WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Kaplis and welcome to today's online podcast 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:05.759 edition of The Dan Kaplis Show. Please be sure to 3 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:08.240 give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind, 4 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.599 and to subscribe, download and listen to the show every 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:14.400 single day on your favorite podcast platform. 6 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:17.800 Welcome to the Dan Caples Show on a Tuesday afternoon, 7 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.480 and this is Well Cany Shriff Steve Riams filling in 8 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:22.960 on the driver's seat again day two of two, but 9 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:25.719 we're going to start out with a special guest with 10 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:27.640 us on right away at the top of the show. 11 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:30.839 Here we have Representative Gabe Evans from the eighth Congressional 12 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:33.520 District out of the mostly Greeley area. 13 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:36.000 Rep. Evans, how are you doing this afternoon. 14 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:38.479 Always good to be on with you, Shriff. 15 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:40.960 I appreciate it. Hey, I wanted to bring you on 16 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.079 to talk about the one Big Beautiful Bill you had 17 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.159 a press conference last week, but I think it would 18 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:48.240 be it would be not fair of us to start 19 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:51.520 with that with what went on over the weekend in Boulder. 20 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:54.359 I know that you don't necessarily represent Boulder, but you 21 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:57.320 do represent Colorado and this thing hits close to home 22 00:00:57.439 --> 00:00:59.840 for all of us, especially for you. I would assume 23 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.880 as a former law enforcement officer out of the Arvada 24 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.200 Police Department, what are your thoughts on the goings on 25 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.159 this weekend in the city of Boulder. 26 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.599 Well, first and foremost, Sheriff. Of course, our hearts absolutely 27 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:14.840 go out to these individuals through the victims of this 28 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:16.680 heinous and we'll call it what it is. It's a 29 00:01:16.680 --> 00:01:19.840 bias motivated anti Semitic terrorist attack. I mean, what else 30 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:23.879 do you call somebody fire bombing a peaceful walk of 31 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:27.200 the you know, for the Jewish community. So, of course 32 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:29.120 our hearts go out to them. But you know, your 33 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:31.120 your Sheriff, I was a cop and a soldier for 34 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:34.799 twenty two years. We're wired for action. Thoughts and feelings 35 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.280 aren't enough, and so we have to look at why 36 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:39.439 did this happen? How do we make sure this doesn't 37 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:42.480 happen again? And then, unfortunately, you know, I think we 38 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:44.439 know a big piece of the answer. You know, I 39 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:48.000 joined the army right after the September eleventh terrorist attacks. 40 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:50.719 We had a nine to eleven commission that looked at 41 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:53.239 how do we prevent terrorist attacks from happening in the 42 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:55.599 United States Again. One of the big takeaways from the 43 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:58.480 nine to eleven commission was that federal, state, and local 44 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:01.239 law enforcement need to be able to share information to 45 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.959 be able to identify and prevent these attacks from occurring. 46 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.920 And when state and local law enforcement in Colorado cannot 47 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:11.800 share information with their federal counterparts because of Colorado's sanctuary 48 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:14.800 state laws, we're trying to solve a puzzle with only 49 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:17.840 half the pieces here, particularly when you look at this 50 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.319 guy's history. He'd been planning this attack for a year. 51 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:23.120 He tried to buy a gun, which was denied because 52 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:26.639 he is an illegal immigrant, over stayed two visas from 53 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:29.319 a country with known Jihadis problems at a time of 54 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:34.159 heightened anti semitism. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation would have 55 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:37.840 seen that denied background check, but they can't do anything 56 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:41.639 about it because our governor just signed yet another sanctuary 57 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:44.840 state law that finds cops fifty thousand dollars if they 58 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:47.919 share that sort of information with Immigration and Customs. So 59 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:52.319 we're literally giving sanctuary and safe harbor to terrorists in 60 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:55.919 Colorado as a result of the sanctuary state laws, which 61 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:58.039 fly in the face of the nine to eleven commission 62 00:02:58.039 --> 00:02:59.599 that says we've got to be able to share information 63 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.800 back and forth to solve to solve the puzzle and 64 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:04.960 be able to identify people like this before they go 65 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:07.400 firebomb a peaceful Jewish walk. 66 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:10.080 Yeah, and I won't go through the play in the 67 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:14.599 whole audio, but one of your colleagues, Congressman Jason Crowe, 68 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:18.120 actually made