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 --> 00:00:14.400 single day on your favorite podcast platform. 6 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:19.359 Good afternoon, Happy Friday, everybody. It's Heidigan All not Dan Caplis. 7 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:21.519 He's still working his trial, trying to. 8 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:23.399 Work his magic. He's gonna win. I know it. 9 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:24.120 Ryan. 10 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:25.440 How are you doing this afternoon? 11 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:25.600 Hey? 12 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:26.960 I am great. I hope you're the same. 13 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:30.399 I am great. It's been a wild week. Lots going on. 14 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:34.200 But so much in the news. I went through. 15 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.679 I told you I was singing drop at Kuti twenty five, 16 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:38.640 literally at a dead stop, and I'm like, I'm just 17 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:41.159 going to say, check out what's going on on Twitter? 18 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:44.439 Holy moly, there are so many crazy stories out there. 19 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:49.320 My favorite one for the day, though, is Jared Polis 20 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:54.640 getting called out by vives Ramaswami in a positive way, like, Jared, 21 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:58.320 you hacked up all those regulations yesterday. We're so proud 22 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:02.159 of you. We're doze, you Colorado's doge. And so many 23 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:05.439 people just went after it and said, Vivec, please we 24 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:07.439 have a gas like governor, that's what I like to 25 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:07.840 call him. 26 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:12.359 And he has Vivek, poor Vivec. I love Vivek, but he. 27 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:17.120 Doesn't understand how hardcore Jared Pullus has grown bureaucracy in 28 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:21.280 this state. You know, we yesterday, I believe her, the 29 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:25.079 day before we were called the sixth most regulated state 30 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:29.239 in the country, with forty five percent of its regulations 31 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:34.079 deemed excessive or duplicative. That's the Colorado Chamber of Commerce. 32 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:35.840 What do you think about that? 33 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:39.000 Ryan Wow? I mean, it's exactly like you said. 34 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:45.400 Polus is doing everything for political gain, purpose, thought, malice, aforethought. 35 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:47.000 He's not a libertarian. 36 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:51.040 Anybody that would say wear a damn mask your selfish 37 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:55.439 bastards during COVID is not a libertarian in any way, shape, matter, 38 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:55.920 or form. 39 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:58.200 Anybody who would take jobs away. 40 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:01.439 From healthcare workers who refuse to get the COVID shots 41 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:04.120 is not a libertarian in any way. So he can 42 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.000 continue this ruise, and he might have enough money to 43 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:09.120 buy it for a while, but not for the whole race. 44 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:11.840 So do you think he's going to run for president 45 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:14.680 and end up just like Hicke and Looper and Michael 46 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:17.680 Bennett in the you know, one percent territory or what 47 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:19.680 do you foresee happening precisely. 48 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:22.439 I think he will follow that to a t. He's 49 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:24.759 going to try to find a lane. I think that's 50 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:29.039 like a moderate libertarian lane that's not occupied that he 51 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:31.840 thinks he can, you know, spend money and flourish in. 52 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:34.599 That's the one thing he has, those two that you mentioned, Bennet, 53 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.240 Hicck and Loper do not is independent wealth. But I 54 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.680 don't see his campaign for president going any better than 55 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:41.919 say Pat schroeders dead back in nineteen eighty eight. 56 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.680 I was not paying much attention to politics back then. 57 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:48.199 I was graduating from s NO. I guess i'd been 58 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:50.400 out of Boulder for no. That's the year I graduated 59 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:51.120 with a Bolder. 60 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.240 Yeah. I was probably in a bit of a haze 61 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:53.719 at that point. 62 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:56.599 I'm not insinuating, but I was doing anything right right right. 63 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.360 I just was studying really hard for my final very Okay, 64 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:03.599 the next craziest thing that happened this week? 65 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:05.159 Can you play clip four? 66 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:08.560 The New York City mayor talking about why he's so 67 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:12.879 rapidly supporting dealing with illegal immigration. 68 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:20.560 Now, if we have five hundred thousand children who had 69 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:24.319 sponsors in this country that we can't find. 70 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:26.479 We can't find them. 71 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:29.080 We don't know if they're doing child labor, we don't 72 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:30.759 know if they're doing sex crimes. 