a city under siege, terrorized by migrants.
“They’re taking over buildings,” Mr. Trump said. “They’re going in violently.”
Mr. Coffman was contrite on Thursday as he told that story. After all, he had helped create the tall tale now sullying his city’s reputation.
Before Springfield, Ohio, before the misinformation about devoured pets and the memes of Mr. Trump rescuing ducks and kittens, there was Aurora, pop. 404,219, supposedly overrun by the violent Venezuelan street gang, Tren de Aragua. Those claims became a cause célèbre for the right-wing media, and ultimately a key focus of Mr. Trump’s anti-immigration repertoire as he escalated his attacks on immigrants as part of his campaign’s effort to capitalize on voter concerns about the southern border crisis.
Caught in the middle are a number of migrants, living in dilapidated apartments that Aurora officials now call squalor, amid “criminal elements,” not widespread gang activity, and unable to find or afford better. The buildings are nonetheless at the center of a national firestorm.
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I don’t believe leftists who defend handing this country to invaders on a silver platter.
They’re going to be really surprised when the monster they are creating and unleashing comes back to bite them. If they think they can ride the storm and come out on top, they are very mistaken.
As soon as I saw it was the Slimes I figured it was more propaganda.
A good rule of thumb: When the New York Times says something, believe the exact opposite.
Did gangs take over the entire city? No, they’re still only taking over a few apartment complexes. Give them some time.
It’s pretty obvious when they build their assertion into the title of the article.
“criminal elements,” not widespread gang activity,
So only a little gang action, until the rest of the gang gets back together
Aw, dat’s presshus.
The little mazeltov jerk from the Slimes is once again lecturing us rubes on how We Just Don’t Understand the huddled masses, yearning to be free.
But he does. He knows its all “baseless”, “debunked”, “false”.
Because from his perch in Manhattan, the All Seeing Eye of Noo Yawk understands everything happening 1800 miles away.
“They are eating cats”. DJT-
Did Jonathan bother to get off his fat ass to travel to Aurora, Colorado to do research?
I guess that video I’ve seen showing swarthy looking guys running up the stairs of an apartment building with automatic weapons was just play acting.
I hate the media. Anything claimed by a conservative is a “false claim” or “without evidence” if there isn’t video evidence and a conviction in a court of law.
When it’s a lefty, they “misspoke” or “was probably meaning this instead of that.” Or, it’s just ignored.
They wonder why we hate them.
They are literally lying. And unlike CONservatives, they are WINNING. My tagline is the ONLY way to save this country. ALL media must be paused, then broken up, arrests and imprisonment and even worse for the worst offenders until the law is put down and their replacements understand the 1st Amendment. Then serve notice to the Qtard pieces of crap and the other twittergrifterspammerliars on our side. This can not be allowed to stand. Orange Jeebus should have done this LAST time, and he will likely not get another chance.
In 2020, I worked with the Aurora PD on a non-Covid related eviction at one of my properties in Aurora. They can’t stand this RINO, Crawford.
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I watched the police chief give her assurances it didn’t/isn’t happening. I didn’t believe her words, demeanor, body language - anything. They are lying. They have a Venezuelan gang problem they can’t deal with.
WHY are lawyers for landlords filing lawsuits against the city for not controlling the Venezuela gang activities?
“unable to find or afford better.”
They could go back to their home s holes which they illegally came from.
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