the tried to make the pivot to blame 69 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:20.919 this issue on Donald Trump not having done anything in 70 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.319 the last six months since he's been in office. It's 71 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:26.360 just a disgusting take. I mean, quite frankly, you hit 72 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:28.439 the nail on the head. You know, we have laws 73 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:31.199 in the state of Colorado that make it nearly impossible 74 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:34.800 for local law enforcement, including CBI, to work with ice. 75 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:37.599 And so when this thing happens where the guy goes 76 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.000 and tries to buy a gun, really the penalty is 77 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:41.840 he didn't get he didn't get the gun, which is 78 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.439 you know, that's good the law worked. But you know 79 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:49.680 there was no action taken from that point to reaffirm 80 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:53.439 exactly what you said. You know, yesterday we had Tom 81 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.599 Homan on a great interview with him, and I know 82 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:58.800 you respect the heck out of the work he's doing. 83 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.319 He was talking about some of the things they're going 84 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:03.759 to bring into the state of Colorado. They're going to 85 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:07.240 flood the zone, in his words, get more ICE agents here. 86 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:09.240 And I want to use that to kind of pivot 87 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:12.319 to the event we had last week was which is 88 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:15.360 a press conference you called at the Colorado State Capitol 89 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.120 to better explain to the media what the One Big 90 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:22.959 Beautiful Bill does and doesn't do. And while I questioned 91 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.639 your sanity of having that event at the state Capitol, 92 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:28.319 I was happy to join you and I'll just let 93 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.160 you have the mic and kind of explain to the 94 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:32.560 listeners why you chose to do that event at the 95 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:35.720 Colorado State Capitol and kind of what you see are 96 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:37.639 the strengths of the One Big Beautiful Bill. 97 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:41.240 Yeah, and you know, and that's a great segue, you know, 98 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:43.279 just addressing one thing that you brought up. Let's look 99 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:45.759 at the last four years under the Biden administration. We 100 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.079 know because this was information that the ICE released. You 101 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:52.240 get six hundred and sixty seven thousand individuals illegally present 102 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:56.040 in the United States with known criminal records. This isn't 103 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:59.680 illegally present. This is illegally present with known criminal records. 104 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:03.600 You've got thirteen thousand individuals illegally present in the United 105 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:08.839 states under the Biden administration with homicide convictions, and so 106 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:11.800 for anyone to say that this is the fault of 107 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:15.720 the administration, the current administration, the current administration has been 108 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.319 in power for around four months. You can't go solve 109 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:22.439 a problem of the magnitude that the Biden administration left 110 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:27.439 us with hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants with criminal 111 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:30.160 convictions in the community. You can't solve that in four months. 112 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:32.800 Which is why we need this big beautiful bill. Because 113 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:36.399 this big beautiful bill does a lot of different things. 114 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:41.160 It adds tens of billions of dollars of funding to 115 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:43.959 border security so that we don't continue to have this 116 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:47.319 influx of people into the country, which includes you know, 117 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:51.639 terrorists and cartel members and known criminals. So we get 118 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:54.800 the border secured. We have the resources to actually be 119 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:57.800 able to recruit and retain quality law enforcement personnel in 120 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.800 CBP and in ICE, which is you know, you're a sheriff, 121 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:04.399 you know the struggle to recruit and retain and good folks. 122 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:06.560 So at the federal level, we're making sure that we 123 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:10.360 have those resources to take care of our people. And 124 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:14.920 by just being able to realign and refocus federal law 125 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.160 enforcement and all of the federal architecture that's designed to 126 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.199 protect our country both at the borders and in our communities. 127 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:24.000 The resources to be able to do that, to get 128 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:28.120 six hundred and sixty seven thousand folks with criminal convictions 129 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:31.480 out of our country, those resources are in the big, 130 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:34.319 Big Beautiful Bill. Other things that are in the Big 131 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:38.319 Beautiful Bill no tax on tips, no tax on overtime. 132 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:40.360 There is a deduction in the bill. One of the 133 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:43.560 rules with reconciliation is you can't do anything that says 134 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.319 social Security in it. That's one of the Senate rules. 