Trump held a rally in solidly blue Colorado this week, while Harris focused her attention on swing state Arizona.

Former President Donald Trump called on Colorado voters to deliver a protest vote at a rally in Aurora, Co. on Friday. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: There's more enthusiasm today than ever before. But there was great indignation in Colorado by what this ineffective person did.

By Ted Hesson, Nathan Frandino, Kristina Cooke AURORA, Colorado (Reuters) -Donald Trump will hold an immigration-focused rally on Friday in Aurora, Colorado, a place the Republican presidential candidate has falsely depicted as a "war zone" overrun by Venezuelan gang members even as local officials have denied the allegations and Venezuelans have expressed fear they are being scapegoated.

Donald Trump detoured from the battleground states Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that’s been in the news over illegal immigration as he drives a message that migrants are causing chaos in smaller American cities and towns,

Former President Donald Trump is coming to Aurora on Friday, and supporters began lining up outside the Gaylord Rockies Resort before dawn, hours before his really is set to begin.

A bipartisan group of county clerks gathered next to a ballot drop box in Highlands Ranch on Thursday morning to mark the occasion. They shared key election dates and deadlines and — amid still-prevalent election denialism and baseless conspiracy theories — emphasized that Colorado’s paper ballot-based election systems are accurate and secure.

The former president bit his tongue, making no mention of the criticisms lobbied against him by a Democratic heavyweight.

Donald Trump stepped away from battleground states Friday, campaigning in Colorado and driving a message that migrants are causing chaos in smaller American cities and towns, often using false or misleading claims to do so.

Former President Donald Trump campaigned in Aurora, Colo., focusing on immigration and his plan for mass deportation of undocumented migrants. This after he spread falsehoods about migrants and gangs overrunning the city.

The Republican nominee has long promised to stage the largest deportation operation in US history and has made immigration core to his political persona since the day he launched his first campaign in 2015.

Former President Donald Trump visited Aurora, Colorado, for a campaign rally on Friday where he continued to push misleading narratives about the city's migrant population. "My message today is very simple,