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Trump holds rally in Reno after unveiling ‘Operation Aurora’ during dark speech in Colorado: Live

Trump held a rally in Aurora, Colorado, a city subjected to his false claims of mass ‘migrant crime’

Related video: JD Vance refuses to admit Donald Trump lost 2020 election

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During a rally in Aurora, Colorado on Friday, former president Donald Trump called for the death penalty “for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer”.

The comment is a reference to Trump’s widely spread false claims that migrants are committing mass violent crimes in the country. He uses Aurora as an example of this by claiming the city has been taken over by Venezuelan gangs – something Colorado leaders deny.

Trump said he would institute the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as part of his “Operation Aurora” to “expedite the removals of the savage gangs.”

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the law gives the government detention and deportation power which poses “an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.”

Anti-immigration policies are a staple of Trump’s campaign for president, despite there being no evidence of ‘migrant crime’.

He is expected to espouse similar rhetoric about immigrants at a rally in Reno, Nevada on Friday evening.

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Fewer ‘everyday people’ have donated to Trump’s campaign than in 2020

The Republican’s campaign has seen a more than 10 percentage point drop in the number of “small donors” this presidential election cycle compared to 2020.

So far this year, and with just 24 days to go until Election Day, only 31.7 percent of campaign donations have come from small donors – classified as people who give less than $200, according to OpenSecrets.

Four years ago, nearly half of Trump’s campaign donations came from small donors.

Ariana Baio has more.

Fewer ‘everyday people’ have donated to Trump’s campaign than in 2020

Nearly half of Trump’s 2020 campaign donations came from small donors, in 2024 it was approximately one third

Joe Sommerlad11 October 2024 14:55
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‘They came to see Vance’s new civil persona. They got the attack dog’

Trump’s running mate has seen his numbers improve since last week’s VP debate against Tim Walz when he was surprisingly respectful to his opponent.

But that hasn’t stopped him reverting to a more pugnacious tone on the campaign trail.

Eric Garcia reports from Greensboro, North Carolina.

JD Vance’s debate rehabilitated his image. He quickly went back to throwing bombs

Vance has seen his numbers improve since the debate. But in North Carolina, he’s taking a more pugnacious tone, Eric Garcia reports from Greensboro

Joe Sommerlad11 October 2024 14:35
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Trump seizes on one block of a Colorado city to warn of a migrant threat, even as crime dips

Here’s a timely little reality check on Aurora, the Denver suburb where Trump is holding the first of two events today, the second following later in Reno, Nevada.

Trump seizes on one block of a Colorado city to warn of a migrant crime threat, even as crime dips

Former President Donald Trump is coming to a Colorado city where crime is down to warn about the danger he says criminal migrants pose to voters

Joe Sommerlad11 October 2024 14:15
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Inside the Trump campaign’s ‘edgy’ and crass approach to appeal to men

Donald Trump has proclaimed himself the “protector” of women but the tone of his messaging has become incrasingly geared towards young men with crass language and put-downs in the hope that that bloc will back him in November.

But the former president risks further isolating female voters by doing so, writes Kelly Rissman.

Inside the Trump campaign’s crass approach to appeal to men and ride them to victory

The Trump campaign’s crass language, wavering abortion stance and sexist remarks about Harris have been a focus for Democrats

Joe Sommerlad11 October 2024 13:55
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Watch: Pennsylvania Governor tells Trump to ‘stop s***-talking America'

Josh Shapiro was as fired up as Obama in Pittsburgh yesterday.

Joe Sommerlad11 October 2024 13:35
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Harris appears on the cover of Vogue as ‘the candidate for our times'

How long before Trump goes insane about this on Truth Social?

Joe Sommerlad11 October 2024 13:15
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The View hosts nail Trump after verbal attack at Pennsylvania rally

Whoopi Goldberg was hardly likely to take the Republican calling her “dirty and disgusting” lying down.

Here’s Inga Parkel on how she and her fellow View hosts responded to the nominee’s slur.

Whoopi Goldberg fires back at Trump after he called her ‘filthy, dirty, disgusting’

Former president verbally attacked ‘The View’ hosts, calling them ‘dumb’ during his recent Pennsylvania rally

Joe Sommerlad11 October 2024 12:55
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Fox News host blasts Trump over Hurricane Helene misinformation

“For the most part, we’ve seen a lot of responsible actors on both sides of the aisle,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Neil Cavuto on Fox yesterday.

“You would never know from the conversations we’re having which one was a Republican and which one was a Democrat.

“Right now you have a lot of people pulling together, working to get the job done for people, regardless of how you voted.”

Cavuto responded to that by saying: “We also get a lot of misinformation, don’t we? We have people who say in North Carolina – if you’re a Republican, you’re not going to get help.

“If you’re a Democrat, you’re going to get help. I would imagine that does a huge disservice to people working together and scares the bejesus out of others when they believe it.”

Here he is pretty frankly calling out Trump:

Buttigieg subsequently took his message to CNN:

As to the point the secretary raises there, here’s Graig Graziosi’s report on a North Carolina man who says his father-in-law is refusing help from FEMA explicitly because of Trump’s words.

Man says hurricane-hit father-in-law refusing FEMA help after falling for Trump lie

Republicans have pushed misinformation about Hurricane Helene recovery efforts including bizarre allegations Democrats use weather-control technology to throw hurricanes at GOP voters

Joe Sommerlad11 October 2024 12:35
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Watch: Obama uses diaper joke to mock Trump at Pittsburgh rally for Harris

Obama uses diaper joke to mock Trump at Pittsburgh rally for Harris
Joe Sommerlad11 October 2024 12:15

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