Gov. Polis on Venezuelan Gangs in Colo.: Aurora Is a Wonderful City and Is Now ‘Safer than It’s Been’

BRENNAN: “Aurora, Colorado, that’s been getting a lot of attention from the Trump team in particular because of members of a Venezuelan prison gang who migrated here to the U.S. and apparently were involved in a shooting in Aurora. During the debate, Donald Trump used Aurora as an example of a worst of the migrant crisis. This is what he said yesterday.”

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Trump: “Under border czar Harris, Venezuelan gangs have taken over entire apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado. The government — the governor is petrified in Colorado. He’s a liberal governor. He doesn’t know what to do. The guy is so scared of these guys, and maybe you can’t blame him.”
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BRENNAN: “Governor, I know local officials set up a special task force, but how do you respond to this personal attack here?”
POLIS: “Well, I — you know, I went shopping in Aurora yesterday. What a lot of Americans need to know is Aurora is over 400,000 people, it’s Colorado’s third largest city. Violent crime is down two years in a row. Car thefts are down two years in a row. It’s a wonderful city. I’m there all the time. It’s really a great, diverse city and it’s growing fast. It will probably be the number one or number two city in Colorado over the next decade or two. So, it’s a great city. It’s safer than it’s been. And, look, it’s like any city, Chicago, L.A., mid-sized cities, Denver. Of course, there’s been an issue with gangs for decades in Aurora, and I feel that we’ve finally turned the corner. I mean, this is the difference between electing a president that skirts the law versus one who’s made a career enforcing the law. I mean, Kamala Harris is somebody who stared criminal enterprises in the face, put criminals behind bars, as district attorney, and she’s going to take that same attitude to the White House to make America safer.”