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Showing posts with label Aurora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aurora. Show all posts
Friday, May 30, 2025
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
JD Vance goes all in on the justified lie - The Washington Post
It's also worth emphasizing just how far removed that reality is from what Trump continues to say about the situation. Trump has said not only that apartment complexes were taken over, but that the gang "took over large sections of a town, large sections of an area of Colorado." He mentioned Aurora at the debate while accusing migrants of "taking over the towns."
The difference here isn't between taking over a city and taking over some apartment complexes; it's between taking over a city and taking over … nothing.
Vance's argument is apparently that Trump is using some license here to highlight a real issue — to use a falsehood to draw attention to an underlying truth. As with Springfield, he's suggesting that the political ends justify the dishonest means...
Monday, October 14, 2024
As Trump Arrives, Aurora Insists It’s Not the ‘War Zone’ He Sees - The New York Times
The former president is holding a rally in a Colorado city he falsely claims was overtaken by violent immigrants from Venezuela. The city's leaders, Republicans and Democrats alike, tried to pre-emptively fact-check him...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Trump's Venezuelan gang story is classic Republican fearmongering
Trump and the Republican Party intend to do all they can do to conjure up images of marauding brown invaders who are here to destroy the United States...
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