135 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:49.399 They kick it back. So we couldn't do a no 136 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:52.000 tax on Social Security because that would have been kicked 137 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:53.639 out by the rules of the Senate. So we had 138 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:56.720 to do a deduction for seniors. But the deduction for 139 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.800 seniors is such that the average senior who makes seventy 140 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:02.879 five thousand dollars a year or less will have no 141 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:08.360 Social Security tax liability. With this additional deduction, we're making 142 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:11.079 sure that the tax rate on small businesses doesn't go up. 143 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:14.959 That helps the economy, that helps jobs. We're actually increasing 144 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:20.000 the child the child tax credit for working families with kids. 145 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:23.040 Right now, it's at two thousand dollars. We're raising it 146 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:25.680 to twenty five hundred dollars. That puts more money back 147 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:31.319 into the pockets of working families. We're increasing the standard deduction. 148 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.800 So if you're a millionaire, you tend to itemize your 149 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:37.959 tax returns to go find all of the different you know, 150 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:41.000 all the different ways to lower your taxes. If you're 151 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:43.399 if you're like me, I took the standard deduction like 152 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:47.319 last year. You know, you know, working class folks tend 153 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.879 to take the standard deduction. So we're raising the standard deduction, 154 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:54.199 which puts more money back into the pockets of the 155 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:57.639 bottom eighty about eighty five percent away journer. So you'll 156 00:07:57.639 --> 00:07:59.959 hear folks say, oh, this is tax breaks for billionaire. 157 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:00.480 False. 158 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:03.360 We're not doing anything with the billionaire tax rate. What 159 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.160 we are doing is lowering the tax liability for the 160 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:10.160 bottom eighty five percent of folks. We're lowering the tax 161 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:14.600 liability for working families. We're lowering the tax liability for seniors, 162 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:17.680 for people that work jobs where you get paid over time, 163 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:20.160 for people that are working in a tipped industry. All 164 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:23.439 of those things put money back in pockets of everyday 165 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:27.399 hard working Americans. It lowers the cost of living. It 166 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:29.920 gets you more money when you're working your job. And 167 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:31.879 then we already talked the public safety piece of it, 168 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:35.879 which unfortunately Colorado is now the second most dangerous state 169 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:39.360 in the country. Being able to have that public safety 170 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:44.000 resources just is crucial to try to prevent things like 171 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.240 what happened in Boulder from happening again, despite the state 172 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:49.919 turning a blind eye to the public safety crisis that 173 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:51.159 the Democrats have created. 174 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.000 Well, you know, you hit a lot of good points, 175 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.960 and you would think that the public, even on the left, 176 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:58.000 would say, well, this is man, this is going to 177 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:00.720 be good for America. It's going to be good pocketbook. 178 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:03.159 But there's some audio I want to play just so 179 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:07.440 the listeners get an idea, get an idea of exactly 180 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:11.679 what you were dealing with down there. Actually, Congressman Evans, 181 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:13.759 would you mind holding through a break so that we 182 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:15.919 can play that audio so the listeners get a chance 183 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:19.320 to hear that hear exactly what we went through while 184 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:21.440 you were trying to explain the good aspects of this bill. 185 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.440 Just a quick break and then we'll come back to that. Sure, okay, 186 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:27.200 So we'll cut to a break. When we come back, 187 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:29.039 we'll play a little bit of audio so the listeners 188 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:31.399 get a true flavor for what we were dealing with 189 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.440 down at the state Capitol. Again, we've got Representative Gabe 190 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:36.960 Evans on from the eighth Congressional District talking to us 191 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.759 about the one Big Beautiful Bill. We'll cut to a break. 192 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:41.279 We'll be right back in just a few minutes. You're 193 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:43.320 listening to the Dan Capless Show with Well Kenny Sheriff 194 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.440 Steve Reims in the driver's seat. 195 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:49.279 And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast. 196 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:53.039 So the question from Marshall was like a teacher repeating 197 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:56.279 the question for all the class to hear. Republican Congressman 198 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:59.720 Gabe Evans needed to listen closely and talk loud enough 199 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:03.240 to overcome protesters who showed up at his news conference 200 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:06.000 about the one Big Beautiful bill that passed the House 201 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:09.120 last week. Congressman, how many of the two hundred and 202 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:13.960 fourteen thousand on Medicaid in your districts are cheats that 203 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:16.840 need to be kicked off? After repeating my question for 204 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.039 all to hear, here's what Evan said. 205 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.200 We went through the answer. 