Governor Polis follows Margaret Brennan’s lead and leaves TdA in Aurora

CBS Take on the nation and Vice Presidential debate moderator Margaret Brennan offered Colorado Governor and Kamala Harris’ deputy Jared Polis a huge lifeline when she raised the issue of the activities of the violent transnational gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) in the Denver suburb of Aurora.

Watch Polis struggle with an answer to the TdA’s question before being rescued and then moving on to the failed border deal (click “expand” to view the full transcript):

CBS COMES AGAINST THE NATION

22/09/24

11:09 am

MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about some of her economic plans, but first, immigration. You heard Senator Rubio on this show talking about the lack of attention to immigration and the border crisis, but I know that you, Governor, have been involved in it yourself. In Aurora, Colorado, it’s getting a lot of attention, particularly from the Trump team, because of members of a Venezuelan prison gang who have migrated here to the United States and were apparently involved in a shooting in Aurora. During the debate, Donald Trump used Aurora as an example of the worst of the migrant crisis. He said this yesterday.

DONALD TRUMP: Under Border Czar Harris, Venezuelan gangs have taken over entire apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado. The governor is scared to death of 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…

BRENNAN: Governor, I know the local authorities have set up a special task force, but how do you respond to this personal attack?

JARED POLIS: Well, I– you know, I went shopping in Aurora yesterday. What a lot of Americans need to know is that Aurora has a population of over 400,000, it’s the third largest city in Colorado. Violent crime is down two years in a row, auto thefts are down two years in a row. It’s a great city. I’m there all the time. It’s a really great, diverse city and it’s growing rapidly. It’s probably going to be the number one or number two city in Colorado in the next ten or twenty years. So– it’s a great city. It’s safer than it’s ever been. And look. Like every city, Chicago, LA, mid-sized cities, Denver, of course Aurora has had a gang problem for decades and I feel like we’re finally turning the corner. I mean, this is the difference between electing a president who skirts the law and one who’s made a career out of enforcing the law. I mean, Kamala Harris is someone who has looked criminal enterprises in the eye, put criminals behind bars as a prosecutor, and she’s now going to take that same approach to the White House to make America safer.

BRENNAN: But the mayor of Aurora has acknowledged that there’s a special task force and said they’re working with the federal government, it’s a regional problem. Should the Harris campaign be talking about some of these real problems and acknowledging them in a way that would help their campaign? Because the answer is really this failed border bill in Congress, which is usually what the Harris campaign talks about. Should they acknowledge more of these real problems?

POLIS: Well, first of all, I think this is a legitimate and important topic to talk about. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress, had a real beal(sic) bill in front of them to make the investments that are needed in border security. Look, I’ve been to the border. I’ve been- I’ve been- I’ve been to border crossings. We need better border security. Kamala Harris is going to make that happen, because this is not a simple proposal. It requires investments. Investments in high-tech. Fencing. Scanning. More Border Patrol agents, which the bill would have funded for more Border Patrol agents. So look. I have confidence that Kamala Harris is someone who is going to actually solve the border problem rather than just perpetuate it for purely political reasons and divide us. We need someone who is going to unite us, and that includes, of course, securing our border.

BRENNAN: Should she talk about it more?

POLIS: Look, I mean–I think she talks about it as one of the issues. I mean, it’s–we’ve got to make America more secure. We’ve got to secure the border. She had a plan to do that. It was blocked by Donald Trump and Republicans. So look, I think it’s a great issue for people to campaign on and talk about. And it’s one that Democrats should have a huge advantage on. Because Republicans have failed time and time again to secure our border.

On the one hand, Brennan asked the question that Regime Media has so far avoided asking: the Aurora Question. It remains to be seen whether this question will be asked on its own in the vice presidential debate, or whether it will be added to Springfield.

On the other hand, Brennan threw Polis a lifeline after his initial word salad of a response. An awkward fact that often escapes Regime and Regime Media analyses of the migrant crisis: By the time discussions about the failed border deal began in earnest, most, if not the vast majority, of illegal migrants had already crossed the border and entered the interior of the United States. Social media is awash with videos of suspicious TdA types bragging about the ease with which they entered the United States in 2021 and 2022.

Polis took Brennan’s advice to heart and pivoted to the failed border deal before ending the interview with a question about affordable housing. But not before giving us some insight into how the Aurora question might be framed during the debate, and the disconnect between the Colorado governor and this important issue ahead of the election.