科罗拉多州奥罗拉市共和党市长迈克·科夫曼周二在共和党总统候选人提名前回击了前总统唐纳德·特朗普计划的访问对他的镇上的移民社区的虚假声明。
科夫曼发表了一份声明脸书·佩奇批评前总统在没有任何证据的情况下声称委内瑞拉移民导致犯罪率上升的错误言论。
特朗普在9月份的美国广播公司新闻总统辩论中首次提出了这些错误的说法，他定于周五访问这座城市。
“事实是，对委内瑞拉黑帮活动的担忧被严重夸大了。事件仅限于这座拥有40多万居民的城市的几个公寓楼，”科夫曼在他的声明中说。
科夫曼为特朗普提供了一个与当地执法部门会面的机会，并获得了更多有关该市公共安全的信息。
“前总统特朗普对奥罗拉的访问是一个向他和全国展示奥罗拉是一个相当安全的城市——而不是一个被委内瑞拉帮派蹂躏的城市，”他说。
辩论结束后，科夫曼和奥罗拉市议会成员兼公共安全主席丹妮尔·朱林斯基发表声明关于他们对Tren de Aragua团伙的调查。
官员们声称，该团伙“在奥罗拉的存在仅限于特定的财产。”
“迄今为止，澳大利亚警察局已将10人与TdA联系起来，并逮捕了其中的8人。被拘留的八人中有两人参与了7月份发生在该市一处特定物业的枪击事件，该物业在TdA活动中遇到了问题。根据这些逮捕，我们现在也可以确认，包括TdA问题在内的犯罪活动对这些财产产生了重大影响，”科夫曼和Jurinsky，也是一名共和党人，在声明中说。
尽管官员们呼吁停止传播夸大的说法，但特朗普在竞选活动中继续将奥罗拉描绘成一个危险的巢穴。
周二，特朗普在KFI AM 640的约翰·科比尔特节目中，对虚假和未经证实的反移民言论加倍，并猛烈抨击科夫曼和其他领导人。
“你们有许多城市比奥罗拉更糟糕。市长，科罗拉多州州长，一个自由民主党人，不知道该做什么。他不知道，他们不想说出来，因为他们不想公开反对他们的政府。
Aurora mayor pushes back against Trump's misleading rhetoric on crime, immigrants before visit
Mike Coffman, the Republican mayor of Aurora, Colorado, fired back at former President Donald Trump Tuesday before the GOP presidential candidate'splanned visitto his town over false claims about its immigrant community.
Coffman issued a statement on hisFacebook pagecriticizing the former president over his false comments that claimed, without any evidence, that crime was on the rise due to Venezuelan migrants.
Trump, who first brought up the false claims during the ABC News presidential debate in September, is scheduled to visit the city Friday.
"The reality is that the concerns about Venezuelan gang activity have been grossly exaggerated. The incidents were limited to several apartment complexes in this city of more than 400,000 residents," Coffman said in his statement.
Coffman offered Trump a chance to meet with local law enforcement and get more information about the city's public safety.
"Former President Trump’s visit to Aurora is an opportunity to show him and the nation that Aurora is a considerably safe city – not a city overrun by Venezuelan gangs," he said.
Following the debate, Coffman and Aurora City Council Member and Public Safety Chair Danielle Jurinskyreleased a statementabout their investigations into the Tren de Aragua gang at the center of the claims.
The officials contended the gang's "presence in Aurora is limited to specific properties."
"To date, APD has now linked 10 people to TdA and has arrested eight of those people. Two of the eight individuals who were taken into custody were involved in a July shooting at one of the specific properties in the city that have experienced issues with TdA activity. In line with these arrests, we can also now confirm that criminal activity, including TdA issues, had significantly affected those properties," Coffman and Jurinsky, also a Republican, said in the statement.
Despite the calls from officials to stop spreading exaggerated claims, Trump has continued to paint Aurora as a dangerous den on the campaign trail.
Calling into the John Kobylt Show on KFI AM 640 on Tuesday, Trump doubled down on false and unsubstantiated anti-migrant rhetoric and lashed out against Coffman and other leaders.
"You have many cities that are worse than Aurora. The mayor, the governor of Colorado, a liberal Democrat, [have] no idea what to do. He has no idea, and they don't want to speak up because they don't want to speak up against about, you know, their government," he said.