206 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:23.879 Marshal, you've got illegal immigrants, You've got people who are 207 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.960 ineligible for the program. Those are the ones who will 208 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:30.960 be removed from the program. And then we have four 209 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:34.679 point eight million people across the country able body, working 210 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:38.320 age adults with no dependence who have the ability to 211 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:41.519 choose to go to your work or school. 212 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:43.879 Or volunteer part time. 213 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.000 In order to keep their Medicaid benefits. 214 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:49.320 I'm looking for a number in your districts who are 215 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:50.879 in those category. 216 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.519 People who are no longer eligible for Medicaid? 217 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:55.600 Do you not know the number? That sounds again, I'm 218 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:56.759 telling you the number right now. 219 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:58.639 You may not like the answer, but that's the answer. 220 00:10:58.759 --> 00:10:59.279 Next question. 221 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:02.240 Welcome back to the Dan Kapla Show with Well Kenny 222 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:04.919 Sheriff Steve Reims and as the guest host. And that 223 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:07.840 audio is not from our studio audience. That is actually 224 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.159 from a clip from nine News when they covered the 225 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:14.360 event that Congressman Gabe Evans hosted down at the State Capitol. 226 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:16.759 And I wanted to play that for the for the 227 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:20.200 listeners and for Gabe Evans also not to give him PTSD, 228 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:24.600 but as a reminder about just how welcoming everyone was 229 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:27.360 down at the State Capitol. So Representative Evans, I know 230 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:31.000 that that particular question was drawing a lot of a 231 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:34.240 lot of heat because it was about Medicaid, Medicare and 232 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:36.240 what was going to be done in the big the 233 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:39.120 one big beautiful bill to kind of reform and restructure 234 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.080 the way some of those those handouts are given. And 235 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:44.080 I think it's only fair that you get to explain 236 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:47.240 how the bill actually works without people screaming at you 237 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:47.879 while you do it. 238 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:52.039 Yeah, I really appreciate that. And you know, the I 239 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:54.480 asked the question back, which of course didn't get aired 240 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:57.080 by our good reporter friend there, which was how many 241 00:11:57.080 --> 00:12:00.000 illegal immigrants he thought should be on taxpayer funded healthcare? 242 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.159 And now he didn't answer my question either with that answer. 243 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:05.559 So here's what the big beautiful bill does in the 244 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:11.840 Medicaid space. If you are a somebody with medical complexities, disabilities, 245 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:14.159 you're pregnant, you're a kid, guess what you're the person 246 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:17.639 that Medicaid was designed to serve. And unfortunately, right now 247 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:21.279 your benefits are getting stolen by illegal immigrants, of which 248 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:23.399 they are estimated to be one point four million on 249 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:28.720 the program ineligible people because the Biden administration paid people 250 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.120 to stay home and then gave them taxpayer funded healthcare 251 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:33.279 and prohibited states from even being able to go and 252 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.000 check and see who is no longer eligible for the program. 253 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:38.519 And then, like we talked about, you've got able bodied, 254 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:42.240 working aged adults with no dependents who are choosing not 255 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:45.840 to work, go to school, or volunteer part time in 256 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:49.799 order to receive taxpayer funded healthcare. The illegal immigrants, the 257 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.399 people who are eligible, and the able bodied, working aged 258 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:54.919 adults with no dependents who want work, volunteer, go to 259 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:57.759 school part time. Those are who the bill is aimed at. 260 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.960 If you are somebody who relies on it because you 261 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:04.799 have disabilities, you have cancer, you have an expensive condition, 262 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:08.120 you're dealing with substance abuse, you're a kid, anything like that, 263 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:12.600 we're not touching your benefits. We are making sure that 264 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:15.720 more resources go to you and don't get siphoned off 265 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:18.720 by those other three categories that we talked about. As 266 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:20.480 for why we chose to do it down at the 267 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:24.360 