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<v Speaker 1>You all know how I feel about the current leadership

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<v Speaker 1>of the Colorado Republican Party, so I'm excited about the

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<v Speaker 1>prospect of not having that leadership in place after March

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<v Speaker 1>and joining me now is a happy warrior who has

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<v Speaker 1>thrown her name officially into the ring to be the

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<v Speaker 1>next chairman of the GOP. Britta Horn is on the

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<v Speaker 1>horn as they say, Hi, Britta, how you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>Hello Miss Mandy. I'm doing great. How are you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing fantastic. And you know, Britta, you I said

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<v Speaker 1>it earlier on the show. Whenever I see you, you

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<v Speaker 1>have a smile on your face. You're You're an upbeat,

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<v Speaker 1>optimistic person. Why in the world would you want to

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<v Speaker 1>take on this situation right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, because I need we need to unite the party.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, right We've got to talk about the things

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<v Speaker 2>that are important to me, which are relationships and resources

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<v Speaker 2>and responsibility, and it's about the future and delivering results

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty six that we're going to start on

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<v Speaker 2>day one.

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<v Speaker 1>So right now, the party has some significant issues. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not pointing fingers in anyone, but here are the

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<v Speaker 1>issues as I see them. Number one, to your point,

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<v Speaker 1>the current party leadership seems to want to run people

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<v Speaker 1>out of the Colorado Republican Party right at a moment

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<v Speaker 1>when people are moving towards the Republican Party across the country.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you become chair of the Colorado GOP, first

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<v Speaker 1>of all, what do you do to woo back disaffected

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans frankly like me? And what do you do to

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<v Speaker 1>convince Independence that they need to join the party in Colorado?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, exactly, you're absolutely right. We got to get the

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<v Speaker 2>independence back. We have to get the Republicans back. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>right now, we know that only twenty two point seven

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<v Speaker 2>to six percent of voters are active, inactive or pre

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<v Speaker 2>registered as Republicans and the unaffiliated. It's just like you said,

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<v Speaker 2>forty nine point seven percent are unaffiliated. Sometime this year, Mandy,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to the unaffiliates are going to be bigger

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<v Speaker 2>than both the Democrats and the Republicans combined in Colorado.

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<v Speaker 3>So how do you fix it? What do you do?

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<v Speaker 3>What's the outreach look like? What's the message?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so the message is definitely I have, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>all these things that I could have a background in

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<v Speaker 2>and fundraising and grassroots and building relationships. I have this huge,

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<v Speaker 2>long history, and I know you know this about my

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<v Speaker 2>successful organizing of volunteers and having putting my heart in

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<v Speaker 2>and my soul to help elect Republicans. I know we

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<v Speaker 2>can get all these We have all these different groups

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<v Speaker 2>out there. Everybody's doing their own thing, everybody's in their silo.

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<v Speaker 2>We're still all conservative in nature, but we're doing everything

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<v Speaker 2>in silo and not good at putting it together. So

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<v Speaker 2>with maybe I go back to that happy warrior, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>getting everybody to come in and be a part of

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<v Speaker 2>the fold. And those are the majority of the people.

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll snuff out the negative nancies and get work done.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got to rep you know, elect Republicans.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, to your point about happy warriors, I think this

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<v Speaker 1>is one of the things that people sort of overlook about.

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<v Speaker 1>By Ronald Reagan is so revered by so many people,

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<v Speaker 1>not just because we had a booming economy and really

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<v Speaker 1>asserted ourselves on the world stage under Ronald Reagan, but

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<v Speaker 1>he himself. You wanted to be a part of whatever

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<v Speaker 1>movement he was a part of because he was a

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<v Speaker 1>happy warrior. He was upbeat and optimistic and shining beacon

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<v Speaker 1>on a hill. I mean he had all of these things,

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<v Speaker 1>and I love that about you, but I wonder if

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to be able to convince the people who

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<v Speaker 1>are entrenched in the party you have been actively working

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<v Speaker 1>to get other people out of the party, to put

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<v Speaker 1>down their arms and become happy warriors instead of angry

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<v Speaker 1>people that people don't want to be around.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think the reason how it's gonna happen is leadership,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're not seeing that leadership. They wanted us trying

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<v Speaker 2>to follow that north star, that beacon. I love all that.

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<v Speaker 2>And Ronald Reagan was the first person I ever voted

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<v Speaker 2>for us, and as I turned eighteen, and at the

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<v Speaker 2>time in Chicago where I grew up, I was a Democrat,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought my parents would kill me. So thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for that for Ronald Reagan. But the thing is they're

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<v Speaker 2>looking for leadership, though, and this leadership is just firing down,

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<v Speaker 2>fying down, getting smaller and smaller by the minute. Because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm every day Mandy. Every day people are coming up

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<v Speaker 2>to me, people who have been Republicans for generations. I've

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<v Speaker 2>been around here since nineteen eighty nine, and they're saying,

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<v Speaker 2>we're thinking of going independent because we don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be any part of this anymore, which is only going

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<v Speaker 2>to make that group bigger. They're my independence. We have

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<v Speaker 2>to keep them. So leadership and something positive and working

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<v Speaker 2>towards the greater good. There's something about that. Did we

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<v Speaker 2>not see that? Whatever it was, shut up and then

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<v Speaker 2>we voted for Trump? How hand over fist did we

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<v Speaker 2>were able to do that?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't disagree with you on that, but here's my concern.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm concerned that the current leadership will somehow maintain control.

