AURORA, Colo. — Former President Donald Trump painted a dark picture of Colorado’s third-largest city at a rally here Friday as he once again claimed it had been overtaken by a Venezuelan prison gang.
But the city’s police chief told NBC News that Aurora is still “very safe.”“It's not overrun.
Without question, Aurora is still a very safe city.
Using increasingly inflammatory rhetoric, Trump has seized on other suburban areas with immigrant populations.
Asked to respond to Chamberlain’s comments, Trump’s campaign spokesperson pointed to a series of news articles about gang violence she posted on X.
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