{"id":2354245,"date":"2024-10-13T11:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T15:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-defends-trumps-exaggerated-claims-of-aurora-being-taken-over-by-gangs-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T11:40:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T15:40:41","slug":"vance-defends-trumps-exaggerated-claims-of-aurora-being-taken-over-by-gangs-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-defends-trumps-exaggerated-claims-of-aurora-being-taken-over-by-gangs-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance defends Trump\u2019s \u2018exaggerated\u2019 claims of Aurora being \u2018taken over\u2019 by gangs &#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\">30<\/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%2Fvance-defends-trumps-exaggerated-claims-of-aurora-being-taken-over-by-gangs-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=2354245&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>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), who is also \u2063Donald Trump&#8217;s\u200d running mate, defended Trump&#8217;s assertion that gangs from Venezuela have overtaken Aurora, Colorado. In a\u2063 recent\u200d interview on ABC News, Vance dismissed the city&#8217;s mayor&#8217;s rebuttal, which\u200b described Trump&#8217;s statements as \u200d&#8221;grossly exaggerated.&#8221; Trump had claimed during his visit\u200b to \u200dAurora that the South American gangs were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-flip-flops-on-immigration-border-is-too-open\/\" title=\"Hochul changes stance on immigration: Border deemed &#039;excessively porous&#039;\">causing significant issues<\/a> in the city. While Vance acknowledged the mayor&#8217;s statements, he insisted there must be some truth to Trump&#8217;s\u200d claims, citing fear among residents regarding gang activity. He argued that the\u2063 focus should be on the problems caused \u2062by unvetted immigration policy, pointing to a broader issue of crime in\u200c American\u2063 communities. The discussion highlighted the tension between\u200d the Trump campaign&#8217;s narrative and local government perspectives on safety and community integrity.  <\/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\">Vance defends Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;exaggerated&rsquo; claims of Aurora being &lsquo;taken over&rsquo; by gangs<\/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_1778550\" 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>&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/j.d.-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH), is defending Trump&rsquo;s claim that Aururo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Colorado<\/a>, has been run over by gangs from Venezuela.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Speaking on ABC News&rsquo;s <em>This Week<\/em> with Martha Raddatz, Vance declined to acknowledge the mayor&rsquo;s statement that Trump&rsquo;s claims were &ldquo;grossly exaggerated.&rdquo; On Friday, Trump paid a visit to Aurora, where he claimed South American gangs had taken over the city.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mayor<\/a> of the city said flatly, the city and state have not been taken over or invaded or occupied by migrant gangs. So do you support Donald Trump making those claims that the Republican mayor says were grossly exaggerated and have hurt the city&rsquo;s identity and sense of safety,&rdquo; Raddatz said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, Martha, you just said the mayor said they were exaggerated,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Grossly exaggerated,&rdquo; Raddatz corrected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s got to be some &mdash; that means there&rsquo;s got to be some element of truth here, of course, President Trump was actually in Aurora, Colorado, talking to people on the ground. And what we&rsquo;re hearing, of course, Martha, is that people are terrified by what has happened with some of these Venezuelan gangs,&rdquo; Vance said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With less than a month to go until Election Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarthaRaddatz<\/a> spoke with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance<\/a> about pressing issues such as immigration and abortion rights.<\/p>\n<p>Raddatz joins <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GioBenitez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@giobenitez<\/a> to recap the interview. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MoZeVCJAwT\">pic.twitter.com\/MoZeVCJAwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCNewsLive\/status\/1845474242797703267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Raddatz then stopped Vance to repeat the statement from the Aurora mayor saying the incidents &ldquo;were limited to a handful of apartment complexes, and the mayor said our dedicated police officers had acted on those concerns, a handful of problems.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Martha, do you hear yourself? Only a handful of apartment complexes in America were taken over, and Donald Trump is the problem, and not Kamala Harris&rsquo;s open border. Americans are so fed up with what&rsquo;s going on, and they have every right to be,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really find this exchange, Martha, sort of interesting, because you seem to be more focused with nitpicking everything that Donald Trump has said, rather than acknowledging that apartment complexes in the United States of America are being taken over by violent gangs,&rdquo; Vance continued.<\/p>\n<p>He said he &ldquo;worries&rdquo; about this problem more than &ldquo;anything else.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to get American communities in a safe space again. And unfortunately, when you let people in by the millions, most of whom are unvetted, most of whom you don&rsquo;t know who they really are, you&rsquo;re going to have problems like this,&rdquo; Vance said before talking on the border policy of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&#8203;&#8203;Let&rsquo;s, let&rsquo;s just, let&rsquo;s just end that with they did not invade or take over the city, as Donald Trump said,&rdquo; Raddatz said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just a few apartment complexes. No big deal. A few apartment complexes,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just a few apartment complexes that the mayor did not say were invading the entire city,&rdquo; Raddatz said before moving on from the topic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During Trump&rsquo;s 90-minute speech in Aurora, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/11\/nx-s1-5147400\/donald-trump-aurora-colorado-rally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced<\/a> his plan to enact a nationwide effort called &ldquo;Operation Aurora&rdquo; to target undocumented immigrant gang members for arrest and deportation. He said the program would be based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/alien-enemies-act-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alien Enemies Act of 1798<\/a>, which is a wartime authority that gives a president the power to detain or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-republican-joins-fight-to-keep-anti-semitic-democrat-ilhan-omar-on-foreign-affairs-committee\/\" title=\"Another Republican Joins Fight To Keep Anti-Semitic Democrat Ilhan Omar on Foreign Affairs Committee\">deport members<\/a> of an enemy nation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman said he was excited for Trump to visit the city to show him &ldquo;that the narrative that is being presented nationally about this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wi-city-looks-to-tap-leftist-lawfare-attorneys-ahead-of-election\/\" title=\"WI City Looks To Tap Leftist Lawfare Attorneys Ahead Of Election\">city isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t true, that there are no apartment complexes under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-normal-in-sweden-two-bombings-in-one-night\/\" title=\"The New Normal in Sweden \u2013 Two Bombings in One Night\">gang control<\/a>, that the city&rsquo;s not under gang control, Venezuelan gang control.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_1778550\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1778550\"}});<\/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>Vance supports Trump&#8217;s claims about gang control in Aurora<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2354246,"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\/10\/Vance-dossier.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22543,3634,15469],"class_list":["post-2354245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aurora","tag-trump","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Vance-dossier.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354245","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}