{"id":113195,"date":"2024-10-12T06:07:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T23:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113195"},"modified":"2024-10-12T06:07:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T23:07:45","slug":"trump-rallies-in-aurora-a-city-he-has-demonized-as-overrun-by-migrant-crime-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113195","title":{"rendered":"Trump rallies in Aurora &#8212; a city he has demonized as overrun by migrant crime : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-27892\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4864;&#10;        --source-height: 3247;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4864x3247+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2Fd0%2F771740254c22a800deea31d5811f%2Fap24285721915662.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4864x3247+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2Fd0%2F771740254c22a800deea31d5811f%2Fap24285721915662.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4864x3247+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2Fd0%2F771740254c22a800deea31d5811f%2Fap24285721915662.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4864x3247+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2Fd0%2F771740254c22a800deea31d5811f%2Fap24285721915662.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4864x3247+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2Fd0%2F771740254c22a800deea31d5811f%2Fap24285721915662.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort &amp; Convention Center in Aurora, Colo., on Friday. On stage, he was flanked by mugshots of undocumented migrants that officials have accused of crimes.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4864x3247+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2Fd0%2F771740254c22a800deea31d5811f%2Fap24285721915662.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort &amp; Convention Center in Aurora, Colo., on Friday. On stage, he was flanked by mugshots of undocumented migrants that officials have accused of crimes.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Alex Brandon\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Alex Brandon\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump brought his hardline immigration message to the city of Aurora, Colorado on Friday, a community he has demonized as overrun by migrant crime \u2014 despite pushback from local leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks Trump has repeatedly name-checked Aurora at speeches and on the debate stage \u2013 likening the Denver suburb to a \u201cwar zone.\u201d He\u2019s amplified claims that a Venezuelan gang has taken over apartment buildings in the city, a situation that elected Republican and Democratic leaders on the ground <a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2024\/09\/19\/trump-wants-to-visit-aurora-the-republican-mayor-says-bring-it-on\/\"><u>have said has been overblown<\/u><\/a> and is being dealt with <a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2024\/09\/25\/tren-de-aragua-aurora-arrests\/\"><u>by local and federal law enforcement.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5147400-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-22770\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/13\/g-s1-22770\/trump-post-debate-immigrants-haitian-migrants-springfield-ohio\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/13\\\/g-s1-22770\\\/trump-post-debate-immigrants-haitian-migrants-springfield-ohio&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3027x3027+571+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F60%2Ffe92d8d6440ba4088c267fea504a%2Fgettyimages-2171578444.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3027x3027+571+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F60%2Ffe92d8d6440ba4088c267fea504a%2Fgettyimages-2171578444.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3027x3027+571+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F60%2Ffe92d8d6440ba4088c267fea504a%2Fgettyimages-2171578444.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3027x3027+571+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F60%2Ffe92d8d6440ba4088c267fea504a%2Fgettyimages-2171578444.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3027x3027+571+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F60%2Ffe92d8d6440ba4088c267fea504a%2Fgettyimages-2171578444.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3027x3027+571+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F60%2Ffe92d8d6440ba4088c267fea504a%2Fgettyimages-2171578444.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3027x3027+571+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F60%2Ffe92d8d6440ba4088c267fea504a%2Fgettyimages-2171578444.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3027x3027+571+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F60%2Ffe92d8d6440ba4088c267fea504a%2Fgettyimages-2171578444.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday. Trump has used a swing through the south west to focus on economic issues but despite touting his economic policies, the candidate has continued to focus on immigration and repeating false and debunked conspiracies about immigrant communities.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5147400-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>For nearly 90 minutes, Trump doubled down on that message as he was flanked on stage by the mugshots of undocumented migrants that officials have accused of crimes. He announced that if elected again, he would enact a nationwide effort dubbed \u201cOperation Aurora\u201d to target undocumented migrant gang members for arrest and deportation. Trump said the program would be based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/alien-enemies-act-explained\"><u>Alien Enemies Act of 1798<\/u><\/a>, a wartime authority that allows a president to detain or deport members of an enemy nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The winding remarks touched on a wide range of topics \u2014 Al Capone, Hillary Clinton, CBS\u2019 <em>60 Minutes<\/em>. But immigration was the dominant theme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He showed television clips, including Fox News segments, about migrant crime, and said immigrants are coming from insane asylums and prisons and taking over cities like Aurora.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur criminals are like babies compared to these people. These criminals are the most violent people on earth.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He then mentioned Aurora specifically and blamed Vice President Harris for the surge in new immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKamala has imported an army of illegal alien gang members and migrant criminals from the dungeons of the third world,\u201d said Trump. \u201cAnd she has had them resettled, beautifully, into your community to prey upon innocent American citizens, that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing. And no place is it more evident than right here.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Local leaders say the city has actually gotten safer<\/h3>\n<p>Around a dozen people with alleged ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have been arrested for a range of crimes in the Denver metro area. But local officials in Aurora have forcefully pushed back against Trump\u2019s claims \u2014 saying his remarks about international gangs in the city are an exaggeration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12134-009-0117-9\"><u>Researchers<\/u><\/a> have repeatedly found that immigrants, whether or not they are documented, don&#8217;t commit crimes at higher rates than U.S citizens. City officials have repeatedly denied that the gang controls any building or part of the city, as have many residents of the buildings that Trump has seized on as the basis for his attacks on Aurora.