state capitol, well, medicaid is a partnership between the federal government, 268 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.679 which writes a big part of the check, and the state, 269 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:30.240 which actually implements the program. And so when we pass 270 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:32.679 this big, beautiful bill and put it on the President's desk, 271 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:35.799 we held our press conference down at the state Capitol, 272 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:38.360 because the state is then going to have to react 273 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:42.159 and choose. Are they going to continue to ensure illegal immigrants, 274 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:45.919 are they continuing to take taxpayer money and give it 275 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:48.799 to people who aren't even legally present in the United States, 276 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:51.480 or are they going to change? And so we wanted 277 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:54.840 to carry the fight to the Democrats and also highlight 278 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:58.559 that Democrats truly are fear mongering in this issue. 279 00:13:58.679 --> 00:13:59.639 You heard the audio. 280 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:02.919 They have zero interest in the dialogue. They just want 281 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:05.159 to yell, not listen to the facts. And so those 282 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:06.639 are the two reasons we did it down at the 283 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:09.279 state Capitol. Take the fight to the heart of Denver 284 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:11.759 where a lot of these lunatic policies are coming from, 285 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:15.159 and also show that the left has no interest in 286 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:17.279 dialogue in this point. They literally just wanted to yell 287 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:18.000 at me for an hour. 288 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:22.159 Well they accomplished the yelling. And as someone who took 289 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:25.919 part in that event, and I appreciate you, I say 290 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.559 that I really do appreciate you inviting myself and Representative 291 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:32.559 Carlos barn and Senator Byron Pelton down to speak about 292 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:36.840 aspects of the bill. You know, it's always it's always 293 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:39.360 maddening to me when you hear about this, this group 294 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:41.840 that wants to coexist, they want to lean in and 295 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.440 listen to conversations. And then you get down there and 296 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:47.039 you no sooner took the stage and this group just 297 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:51.720 started shouting at you and chanting and screaming and singing 298 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:56.519 these hypocritical songs over the top of everything. But despite that, 299 00:14:56.559 --> 00:15:00.480 you remain professional. I think everybody remained professional, you know, 300 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:04.159 kept giving their right answers to explain how this bill worked. 301 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:07.200 But that's what you're running into everywhere you go. I 302 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:12.120 would assume where you're in mixed company. Am I stating 303 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:12.960 that incorrectly? 304 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:14.840 Well, like we. 305 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:17.240 Said, there's folks in our community, the vast majority of 306 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:19.919 Americans want to have a dialogue. The vast majority of 307 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:24.120 Americans are reasonable, common sense people who want to see 308 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:28.480 their taxpayer dollars used wisely and for the federal government 309 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:30.879 to be good stewards of that money. And so for 310 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.679 those folks, I'm always willing to have that dialogue, in 311 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:37.519 that conversation talk about what this bill does. But unfortunately 312 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:40.759 you've got a very loud minority of people, which we 313 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:44.200 experienced last week, but again are doubling down on the 314 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:47.519 fear mongering. They don't want to have a conversation, They 315 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:50.039 don't want to have any dialogue about the potential issues. 316 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.879 They just want to yell. And so, you know, being 317 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:55.360 able to have forms like this to actually be able 318 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:57.919 to get the truth out about what the bill does, 319 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:00.799 how the bill protects those people who needs it by 320 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:03.480 cutting out the fraud, waste and abuse. And again, I 321 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.720 can't make this more clear. 322 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:06.240 If you are. 323 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:11.120 Disabled, if you have medical complexity, if you've got expensive medications, 324 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.679 guess what, this doesn't apply to you. In fact, we're 325 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:16.519 doubling down on making sure that more resources go to 326 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:19.039 you by cutting out the fraud, waste and abuse in 327 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:20.080 other parts of the system. 