73 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:33.400 We don't know if they're being exploited. 74 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:36.360 Of five hundred thousand children. There's a level of hypocrisy 75 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:39.039 that everyone in that states they want to protect everyone 76 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:43.120 but innocent individuals or victims of crimes and children. I 77 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:46.879 want to suspect, support and protect children and innocent people 78 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:50.680 that are victims of crime, and those who don't understand 79 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:52.919 that start up to me to try to convince them. 80 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.039 I know what my job is, my goal is, and 81 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:57.159 I was clear of that while running and when I 82 00:03:57.199 --> 00:03:57.879 became mayor. 83 00:03:58.319 --> 00:03:59.960 Safety means everything to me. 84 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:04.159 Five hundred thousand children, we don't know where they are 85 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:05.759 right now in this country. 86 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:07.960 Ryan, How does that happen? 87 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:11.000 I don't understand how people can turn a blind eye 88 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:11.599 to this. 89 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:12.680 This is disgusting. 90 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.199 And if any there's any reason to close the border 91 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:18.639 and tighten up security down there is. 92 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:19.279 This not it. 93 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:22.199 I think there's a lot of people on the left 94 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:25.720 that are just they're okay with some collateral damage. And 95 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:28.680 I say that as somebody who has covered very closely 96 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:32.360 the trendy Aragua gang presence in Aurora, and had a 97 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.800 bit of a dust up with Comrade Kyle about that, 98 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:38.600 along with John Fabricatory against nine News Chris van Derveen. 99 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:44.279 They're very sensitive about their parenthetical lack of parenthetical coverage 100 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:45.600 of that issue. 101 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:47.240 But I think there's a lot of the left to go. 102 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:49.639 You know, there are so many good immigrants here that 103 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:50.839 it's okay, we're gonna. 104 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:51.759 Have to take the bad ones. 105 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:54.120 And if some children get trafficked, well that's just part 106 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.639 of the deal too. We just got to have open borders. 107 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:59.319 We can't enforce the border. We've got to let people 108 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:01.480 in and that it's a net positive. That's the only 109 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.160 thing I can really pull from this. That is something 110 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:06.040 that makes sense from the last perspective. 111 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:09.079 My goodness, if any of our Democrat friends that are 112 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:11.720 listening right now want to call in or text in 113 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:16.040 and explain to us how you can vote for someone 114 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:19.360 who would support not just blowing that thing up, Like, 115 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:20.759 where do we find these children? 116 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:21.639 How do we stop this? 117 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:24.720 How do we protect this the kids that are out there, 118 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:26.959 how do we find them get them into good homes. 119 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:31.800 It's just it's heartbreaking. To me, and it's it's absolutely 120 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:34.040 should be the first priority if the president, I know 121 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:36.160 it is the incoming president, President Trump. 122 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:40.079 But also I think we're going to have a. 123 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:43.480 Really hard time when the media decides that they're going 124 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:47.639 to highlight every single person that gets deported that doesn't 125 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:51.319 you know, isn't a hardcore criminal, or if they deport 126 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:54.279 families together, they're going to try and play that up. 127 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.959 And there was an interesting a second clip that I'd 128 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:00.839 like you to play number two about what Homan can 129 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:04.160 do on this front and how to deal with the 130 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.519 issue of how we hold people accountable for what's happening 131 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:08.120 at the border. 132 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:12.160 So you will not only go after the illegal migrants, 133 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.959 you may go after some mayors who aren't helping. 134 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:17.360 If they step over that line. 135 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:19.759 They just sit back and watch us, which again I 136 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:21.959 find incredible. You don't want to take public safety threat 137 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:24.959 to your community to help us. But there are laws 138 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.480 on the books that we will we will prosecute at 139 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:32.160 eighteen USC one to eleven, competing a federal law enforced 140 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:35.439 officers a felony Title eight and I says called thirteen 141 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:38.680 twenty four trum ply if you knowingly can see or 142 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.519 harbor and the alien from ice that is a felony. 