{"id":2343183,"date":"2024-09-19T03:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T07:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-he-will-visit-springfield-ohio-and-aurora-colorado-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T03:20:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T07:20:24","slug":"trump-announces-he-will-visit-springfield-ohio-and-aurora-colorado-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-he-will-visit-springfield-ohio-and-aurora-colorado-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces he will visit Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colorado &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-announces-he-will-visit-springfield-ohio-and-aurora-colorado-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump has announced his upcoming visits\u2063 to Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colorado, which have emerged as significant locations in the 2024 presidential election, largely due to\u200c the ongoing discussion \u2063surrounding illegal immigration. During a political rally, Trump confirmed his \u2062plans and referenced Springfield&#8217;s rise \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/87-year-old-woman-fights-off-armed-intruder-then-feeds-him\/\" title=\"87-Year-Old Woman Defeats Intruder, Offers Meal\">national\u200d attention<\/a> after he mentioned controversial\u2064 claims about \u200cillegal \u2063immigrants \u200ballegedly harming residents&#8217; pets. This statement was made\u2064 during a \u200cdebate on September \u200c11, where he criticized the\u2063 impact\u2062 of immigration on various American towns, particularly highlighting Springfield and Aurora. The latter city has also been \u2063in the spotlight due to concerns about violent activities linked to the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang inhabiting \u2062the area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump announces he will visit Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colorado<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1763999\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> announced that he will visit Springfield, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ohio<\/a>, and Aurora, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Colorado<\/a>, in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to Springfield, and I&rsquo;m going to Aurora,&rdquo; Trump said during a political rally on Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The two cities have become focal points of the 2024 presidential election because of the national conversation surrounding illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Springfield, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-from-inside-ben-jerrys-franchisees-losing-money-want-israel-boycott-gone\/\" title=\"Backlash From Inside Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s: Franchisees Losing Money, Want Israel Boycott Gone\">conflicting claims<\/a> of illegal immigrants eating residents&rsquo; pets catapulted the small Ohio city into the national spotlight when the former president mentioned this during the presidential debate on Sept. 11.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What they have done to our country by allowing these millions and millions of people to come into our country,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript\/story?id=113560542\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump said during the debate<\/a>. &ldquo;And look at what&rsquo;s happening to the towns all over the United States. And a lot of towns don&rsquo;t want to talk &mdash; not going to be Aurora or Springfield. A lot of towns don&rsquo;t want to talk about it because they&rsquo;re so embarrassed by it. In Springfield, they&rsquo;re eating the dogs. The people that came in. They&rsquo;re eating the cats. They&rsquo;re eating &mdash; they&rsquo;re eating the pets of the people that live there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Aurora became a focal point after accusations that members of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/colorado-authorities-address-safety-aurora-community-concerns-venezuelan-gang\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang<\/a> were living in the city, committing numerous acts of violence and taking over an apartment complex. CBS News reported that Perkins Coie law firm, located in Denver, was hired to investigate claims about Tren de Aragua and verified that the gang had a &ldquo;stranglehold&rdquo; over the apartment building.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The evidence we have reviewed indicates that gang members are engaging in flagrant trespass violations, assaults and battery, human trafficking and sexual abuse of minors, unlawful firearms possession, extortion, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-composite-video-of-the-many-criminal-acts-that-took-place-in-the-atlanta-arena-on-election-night-this-will-shock-you\/\" title=\"See Composite Video of the Many Criminal Acts that Took Place In the Atlanta Arena on Election Night - This Will Shock You\">criminal activities<\/a>, often targeting vulnerable Venezuelan and other immigrant populations,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/colorado-law-firm-report-claims-venezuelan-gang-stranglehold-apartments-takeover-began-2023\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">former U.S. attorney T. Markus Funk wrote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wis-voter-id-loophole-raises-renewed-concerns\/\" title=\"WI&#039;s Voter ID &#039;Loophole&#039; Raises Renewed Concerns\">law firm&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s political opponents have maintained that such accusations about both cities are sensationalized and untrue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not confirm a date for his visit to the cities. During the rally, the former president said it would happen in &ldquo;two weeks.&rdquo; Additionally, no details were provided about what such a visit would entail, whether it would be a political rally or some other event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1763999\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1763999\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump has declared plans to visit Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colorado, in the near future. &#8220;I\u2019m going to Springfield, and I\u2019m going to Aurora,&#8221; he stated at a political rally on Wednesday. These cities have gained attention in the context of the 2024 presidential election due to ongoing discussions about illegal immigration. Springfield drew national attention after Trump referenced claims during a presidential debate on September 11 that illegal immigrants were allegedly harming residents&#8217; pets. He remarked, &#8220;What they have done to our country by allowing these millions and millions of people to come into our country&#8230; A lot of towns don\u2019t want to talk about it because they\u2019re so embarrassed by it. In Springfield, they\u2019re eating the dogs&#8230; They\u2019re eating the pets of the people that live there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aurora has also been highlighted following allegations that members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang were residing there and engaging in violent activities while taking over an apartment complex. CBS News reported that Denver&#8217;s Perkins Coie law firm was brought in to investigate these claims and confirmed that the gang had a significant influence over one building. The report from former U.S. attorney T. Markus Funk indicated various criminal activities being committed by gang members against vulnerable immigrant populations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s opponents argue that these allegations regarding both cities are exaggerated or false. While he did not specify exact dates for his visits during his rally\u2014only mentioning it would occur in &#8220;two weeks&#8221;\u2014he did not provide details on whether these visits would involve political rallies or other types of events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2343184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-Long-Island.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22543,6024,4133,4333,18909,3634],"class_list":["post-2343183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aurora","tag-colorado","tag-news","tag-ohio","tag-springfield","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-Long-Island.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}