328 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:22.679 Yeah, I thought you and a Congresswoman Bobert did a 329 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:25.679 great job of explaining, Hey, you wanted to get rid 330 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:28.639 of fraud, waste, and abuse. We're doing that so that 331 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.840 more money can go to the people who deserve it. 332 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:33.960 Oh and by the way, you know, if we expect 333 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:35.679 you to do a little bit of work to get 334 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:39.440 some of these benefits, oh my gosh, I mean, especially 335 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:42.240 if you're an able bodied person who can have a 336 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:45.279 job and just refuse to do so. You know, those 337 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:47.279 aren't the people that should be on the government's dime. 338 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:49.440 And you've both said that very well. 339 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.600 Well, I mean that's because it's the truth of the bill. 340 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:56.080 It really is a common sense bill when you look 341 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:58.960 at the facts of what it does around border security, 342 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.679 around getting criminals and terrorists out of our community, and 343 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:08.160 around cutting taxes for the working class, around protecting tipped workers, 344 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:11.960 overtime workers, seniors, and then again cutting the fraud, waste 345 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:15.039 and abuse out of Medicaid so that it's there. And 346 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:18.039 I guess my closing thought to you would be, we're 347 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:21.079 not even cutting Medicaid. Anyone who says that we're cutting 348 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:24.799 Medicaid clearly hasn't looked at the bill, because under the 349 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:30.000 Republican plan, Medicaid spending will still increase every single year. 350 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:33.279 Medicaid is going to grow twenty five percent under this plan, 351 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.880 it's just going to grow more efficiently because we're getting 352 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:37.880 rid of the fraud, wasted abuse, We're getting rid of 353 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:40.839 the one point four million illegal immigrants, the one point 354 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:44.119 two million people who are not even eligible for the program, 355 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:46.200 but the Biden admin paid them to stay home and 356 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:49.519 get free taxpayer funded healthcare. And we're asking four point 357 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:52.559 eight million people, Like we said, this is their choice. 358 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:56.559 This number could be zero, but the official estimate is 359 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:59.720 four point eight million able bodied, working aged adults with 360 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.200 dependents are going to choose their choice. They're going to 361 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.240 choose not to work, volunteer, or go to school part time. 362 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.759 Part time being defined as eighty hours a month. I 363 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:10.720 don't know about you, Sheriff, but you know every job 364 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:12.720 I've ever had, I've had to work to get my health. 365 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:16.480 Care, absolutely and sometimes eighty hours a week. We just 366 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:19.000 have a few seconds left. What's the How does this 367 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:21.200 thing get through the Senate? Will it happened quickly? We 368 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.519 got about ten seconds. 369 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:25.240 Yeah, it's in the Senate right now. We're aiming to 370 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.240 get it on the President's desk by the fourth of July. 371 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:30.480 Perfect, And you know, best of luck to you. Appreciate 372 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:32.680 you coming on the show, and you know, I know 373 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:36.000 you're going through heck sometimes but keeping the fight. And again, 374 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.640 thanks for being on the show. You're listening to Dan 375 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:40.039 Caplis with well Kendy Sheriff Steve Riams setting in as 376 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:45.000 a guest host. 377 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:53.519 You're listening to the Dan Kapliss Show podcast. 378 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:56.319 Welcome back to the Dan Caplis show with Well County 379 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:58.920 Sheriff Steve Riams setting in here today covering for Dan 380 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:01.759 as he's off doing important court work or trial work, 381 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:04.640 whatever you want to call it. But just want to 382 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:06.920 say thank you to Congressman Gabe Evans for coming on 383 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:08.559 and staying on with us a little longer than I 384 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:11.160 think he expected. And we do have a few callers 385 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:12.960 that popped up, and for those of you that haven't 386 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:14.960 called in yet, the number here is three oh three 387 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:17.240 seven one, three eight two five five. I love to 388 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:19.880 have conversations with you, and you can also text in 389 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:22.279 at five seven seven three nine. Start your text with 390 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:24.880 Dan so that I know it's coming to me, and 391 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.000 we'll try to make sure we read all those or 392 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:29.039 interact with all those as they come in. We'll get 393 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:31.200 to one here real quick because it's kind of funny. 394 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:33.839 It's from our good listener, Alexa. She says a Brocler 395 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:36.920 Reims show would likely break the records of live listeners 396 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.359 and downloads for k how I'm not sure that's even 397 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:42.319 close to accurate, but it'd be entertaining for at least 398 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:46.400 a show or two. So let's go to Rusty from Denver. 399 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:48.839 He's got some questions about benefits from the one big 400 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:51.119 beautiful bill, and I'll do my best to try to 401 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:52.079