Leaders of the CO Democratic Party admonish Trump ahead of his rally in Aurora [Video]

AURORA, Colo. — Leaders of the Colorado Democratic Party admonished former President Donald Trump on Friday morning ahead of his rally in Aurora, calling out his false descriptions of the city and placing blame on him for the collapse of a bipartisan border security bill in February.

Trump will hold a rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora on Friday at 1 p.m. In a press release announcing his visit, Trump’s campaign called Aurora a “war zone” that has seen an “seen an “influx of violent Venezuelan prison gang members from Tren de Aragua.”

Gov. Jared Polis, Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) and U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Michael Bennet gathered on Friday morning at the Cheluna Brewing Company inside Stanley Marketplace ahead of Trump’s visit.

Polis described Aurora as the state’s fast-growing town and third-largest in Colorado. Home to about 400,000 people, it is a “safe, vibrant place to live,” he said, and …