143 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:43.839 When I was an agent a long time ago, I've 144 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.879 arrested US citizens for harboring and alien their holding or 145 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:49.240 place on employment. If I can do it to a citizen, 146 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:51.600 why can't I do it to a politician who's going 147 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:54.560 to actively getting our way preventives from doing our job. 148 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:59.199 Okay, So here we go Mike Johnston, Mayor Mike Johnston 149 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.600 Denver Polist Governor Jared Poulis, who said they would push 150 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:07.439 back against the effort by the Trump administration to remove 151 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:12.680 illegal criminal immigrants. And so I wonder how that's going 152 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.720 to play. Are they really going to go to jail 153 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:17.839 on this issue to stand strong on this? Johnston kind 154 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:19.800 of alluded to it and then he backed off. 155 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:23.279 But maybe he makes a political statement by doing that. 156 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:27.000 You know, the day to day consequences of this, not 157 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:29.600 to mention the five hundred thousand children that they can't 158 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:34.079 find in this country are living in Denver, Colorado, or 159 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.600 in Lone Tree, Colorado now where almost every night we're 160 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:40.040 getting crime alerts down there. And I think it has 161 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:43.000 to do with it's the last light rail stop. I 162 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.160 think crimes are happening more and more in the suburbs, 163 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:48.120 We're going to see it explode. 164 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:49.800 If they don't take care of what's happening in Denver. 165 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:54.680 And I just wonder when the day, like the citizens 166 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.720 of Denver and the metro area are going to stand 167 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:00.680 up and say enough and push back on this stuff. 168 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:03.079 People have to stop being quiet. 169 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:06.399 They have to talk to their elected officials and hold 170 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:10.199 them accountable. And if that means letting Tom Homan come 171 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:12.920 in or John Fabricatory, who I hope is going to 172 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:17.680 work with the administration and arrest people for protecting these criminals, 173 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:21.399 even if it's Mayor Johnston or Governor Jared Poulis, what 174 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:23.240 do you think about that? Ryan, do you think that 175 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:24.639 could possibly happen. 176 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:27.519 I don't think it'll get to that point. 177 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.560 And what I'm very confused by is I think Mike 178 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:33.080 Johnston has higher aspirations for the governor's office, which I 179 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:35.399 get because we're a left leaning state. But for somebody 180 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:37.799 like Jared Polis that I think is trying to thread 181 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:40.080 a needle here, like with the cost cutting venture that 182 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:42.759 drew attention from a vague that he would take the 183 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:47.720 wrong side of this, the absolute losing side of this issue. 184 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:51.120 It perplexes me because usually, if anything, Polis is a 185 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.799 very calculated, smart political animal, and that's not a smart move. 186 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:58.279 No, I agree, I agree. So what's driving this? 187 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:01.960 Why aren't more politics standing up and speaking out like 188 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:04.559 the mayor of New York City. I'm very proud of him. 189 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:07.879 He did a great job and he just was relentless. 190 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:09.759 He even called out the media and said, you've already 191 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:13.080 written your narrative. I know you have, so I'm not 192 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:15.039 going to take much time up here talking to you, 193 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:19.519 which was really wild. All right, well, Ryan, let's take 194 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:21.600 a break. We've got so much more to talk about. 195 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:24.600 I'm going to have Brad Beck and Marla Reichert on later. 196 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:26.840 Brad's going to talk to us about messaging and Colorado. 197 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:30.480 He runs Liberty Toastmasters and Marla used to be the 198 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:32.960 chair of the Pueblo County GOP and is doing great 199 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:33.840 work down there. 200 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:35.000 And Pueblo had a great election. 201 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.919 This is Heidi Ganaal. I'm filling in for Dan Caples. 202 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:40.159 I look forward to seeing you after the break. 