WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Capless and welcome to today's online podcast 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:05.719 edition of The Dan Caplis 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 --> 00:00:14.439 single day on your favorite podcast platform. 6 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:16.600 This is not Dan Caplis. 7 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.879 This is Heidiganol filling in for Dan, who's out on 8 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:23.559 work assignment deposing someone. And I'm hanging out with Ryan 9 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:27.239 this afternoon, having a great time talking about the DNC 10 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:32.280 and Obamas speech last night, RFK Junior potentially dropping out 11 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:35.960 of the race and maybe endorsing Trump. But we talked 12 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:38.920 before the break Ryan about this website that the Trump 13 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:42.079 campaign dropped after Jared Pullis lied and said he got 14 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:43.520 her policy off of her website. 15 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:45.079 There's nothing on her website. 16 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:49.799 Trump campaign launched a website Kamala twenty twenty four policies 17 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:54.240 dot com, and the headline is Kamala's dangerous policies are 18 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:55.640 nothing to laugh about. 19 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:56.679 Do you have a clip for me? 20 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:01.719 Oh? You mean the laugh Matt laugh, all last, laugh, last, 21 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:02.159 all right, you. 22 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:28.000 Know yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 23 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:37.840 Okay, that's like an eternity. Oh my gosh, I forgot 24 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:38.400 how long that. 25 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.519 Question is the greatest. How long do you think that was? 26 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:43.040 It feels like forever, two hours. 27 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:46.280 It's only thirty three seconds, which I know that's going 28 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:48.439 to shock people out there, because you're right, it feels 29 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:51.120 like at least three minutes. But now I have the 30 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:53.599 perfect torture device for our prisoners at Guantan. 31 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:57.560 Sorry, I shouldn't laugh, because my laugh might be just 32 00:01:57.599 --> 00:01:58.079 as annoying. 33 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:02.120 No, not even close. And yeah, it's gotten to a point. 34 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.400 I think Donald Trump's right. He usually says things that's 35 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:08.199 kind of crazy, but he gets it. I think from 36 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:12.080 some reliable source that they have instructed her not to laugh, 37 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:16.039 meaning the Democrats, the party, the campaign, like you can't 38 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:19.759 do And if you've noticed too, Dave McCormick has done this. 39 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:24.400 He's the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania. He's got 40 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.319 some great ads out there and they sprinkle in every 41 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:30.159 here and there. The laugh in what it does to me, Heidi, 42 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:34.639 it just completely undermines her seriousness or credibility. I think 43 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:37.240 with that laugh, that laugh alone, I know it's gonna 44 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:38.479 sound now sexist. 45 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:42.000 No, it's a weird laugh. She's weird. She's strange. 46 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:45.319 Are you using their term you took back weird. 47 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:48.280 Well because it's projection from them on one level. But 48 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.360 the other part is when you hear that laugh, I'm sorry. 49 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:54.319 I can't picture her at a summit with Vladimir Putin 50 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:58.479 or Zelenski or Jijenping or anybody else on the world stage, 51 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:01.800 especially adversaries, that they would take her seriously. I don't 52 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:03.879 think that would be the case at all. I think 53 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:06.000 they would look at her as a prime target. They 54 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:09.080 would take all kinds of liberties carte blanche. I think 55 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:13.280 Taiwan gets invaded. I am really afraid on the foreign 56 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:16.479 policy front. They haven't talked about that with her, because 57 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:19.039 she hadn't talked about any policy, but foreign. 58 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:19.879 Policy in particular. 59 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.719 Heidi, we are on the brink of absolute disaster if 60 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:23.599 she wins this race. 61 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:26.479 Well, and we know she's not really running anything. 