How false claims of a ’complete gang takeover’ drew Trump to Aurora

Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally at a luxury resort in Aurora on Friday, a little over two months after local right-wing political figures began to spread the false and exaggerated claims about a gang “takeover” that have thrust the city into the spotlight of the 2024 presidential campaign.

No major-party presidential candidate has visited Colorado so close to Election Day since Hillary Clinton made a stop in Pueblo on Oct. 12, 2016, and polls show a commanding lead...