203 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:44.399 And now back to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast. 204 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:46.600 Good Friday Afternoon. 205 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.960 It's Heidi Ganal filling in for Dan Kaplis, who's at 206 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:53.159 the end of his mighty trial. He's been on this week. 207 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:55.840 I believe Ryan, you have some news about that. 208 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:58.399 He do have some breaking news. 209 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:01.000 This shared to me just moments ago by one Dan 210 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:04.200 Caples and I try to keep warning people out there. 211 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:07.120 If you see Dan Caplis and Campalis law is the 212 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:10.480 other name on the docket, then find a way to settle, 213 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:11.919 not go to court. 214 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:15.360 Wow, he says. The good news. 215 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:18.519 Is a very wise and hard working jury just returned 216 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:21.559 a seven figure verdict in our trial. Very proud to 217 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:25.480 say it's my seventh seventh figure verdict in a row. 218 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.080 God is good that from Dan Caplis. 219 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:28.600 Wow. 220 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:30.799 Winning, winning, and more winning. 221 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:32.240 You gonna gets tired of winning? 222 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:36.399 Okay, seven times, seven brides for seven brothers and seven 223 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:37.919 figures seven times. 224 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:41.519 Okay, guys, that is not a clip. That's actually right. 225 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:45.879 Thing, he would say. Though, I got to come back 226 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:47.600 with the song that has the number seven in it. 227 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:50.240 I think, okay, number you're good at that. 228 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.320 I gotta do what I gotta do, Okay. 229 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:54.279 Ryan, I want to talk more about winning. Let's talk 230 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:57.200 more about winning in Colorado. Okay, how do we win 231 00:10:57.240 --> 00:10:57.799 in Colorado? 232 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:59.840 Well, you gave it a game effort. 233 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:01.480 Oh thank you, yead. 234 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.200 I mean, think about the deck that was stacked against 235 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.840 you going into that. Just the sheer dollar amounts that 236 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:11.039 polists could just, you know, spend willy nilly on whatever 237 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:11.679 he wanted. 238 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.120 How do you encounter that? I don't even know. That's 239 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:15.360 the first step, I would say. 240 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:16.559 I was very naive. 241 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:20.080 I thought we could outwork the money until three weeks 242 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:23.960 before the election when my consultant called and she said, Ah, 243 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.799 there was just like a ten million dollar ad buy, 244 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:29.159 and we think there's a couple more, probably to the 245 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:31.960 tune of twenty twenty five million that's going to start 246 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:33.799 raining down on you any minute. 247 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:35.720 Literally walk out of the office. 248 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:38.279 I'm like, Oh, it's fine, it's fine, everything's going to 249 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:40.600 be fine. I walk out of my office, I look 250 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:43.120 at the TV boom. The first ad hits. I was like, 251 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:45.720 oh wow. And everywhere I went my kids were like, Mom, 252 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.320 this is getting ridiculous. Every time they'd walk in the 253 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.559 room there was another AD. 254 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:51.840 I think it's going to take that though. 255 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:53.720 I know I say that and it sounds cynical, but 256 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:55.480 you really do need lawyers and money. 257 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:58.159 I don't know what the gun's part, but careful, I'm 258 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:58.840 going to go for you. 259 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.759 Yeah, no, no, no, I'm talking just in the sheer sense 260 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.960 of the political arena. 261 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:05.799 There has to be a belief, Heidi, that we can 262 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:06.399 win here. 263 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.679 For example, with your race, the national money that might 264 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:12.120 come in if somebody thought, hey, Heidi has a real 265 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:14.639 chance of pulling this out. And I think one bright 266 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:17.200 light that shined for me in this last election was 267 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:20.759 Gabe Evans. Yeah, in the eighth Congressional District, a swing district. 