62 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:28.960 I think that's pretty obvious, and she won't be if 63 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:32.360 she gets in as president. That's it's scary, scary, scary, 64 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:34.439 But that's how I feel about it. Call me what 65 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:38.080 you want, conspiracy theorists, whatever, but I think there's folks 66 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:38.960 behind the scenes that. 67 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:39.680 Are running the show. 68 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:41.639 And I want to go back to this website for 69 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:45.280 a minute, because man, they just lay it on thick 70 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.199 what her agenda is. So remember this is the Trump 71 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:51.560 campaign created a website about her policies because she hasn't 72 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:55.039 done it. Kamala twenty twenty four policies dot com. Fighting 73 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:59.680 to set murderers free, more Biden nomics, it's working, rising 74 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:03.520 costs for nothing to worry about. More taxes, to ensure 75 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:07.599 the middle class pays their fair share, abolished borders, bring 76 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:11.439 back the New Green Deal. And Kamala believes in freedom 77 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:15.960 for individuals associated with violent behavior formally referred. 78 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:17.879 To as violent criminals. That's my favorite one. 79 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:20.560 I also have a ninety second spot here on that 80 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:23.639 website that you said, Heidi and as again is Kamala 81 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:26.759 twenty twenty four policies dot com. This is pretty brutal. 82 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:28.920 It's ninety seconds. I think it's worth a listen, let's 83 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:29.360 go to it. 84 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:36.720 If you're considered the most liberal United States senator. 85 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.319 We're not going to treat people who are undocumented across 86 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:40.879 the borders criminal, abolished ice. 87 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.319 Yeah, is that a position that you agree with? We 88 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:46.800 need to probably think about Starry pom stretch, say. 89 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:49.920 It loud, say it clear. Everyone is welcome here. Pay 90 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:50.399 your hand. 91 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:53.279 If you think it should be a civil effect rather. 92 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:55.600 Than a crime across the border, raise your hand. 93 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:59.240 If your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants, 94 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.839 you support giving the universal healthcare Medicare for All to 95 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:04.120 people are in this country illegally. 96 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:07.480 I am opposed to any policy that would be denied 97 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:11.279 in our country any human being from access to public 98 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:12.240 health period. 99 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:14.240 Do you support the Medicare for All built? 100 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:17.160 I believe it will totally eliminate private insurance for people 101 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:19.639 out there who like their insurance, they don't get to 102 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:20.000 keep it. 103 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:21.439 Let's eliminate all of that. 104 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:23.399 Loston Marathon bomber on death row. 105 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:25.839 People who are convicted of sexual assault, they should be 106 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:26.720 able to vote. 107 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:27.319 I think we. 108 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:28.240 Should have that conversation. 109 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:31.240 As president of the United States, I am prepared to 110 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:32.199 pass a Gringo deal. 111 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:33.480 Would you ban option drilling? 112 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:34.040 Yes? 113 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:37.839 What is the solution for voters who have jobs and 114 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:40.319 interests in the fossil. 115 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:43.560 Fuel industry transition into the jobs of the future. 116 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:44.920 So what do you support. 117 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:46.720 Changing the dietary high produced red. 118 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:47.600 Meats for something like yes? 119 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:49.600 I would we have to have a buyback program, and 120 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:52.600 I support a mandatory buyback program. 121 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:58.879 Yikes, that is terrifying. We cannot let her into the presidency. 122 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:02.560 And guys, there are seventy five days left to fight 123 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:05.079 this battle, or we may be stuck with that terrible 124 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:07.000 laugh everywhere because. 125 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:08.560 It's terrible policies which are even worse. 126 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.439 Yeah, no kidding, That's it too, isn't it though? 127 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:11.759 Heidi? 128 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:14.000 I mean, we've been talking about how Pennsylvania is such 129 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:17.399 a key in this entire election, and Nate Silver's done 130 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:19.600 the analysis. No matter who wins that they're going to 131 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.040 stand about a ninety five percent chance of winning if 132 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:24.920 they win Pennsylvania. How does she back off of that 133 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.480 square where she says absolutely, I would ban fracking on 134 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:31.959 day one, offshore drilling. We need to transition away from 135 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.839 fossil fuel jobs. She's going to try to move away 136 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:37.680 from that policy. How could she evencredibly do that? 137 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:41.560 Well, this is a state where Josh Shapiro, their governor, 138 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:43.480 already said they're not going to have the vote counts 139 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:45.519 that night, They're gonna let it take a few days. 140 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:47.560 I mean, that's just a recipe for disaster. 