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, a Republican and long-time Trump critic, said he hoped Trump would take the time to tour the city.<\/p>\n<p>Coffman\u2019s message to Trump? \u201cI&#8217;m excited for you to come here so I could show you that the narrative that is being presented nationally about this city isn&#8217;t true, that there are no apartment complexes under gang control, that the city&#8217;s not under gang control, Venezuelan gang control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his remarks, Trump also blasted Colorado\u2019s Democratic\u00a0 Gov. Jared Polis and referred to him as a coward, a fraud and pathetic \u2014 as well as Harris and Democrats more generally.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Jared Polis acknowledged at a press conference ahead of Trump\u2019s rally that there are victims of crime in Aurora, but noted that statistics show the city has gotten safer over the last two years and said Trump is distorting the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really just shows, as a matter of character, that very often when he speaks, former President Trump doesn\u2019t seem to care who he hurts with his words and his rhetoric or the consequences of what he says,\u201d said Polis.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">An eager audience in a state Democrats are expected to win<\/h3>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-27918\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5156;&#10;        --source-height: 3437;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1300px) 763px, (min-width: 1025px) calc(100vw - 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496px), (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 171px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5156x3437+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2Fdd%2Fd05bca834e949f3374997673324f%2Fgettyimages-21771848661.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"People cheer ahead of Trump's rally in Aurora, Colo.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                People cheer ahead of Trump&#8217;s rally in Aurora, Colo.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Michael Ciaglo\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Michael Ciaglo\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s visit to Colorado came as polls show he is locked in a historically close race with Harris. And even though Trump is all but certain to lose in reliably blue Colorado, for his backers in the state, his visit was a welcome event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 10,000 people filled a hall in Aurora near the airport at Gaylord Rockies, a resort and convention center on the outskirts of a city Trump has said was dangerous to visit.<\/p>\n<p>That included supporters like Stephen Farrell and his daughter. The pair were the first in line to see Trump and stayed awake all night outside waiting to get in. It was their first Trump rally. <\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5147400-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Farrell said he got involved in politics over the last three years, driven by the feeling that the country is going downhill rapidly, in part from what he described as government sabotage and misspending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s a lot of fear and separation in society and people need to learn to get together and solve these problems and issues,\u201d he said. \u201cI don&#8217;t think we should send billions of dollars to Ukraine when there&#8217;s hurricane victims struggling that pay taxes their whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump supporters said they were excited to hear him talk about his plans for the U.S. border with Mexico, immigration and economic issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy top issue as a Black man is, I want the economy to be more robust than it has been for the last three-and-a-half years,\u201d said Henry Jones, a retired Denver police officer who lives in Aurora. \u201cNot just for Blacks, but for everybody in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Kime of Colorado Springs was also at the front of the line early Friday. She said her top issue is voting integrity. She arrived Thursday afternoon and said this will be the 25th Trump rally she\u2019s attended since 2016. She described it as a rock concert for political junkies.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-3-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe energy, the love. I mean these people, we all take care of each other,\u201d she explained. \u201cHalf these people just met each other yesterday and we feel like we&#8217;re all family and we&#8217;re all making sure we are warm and we&#8217;re taken care of. I say the greatest people you&#8217;ll ever meet in your life, is at a Trump rally. They&#8217;ll take the shirt off their back for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5147400-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5037992\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/14\/nx-s1-5037992\/trump-immigrants-border-mass-deportation-presidential-race-migrants\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/14\\\/nx-s1-5037992\\\/trump-immigrants-border-mass-deportation-presidential-race-migrants&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/369x369+451+115\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fd4%2F26463bfc4daea0e452d5c1393bf8%2Fgettyimages-2162457989.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/369x369+451+115\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fd4%2F26463bfc4daea0e452d5c1393bf8%2Fgettyimages-2162457989.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/369x369+451+115\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fd4%2F26463bfc4daea0e452d5c1393bf8%2Fgettyimages-2162457989.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/369x369+451+115\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fd4%2F26463bfc4daea0e452d5c1393bf8%2Fgettyimages-2162457989.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/369x369+451+115\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fd4%2F26463bfc4daea0e452d5c1393bf8%2Fgettyimages-2162457989.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/369x369+451+115\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fd4%2F26463bfc4daea0e452d5c1393bf8%2Fgettyimages-2162457989.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/369x369+451+115\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fd4%2F26463bfc4daea0e452d5c1393bf8%2Fgettyimages-2162457989.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/369x369+451+115\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe3%2Fd4%2F26463bfc4daea0e452d5c1393bf8%2Fgettyimages-2162457989.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"This photo shows a crowd of people at the Republican National Convention in July 2024. Many are holding up signs reading \" mass=\"\" deportation=\"\" now=\"\" and=\"\" america=\"\" strong=\"\" again=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5147400-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>She was standing near 19-year-old Ben Feeney, who lives about an hour away from Aurora and said he loves that Trump is in Colorado to support people in the city, and is proud to vote for Trump in his first presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal leadership is shown when you&#8217;re under attack and you stand there about to die and you&#8217;re fighting for your last breath and you stand your ground. That is leadership. 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