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<v Speaker 1>So what is the way to get more optimistic and

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<v Speaker 1>upbeat people like you elected?

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<v Speaker 3>What needs to happen?

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<v Speaker 1>What are Republicans who are out there listening right now

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<v Speaker 1>who say, you know what, I like Britain's attitude, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to vote for What is that process?

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<v Speaker 3>And how can they get involved?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's definitely getting involved into their county and going

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<v Speaker 2>to their reorganizational meeting in February. So the first three

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<v Speaker 2>Saturdays in February, it's the first of the fifteens. It

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<v Speaker 2>all happened one weeknights two in some of the smaller counties,

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<v Speaker 2>and you have to go in and you have to

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<v Speaker 2>be a bonus member. You have to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>be either be the chair, the vice the secretary. There's

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<v Speaker 2>three votes right there, and the rest of the votes

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<v Speaker 2>are come from the bonus members based on the number

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<v Speaker 2>of population of your county. So small counties like Summit

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<v Speaker 2>and Route Well only have three, but bigger counties, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>even bolder, you know, has eight bonus members. And you

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<v Speaker 2>have to be involved. You can't just be on the sideline.

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<v Speaker 2>If you really want to make this happen, You've got

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<v Speaker 2>to put your time in and put your effort in

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<v Speaker 2>and saying we want to make this change. And we're

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<v Speaker 2>having a people every day saying we want to join,

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<v Speaker 2>we want to join. What do we need to do?

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<v Speaker 2>And it's going to your county parties, finding out when

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<v Speaker 2>they are and going and making sure your voice is heard.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Britta Horne, who wants to be the next

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<v Speaker 1>chairman of the GOP, that's who I'm speaking with. I

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<v Speaker 1>think there's a lot of opportunities right now in Colorado

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<v Speaker 1>where the Republican Party could make really good arguments that

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<v Speaker 1>the path we're headed on and the policies that have

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<v Speaker 1>been adopted have been disastrous. I mean the Colorado that

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<v Speaker 1>I moved to, wait how many years ago? Now I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know is not the Colorado that we're living

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<v Speaker 1>in now. So, as the party chair, what issues do

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<v Speaker 1>you think would be winning issues for the Republican Party

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<v Speaker 1>in Colorado?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, then let's major in the majors that we could

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<v Speaker 2>all agree on. Obviously, rule of law. We all want

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<v Speaker 2>rule of law yet and that could be a pleasor

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<v Speaker 2>of things. Rule of law. We're following the rules and

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<v Speaker 2>being good citizens. The second one is cost of living.

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<v Speaker 2>We could call it economic, but we're everybody's having a

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<v Speaker 2>tough time even finding eggs. I mean, how are we

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<v Speaker 2>going to make sure we have you know, cost of

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<v Speaker 2>living is taking care of And third, I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>now education the you know what I said, the sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>the curtain has been pulled back and said that somebody's

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<v Speaker 2>trying to call me. I apologize. And we're finding out

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<v Speaker 2>what's really going on in the public schools that I

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<v Speaker 2>never had when I was in a public school. We

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<v Speaker 2>never saw that in Illinois, and I don't know about you,

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<v Speaker 2>they have totally changed. So we really need major in

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<v Speaker 2>the majors and then where we define our differences. To

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<v Speaker 2>stay in your corner and we'll figure out where to

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<v Speaker 2>go and make sure we're getting the right constituents, having

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<v Speaker 2>the right the candidates to run in their area to

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<v Speaker 2>win as a Republican.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Bretta, I'm rooting for you. Like I said before.

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<v Speaker 1>If there's anybody else that's running, I'm going to give

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<v Speaker 1>them airtime as well, because I just want I just

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<v Speaker 1>want good leadership for the Colorado Republican Party because the

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<v Speaker 1>state is going to continue to move in the wrong

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<v Speaker 1>direction when you look at the agenda items that the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats have already put forth, more gun control, easier union force, unionization.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there are things that are going to make

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<v Speaker 1>Colorado an even worse business environment that is going to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to chip away our gun rights.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, things are not going well.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to have not just a functioning Republican party,

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<v Speaker 1>but a robust Republican party.

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<v Speaker 3>And I want someone like you.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that you can do it, and I hope

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<v Speaker 1>that the Republicans choose wisely in this go round.

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<v Speaker 3>Britta Horn. I appreciate you coming on the show today.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it

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<v Speaker 2>all right.

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<v Speaker 1>Hopefully, hopefully we'll talk to you after and I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>able to say Chairman Britta Horn, we'll see

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Brenda, thank you,