141 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:50.639 But for those who want to help in Pennsylvania because 142 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:52.720 it is so important, I've talked a little bit on 143 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:54.399 the show about the Turning Point app. 144 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:56.920 It's Turning Point Action. You can download it in the 145 00:06:56.959 --> 00:06:58.040 app store. It's free. 146 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.879 You sign up to help, and you can actually call, text, 147 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:07.879 or send postcards to low propensity Republican voters in Pennsylvania 148 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:09.319 and it's super easy. 149 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:11.720 You pull up a link and it gives you the 150 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:12.399 name of the voter. 151 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:14.279 You can either press a button and text them, or 152 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:16.800 call them and talk to them, or send a postcard 153 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:18.879 encouraging them to vote. And now these are people who 154 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:22.439 likely didn't vote in twenty twenty but voted in twenty sixteen, 155 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:24.480 and we need them to vote big time. 156 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:26.120 Big Lee, big Lee, I. 157 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:27.319 Can't totally, bigly. 158 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:32.160 Okay, you can do Clinton and Trump, that's okay. Do 159 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:32.839 you do Biden? 160 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:34.000 Also, I can't. 161 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:35.800 I've been told that when I try to do that, 162 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:39.439 I sound like Dana Carvey impersonating Jimmy Stewart, so that 163 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:41.000 there might be some truth to that. 164 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:42.720 Have you done Kamala yet? 165 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.680 I'm trying to get Kelly like to really do a 166 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.240 workshop and get up to where she can impersonate Kamala 167 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.000 because my voice doesn't lend itself to that. 168 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:55.720 Where are you in the progress for that, Kelly, I. 169 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:57.959 Haven't watched a lot of film on her yet. 170 00:07:58.800 --> 00:07:59.800 Is that what's gonna take. 171 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:04.959 But we have to get to the root causes, because 172 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:08.000 the causes are really down to the roots. 173 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:11.560 Okay, that's a good start the nomenclature, but your voice 174 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:12.319 sounds too good. 175 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:13.800 It's a better voice. 176 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:15.399 I have to practice. 177 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:17.720 That's a good start, though, it's a good start. 178 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:18.720 Oh my gosh. 179 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:21.319 Well, anyway, everybody check out the Turning Point app. 180 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:23.439 You can get on there. They have this thing called. 181 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.839 Commit one hundred where everybody commits to reaching out to 182 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:29.000 one hundred voters. We need Pennsylvania to win this thing. 183 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:31.720 Everybody's got to help in Pennsylvania. Of course, we have 184 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:35.000 some important races here, like we talked about Congressional District 185 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:38.559 three with Jeff Hurd and Congressional District eight with Gabe Evans. 186 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:40.639 Those are super critical and you can help there too. 187 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:43.320 You can actually walk out the door and go visit 188 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:47.200 those areas and help in that capacity. But you know, Ryan, 189 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.000 I think I was a little discouraged with some of 190 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:53.639 the primary turnouts in some of these states, Like Republicans 191 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:57.000 are acting like, eh, this is just another election. This 192 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:00.240 is not just another election. And the Democrats are are 193 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:04.919 so hardcore activated that if we don't get off the 194 00:09:04.919 --> 00:09:09.279 couch and really get engaged in the next seventy five days, 195 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:12.639 it's going to be bad news for America and bad 196 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.600 news for Colorado, bad news for our kids and our grandkids. 197 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.720 Two dominoes that will fall. One is Labor Day week 198 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:20.919 in itself. Kids are going back to school. Now you're 199 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:23.480 going to have most people locked in paying attention after 200 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:24.200 Labor Day. 201 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:25.720 Then you have that first debate. 