268 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:23.279 It turns out it was very important in the balance 269 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:25.279 of power in the House. The Republicans have just a 270 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.279 five seat majority had Gabe Evans loss to be a 271 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:30.960 three seat majority, and there were a couple other races 272 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:33.279 that were very very close like his. And what it does, 273 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:36.519 I think it provides some kind of boost in the 274 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.279 perception of Colorado that we can win here, that there 275 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.480 is a path to victory, and that you get that 276 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:44.480 congressional money, those dollars spent here so that Gabe Evans 277 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:47.360 or another candidate can compete on a level playing field 278 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:49.279 because we know that the Democrats are going to have 279 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:51.759 the money coming in both from special interests and from 280 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:53.639 national leadership as well. 281 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:56.919 I agree, Ryan, and I think in Gabe's case, the 282 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:00.360 money did come and it was super helpful, and people 283 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:03.799 were activated around his race and did help out in 284 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:06.960 the cure ballot part of it after the election, when 285 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:08.840 we had to cure ballots, which means we had to 286 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:11.919 kind of get voters whose ballots weren't going to necessarily 287 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.320 count because the signature d were off or something was wrong, 288 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:17.480 but to get them to fix it, and our team did. 289 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:18.559 A great job of that. 290 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:23.440 We also saw an incredible boost and Hispanic voter turnout 291 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:26.440 and voting our way, and I think Trump had a 292 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:28.600 lot to do with that his messaging, his focus on 293 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:31.559 the working man. I think that was incredibly helpful to 294 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.639 the CD eight race. Also, we also prevented a super 295 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:36.759 majority at the legislature in Denver. 296 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:37.679 That's huge. 297 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:40.320 And then in a little while later in the next hour, 298 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:42.279 we're going to talk to Marla Reichert about what happened 299 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:44.639 in Pueblo. We had some incredible wins in Pueblo. 300 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:46.960 Yes, that was the one county. And I've been kind 301 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:49.320 of charting this for a while now. Heidi Publo used 302 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:51.960 to be pretty reliably and solidly blue for a long 303 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.960 time with the Hispanic population you talk about. But Trump 304 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:57.440 won Puebelo County. Now we got to work on the 305 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:59.080 margins because he had to have something that's going to 306 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:02.320 overcome the these wild margins we see in Denver Boulder. 307 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:05.000 And then unfortunately also where I live in a Rappahole County, 308 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.279 which used to be at least a purple county, it's 309 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:09.919 really not now, and there's a lot of population there, 310 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:11.960 and it's a sheer numbers game. You know, where do 311 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.720 we flip votes? Where can we find people win hearts 312 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:16.919 and minds? And I think some of it A roadmap 313 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:19.879 was provided with our good friend Valdemar Archa Letta A 314 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:21.960 competing hard in the first district. We knew that that 315 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:24.919 was likely not a winnable race, but he at least 316 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:27.840 made the effort. He campaigned, he went into these communities, 317 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:30.759 He had those conversations in Heidi, I think it starts there. 318 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.399 I agree with you, Ryan, and I have a new 319 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:36.399 Twitter community or ex community on my Twitter feed. 320 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.919 My Twitter handles just Heidi Ganal. 321 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:41.000 It's called Colorado's Road Back to Red and we've got 322 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:44.759 about fifteen hundred people in the Twitter community and people 323 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:46.840 are just yearning for what do I do today, Like, 324 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:49.600 what do I actually tactically do today to help? And 325 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:51.720 so we started this thing called fight back in five 326 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:53.039 What can you do in five. 327 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:53.440 Minutes a day? 328 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:56.159 And so a few of the things that I'm recommending 329 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.440 that people do. And then we're going to bring Brad 330 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:00.840 Beck on after the break to talk about a message 331 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:04.000 around this is number one. You've got to find out 332 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:06.759 who your precinc leader is. And if you're an unaffiliated voter, 333 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:09.360 still find out and you lean conservatives, still find out 334 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:12.159 who the Republican precinc leader is. That's the person that 335 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:16.840 oversees the neighborhood, like a certain neighborhood, and it's responsible 336 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:19.480 to the district captain and the county chair. 