Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman said the concerns about Aurora have hurt the city's identity and 'sense of safety' unfairly.
Mike Coffman, the Republican mayor of Aurora, Colorado, released a statement after former President Donald Trump's rally in the city on Friday, calling remarks about Venezuelan gang activity in his city 'grossly exaggerated', saying they 'have unfairly hurt the city's identity and sense of safety.
'Aurora gained national attention in August after a video circulated online of armed Venezuelan gang members searching through an apartment complex in the city. Trump has latched onto the story as a way to bolster his claims that the Biden administration's immigration policies have let in violent criminals across the southern border.'They were rough, the ones that came in,' Trump told supporters during his rally on Friday.
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