202 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:29.559 I think that timeline right there to measure enthusiasm coming 203 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:31.919 away from that, I believe that most of us who 204 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:34.960 are considered to be core Republican voters, are activated, are 205 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:39.399 very motivated, are very enthusiastic, are very much consolidated around 206 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.840 our candidate Donald Trump. And I think it's to your 207 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.799 point about Pennsylvania. The reason the electoral math matters so 208 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:49.320 much in that state, particularly alone, is if. 209 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:50.600 Donald Trump takes Pennsylvania. 210 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:53.919 Let's say I'm covering it for KOA that night, Election night, 211 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:57.360 November five, and Pennsylvania comes in. You said, well, Josh Shapiro, 212 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.320 and there might be delay in counting. Let's say it's 213 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:02.200 a pretty you know it's a margin that is beyond 214 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:05.360 that would be the margin of era. All Donald Trump 215 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:07.960 would have to do at that point is hold North Carolina. 216 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:08.720 Which is going to be a challenge. 217 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:11.279 It's a state that's in play in Georgia, and he 218 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:15.960 could lose Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona and still be at 219 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:16.600 tune seventy. 220 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:17.200 Wow. 221 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:18.279 I didn't realize that. 222 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:18.799 Yep. 223 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:21.799 Well, after we come back from this break, I want 224 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:25.039 to talk about a ballot initiative in Colorado before we 225 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:28.200 bring Brita on about ranked choice voting and what a 226 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.240 disaster it would be for our state. So this is 227 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:33.159 Heidi Ganal filling in for Dan Kaplis. When we come back, 228 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.799 we'll talk about ranked choice voting and bring Brita Horn on. 229 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:40.320 And now back to the Dan Taplas Show podcast. 230 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:45.200 It is one of the oldest tricks in politics from 231 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:49.879 a guy who has let's pay for gotten pretty stale. 232 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:56.159 We do not need four more years a bluster and 233 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:01.399 bumbling and chaos. We have seen that movie before and 234 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:02.159 we all know. 235 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:04.440 That the sequel is usually worse. 236 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:13.320 Is he talking about the Harris administration? 237 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:14.960 That Biden Harris administration? 238 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:19.480 I mean, seriously, four years of bluster, bumbling, and chaos. 239 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:22.759 That's what we are living through with their administration right now. 240 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:25.039 I don't think he realized he's zinged himself. 241 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.679 But Ryan, I'm sitting here watching some of the headlines 242 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:29.799 go by, and I've seen some good ones on Fox 243 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:33.600 right now. Laura Ingram underneath she was launching her show, 244 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.120 said hope and change to is becoming hate and. 245 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.159 Revenge at the RNC or the DNC. 246 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:42.600 Sorry, And then another one was Obama's go mean girl 247 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:43.240 at the DNC. 248 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.840 As we just listened to, I thought that was pretty good. 249 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:48.600 He did go yeah, And like I said, I was 250 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:51.960 talking to before we went live here that Michelle and 251 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:56.679 Barack gave very competent speeches. I thought that rallied their 252 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:59.519 base was red meat for them, was ripping on Trump. 253 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:00.919 But it felt a little. 254 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:03.080 Beneath them, if that makes sense, like they've been built 255 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:06.919 and exalted as these kind of above the fray. You know, 256 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:11.799 the yesteryear Democrats of old, in the eight years of 257 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:15.639 Obama where the halcionic years that we longed for a Democrats. 258 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:17.919 And what they revealed to me was they were very 259 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:20.200 small people. That's how it came across to me. Hiding, 260 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:22.799 and I had to watch these things, unlike you and Kelly, 261 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:25.639 who got out of it. But I watched and it 262 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:29.639 just felt smaller than the moment, Like it wasn't aspirational, 263 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:31.919 like that's a word that's usually attached at the hip 264 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:34.960 to Barack Obama. He seemed less than he seemed like 265 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.080 he lost his fastball. He was actually upstaged, I thought, 266 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:40.919 in many ways by Michelle Obama. But yeah, to that 267 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:43.919 mean girl's point, I think that's true. They were dwelling 268 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:47.159 on that, and it just made them seem like, even 269 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:49.080 if you're looking at it from a democratic point of view, 270 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:52.039 you're lowering yourself to this level that you think Donald 271 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.799 Trump's at, but you're behaving really the same way that 272 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:55.759 you're accusing. 