337 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:21.399 To kind of get things organized. 338 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.919 They will have lists of all the voters in your 339 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.559 neighborhood that are like minded. You can knock on doors, 340 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.639 you can give them a call, you can text message them. 341 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:32.240 So also get to know your county GOP. You may 342 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:34.039 or may not agree with them, you may or may 343 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:35.639 not want to get involved with them, but they have 344 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:37.960 great events, they have great gatherings. You're going to meet 345 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:41.000 some people that you really like. Also, make a list 346 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:42.840 of all of your neighbors that you know are pretty 347 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:45.440 like minded, that might be willing to get engaged and 348 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:48.279 have a barbecue, have a party, have them over, talk 349 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:51.879 to them. Start talking now, don't wait. The other thing 350 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:54.440 I'm telling people is find out when your next county 351 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:57.399 commissioner meeting is, your next city council meeting, your next 352 00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:59.159 school board meeting, and just go. 353 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:01.559 Just go and sit in the audience. Learn who the 354 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.159 players are. 355 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:05.320 Go up afterwards and introduce yourself to them so that 356 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:08.360 they know who you are. And then start commenting. Start 357 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:10.919 getting up and getting the courage to comment. My daughter, 358 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.000 my twenty nine year old, got up and commented it 359 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.919 for the first time at the school board meeting last 360 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:17.480 week in Douglas County, and it was awesome. She was 361 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:19.840 really proud of herself. She was really engaged and she 362 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.759 made a difference. And then finally start saving money now, 363 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:25.919 just maybe ten bucks here, five bucks here in a 364 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.720 little savings account or a jar that you can contribute 365 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:32.000 to candidates next year, because I'm calling next year. I 366 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.480 have a name for next year. School board year. It's 367 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:38.639 got to be all about picking some school board races 368 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:41.879 and going hardcore after flipping those races. What is that 369 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:43.720 going to do. It's going to show us that we 370 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:45.519 can win on the local level. It's going to teach 371 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.759 people how to campaign, how to get engaged, how to activate. 372 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:52.039 It's going to teach candidates what kind of messaging is 373 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:54.000 going to resonate for the next couple of years. We 374 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:57.559 can test some certain things and Ryan in a second, 375 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.279 you can play that clip number one. 376 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:01.039 This is what up to this conversation. 377 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:04.119 I heard the Colorado Democrat chair saying that the party 378 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:06.880 needs to meet voters where they are, and that's exactly 379 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.359 what we're doing and why we won so many races 380 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.440 across the country. So if you can play that clip, 381 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:13.039 that'd be great. 382 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:16.039 Bring out celebrities to our rallies. What type of message 383 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:18.480 are we sending to the everyday voter about who we 384 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:21.240 care for and who we're championing. And so I think 385 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.440 we have to show up at the places where voters 386 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.000 are giving their attention. We have to be able to 387 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:29.079 go to football games, We have to be able to 388 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:32.160 not just go on Joe Rogan once every two years, 389 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.440 but we have to start building a climate where Democrats 390 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:36.839 can go onto these platforms and not feel like it's 391 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:40.480 husperus them. Even in places where we might have disagreement, 392 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:42.640 I think we have to be able to find common 393 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:44.640 values that can be translated to each other. 394 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:47.279 So they got the message. 395 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:50.039 They got the message about what went wrong in this 396 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:53.119 last election, and they are not going to just sit 397 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.440 back and let Colorado slide even more. They're going to 398 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:58.319 come roaring back, and we've got to be ready. We've 399 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:01.400 got to be sharper, better, more prepared. And that happens 400 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:05.119 in your own neighborhood. There's nobody coming to save the day, 401 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:08.000