Monday Open Thread

East Coast media description of Trump's visit to Colorado …

Will Bunch/Philadelphia Inquirer:

America’s choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world?

Donald Trump's Aurora rally about an invented gang takeover epitomized a campaign based on fantastical lies and true believers.

Trump had come to cattle country to spread pure manure. It was telling that he stayed in the cloistered bubble of the resort and went nowhere near the apartment complexes he claimed are occupied by violent Venezuelan gangs — since they aren’t. “He is — and other political figures — are treating them like political pawns, which they are not,” a local housing advocate, V Reeves, told a local TV station. “They are real people with real needs.” Aurora GOP officials joined the police chief in attacking the premise of Trump’s rally, saying in an official statement, “It is tragic that select individuals and entities have mischaracterized our city” — where major crimes have fallen by 17%, year to date.