273 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:56.200 Him of behaving. 274 00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:59.720 It just seems so elitist too, like this is this 275 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:03.679 is a showcase, like Mandy said, for all their top politicians, 276 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:04.159 all their. 277 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:06.960 Top money people, billionaires. 278 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:10.399 On stage, almost billionaires with Jared Polis And So what 279 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:13.120 I like about the Trump campaign and what I liked 280 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:17.639 about the RNC were the real American stories. But I 281 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:21.360 also love that, I mean jd Vance thing used to 282 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:24.000 like Trump. He openly admits that and there's some crazy 283 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.240 clips things he's saying about Trump. 284 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:29.360 But he came around and Amber Rose, the. 285 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:32.240 Rap star who spoke at the RNC, didn't used to 286 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:34.879 like Trump, but she came around and she realized that 287 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:38.000 the media was lying to her about him. So many 288 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.120 people that they had come up on stage had that 289 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:44.320 theme of it's almost it's cool right to realize that 290 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.840 you were being lied to about Trump and get on 291 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:49.480 board now. And that's something that I think is going 292 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:52.000 to work really well going forward. Look at who was 293 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:55.360 who was turning the page and supporting Donald Trump now, 294 00:13:55.360 --> 00:14:00.360 Elon Musk, RFK Junior, Tulci Gabbard, Jdvan. 295 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.240 Hulk Hogan was there at the RNC. You don't get 296 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:05.639 more man of the people than Hulk Hogan. 297 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:07.759 He was my childhood hero as a gen X boy 298 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:09.960 growing up in the eighties. And he was it right, 299 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:13.879 Hulk Hoogan. And he was not really active vocal in 300 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:16.919 politics at all. I always suspected he was kind of 301 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:18.879 quote one of us, you and me and Kelly here 302 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:21.559 and our listeners as well. But when Trump got shot, 303 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:23.679 he said it on the stage. You watched him, Heidi 304 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:25.600 that that was his time to come out and say no, 305 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.120 I'm a Trump supporter, and like you said, it's cool 306 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.320 to be a Trump supporter. I think there's a certain 307 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:33.960 feeling about that this time around, Heidi. That was not 308 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:36.240 the case the last two times around. A lot of 309 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:40.000 people might be Trump shy or Trump averse or Trump hesitant, 310 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:42.600 and voters now I think are a lot more now 311 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:44.360 our country's going in the wrong direction. 312 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:46.519 I might not like him personally or some of the 313 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:47.399 stuff he says, but. 314 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:51.080 I'll take that for no wars and an economy that's 315 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:53.240 thriving and peace at home. 316 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:56.679 As evidenced by the new group Swifties for Trump. 317 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:57.360 Did you see that? 318 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:00.799 I did, And I don't know, oh how much of 319 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.240 that is I always look at it with a jaundiced 320 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:04.879 eye of how much of this is real? 321 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:06.600 How much is ai are there? Really? 322 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:09.519 Is there really a movement that's pushing this, So I'm 323 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:12.080 trying to stay a little bit cautious with that one. 324 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:14.399 Well, I have two daughters that are Swifties for Trump, 325 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:16.799 so there's that they can start the movement. And I 326 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.759 think that stemmed out of the terrorist threats that shut 327 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:22.279 down three or four concerts of Hers in Europe, and 328 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.360 some young fans were like, Wow, this is not cool, 329 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:28.559 and we're going to get more of this if we 330 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:33.600 support Kamala Harris and not support Donald Trump. 331 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.559 That's my hope that that's how it played out. 332 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:35.720 Right. 333 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.440 I was talking about this issue with Valdemar Archiletta, who 334 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.919 is the president of the log Cabin Republicans. He's the 335 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:45.279 Republican candidate for the first congressional district against Dianad Again, 336 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:47.720 you got not Pale Climb coming. But he's talking to 337 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.000 a lot of gen Z voters and I think those 338 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:54.000 are like your daughters and like Kelly's daughter, Dan's daughter 339 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:55.799 would be one of those as well, Caroline. 