At a campaign rally in Aurora, Trump described migrants as “savages” and “animals” whom he would like to deport in large numbers after the US election.
Aurora – In the final sprint of the election campaign for the US election 2024 sets Donald Trump fully on the topic of migration. At his most recent campaign appearance in Aurora, Colorado, the candidate republican In the process, an apocalyptic picture of the USA was drawn. Trump described the country as occupied by a “criminal power” and promised his supporters that November 5 would be “Liberation Day.” He portrayed migrants as a threat to US national security.
Trump presents his plans for mass deportations of migrants before the US election
As a result, Trump announced a mass deportation operation before the US election, which he called “Operation Aurora”. Trump said he wanted to use a law from 1789 to do this. This allows the US government to round up and deport foreigners coming from a country with which the US is at war.
Donald Trump on stage in Aurora, where he presented plans for the mass deportation of migrants before the US election. © Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images via AFP
In Aurora, a video distributed by right-wing media that showed armed Latinos rioting in an apartment building had previously gone viral. As a result, there were many false and generalized reports that the city was being terrorized by Latin American immigrants. Trump now took this into account during the election campaign Kamala Harris gratefully and claimed that the USA was being overrun by “savages” and “beasts”.
Trump horrified by the 2024 US election: Migrants statistically commit fewer crimes
Current immigration figures before the 2024 US election show that these are at a similar level to those during Trump’s term as US President in 2020. In addition, immigrants in the USA statistically commit fewer crimes than the native population.
Violent crime skyrocketed during Trump’s term in office – under the US President’s administration Joe Biden they have declined every year.
Before the US election: Trump calls Kamala Harris “a criminal”
The former president also called his Democratic rival Kamala Harris a “criminal” in Aurora and made the false claim that Venezuelan gangs in Colorado had been allowed to shoot at police officers. At the appearance before the US election, he spoke in dark tones of the “enemy within” as “all the scum we are dealing with who hates our country.”
If Harris were to be president for four years, “200 million people” would come to the country, Trump said. The country would be “at the end”. A Trump confidant had previously absurdly described Kamala Harris as the mastermind behind natural disasters and accused her of controlling Hurricane Milton.
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US election 2024 Trump rages against migrants in the election campaign against Harris – Republicans contradict
The Republican mayor of Aurora, Mike Coffman, vehemently contradicted Trump’s portrayal before the 2024 US election, including to the AFP news agency. He called the former president’s claims “greatly exaggerated” and emphasized that Aurora is a safe city not overrun by migrant gangs.
Coffman even offered to personally show Trump around the city to demonstrate Aurora’s safety.
Harris speaks during angry Trump speech in Arizona and calls for unity ahead of the US election
While Trump spoke in Colorado, Vice President Kamala Harris made a parallel campaign appearance in Scottsdale, Arizona. The candidate of Democrats emphasized the need for unity and cooperation in the US and promised to establish a bipartisan advisory council.
It will be exciting in the US election campaign
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In the current surveys on the US election On November 5, 2024, exciting developments will emerge. Trump and Harris are neck and neck, with a poll by the Wall Street Journal Harris looks narrowly ahead in four of seven swing states. However, the results are within the margin of error, indicating a close race. Harris is receiving support from former President Barack Obama, who now mocked Trump and his “golden escalator.” (AFP/smu)