340 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:57.720 That they've gone through a lot. 341 00:15:57.799 --> 00:16:01.120 You know, They've had their school canceled, their grad suations canceled. 342 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:03.240 In some cases, there was a high school senior then 343 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:06.919 as a college senior at USC had that graduation canceled 344 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:10.159 because of the Prohomaas protests. And I think gen Zers 345 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:12.200 are looking at things in a much different light than 346 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.039 we even give them credit for, and that there might 347 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:17.399 be a lot more Republicans in waiting than we've anticipated 348 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:17.759 with them. 349 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.600 Well, and one thing I want to talk about real 350 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:24.720 quick that's very important, that's not getting enough and enough 351 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:27.879 coverage is ranked choice voting and how it plays into 352 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:29.519 what we were just talking about is a lot of 353 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:32.360 young people are unaffiliated, and more and more voters in 354 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:35.519 Colorado are unaffiliated. That's the majority of voters in Colorado, 355 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:39.240 so they're not necessarily aligned to a party. So Kent Theory, 356 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:42.799 who used to be the head of Davida, has kind 357 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:45.559 of partnered with some of the big consulting firms, Republican 358 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:49.799 consultants in Colorado to put forward a ballot initiative about 359 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:52.039 ranked choice voting. And you're like, what the heck is that. Well, 360 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:55.600 it's going to transform the way our elections work in 361 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:57.200 Colorado if it's passed. 362 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:59.240 Now, what happens is this is. 363 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:03.480 Done in a last careen California, in Maine. So what 364 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.440 happens is it's super It's pretty easy to get on 365 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.400 the ballot and say you want to run for governor, 366 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:11.279 You get a petition signed. It's not as onerous as 367 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.519 it would be as it is now to petition onto 368 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:16.920 the ballot, and everybody goes on to the primary ballot, 369 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:21.279 no matter what party you're part of, whether it's Democrat, Republican, libertarian, whatever. 370 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:24.160 And I mean there's going to be massive amounts of 371 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:25.440 people on the primary ballot. 372 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:28.000 There's no caucus. There's no primary as we know it now. 373 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:31.559 Everybody will get one ballot and you rank the top 374 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:37.279 four choices for you and what happens is four people 375 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:39.160 from the same party can actually come out of it, 376 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.759 or it might be two and two, it might be 377 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:45.400 three and one. But it's basically a brand name recognition contest. 378 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:47.720 So the richest people who can get their name out 379 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:49.640 there and get the most people to vote out of 380 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:52.559 twenty different candidates are the ones who are going to win. 381 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:56.319 And so in some ways, yeah, can it. 382 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.720 Bring a bit more conversation about whise party so important 383 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.720 or should it be so important? But what's gonna happen 384 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:06.279 is the Democrats have so much money in Colorado. 385 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.079 They're gonna own this thing. 386 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:09.680 And if you don't think they know how to game 387 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:12.599 this and when in a big way using rain choice voting, 388 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:15.200 you gotta you gotta you got some land in Florida. 389 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:17.599 I can sell you. I always miss those thayings up. 390 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:21.319 It's Eidi gonna all filling in for Dan. Caplis Dan. 391 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:24.559 We'll be back tomorrow. But I am so excited to 392 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:26.640 be here with you, Ryan and talk about all things 393 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.000 going on in the. 394 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:30.559 Political world today. So we'll be back after the break. 395 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:38.079 You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast. 396 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:42.160 Good afternoon. It's Heidi gan All filling in for Dan Caplis, 397 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:45.720 who will be back tomorrow. It's been a pleasure hanging 398 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:48.119 out with you Ryan today. I love the banter back 399 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:53.119 and forth. You know, we've got so much drama of 400 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.920 our own going on here in the Colorado Republican Party 401 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:58.039