WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Caples 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 --> 00:00:16.760 single day on your favorite podcast platform. The celebration continue 6 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:19.480 every day. Is like another Super Bowl, right, I mean, 7 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:21.960 this is amazing watching all these picks come down. We'll 8 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:25.199 get to those shortly. But something pretty important, as you know, 9 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.199 happened in the US Senate today when they picked the 10 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.120 successor to Mitch McConnell. You already know that was John Thune. 11 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:33.679 But how great to start the show with my friend 12 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.520 Dick Wadhams, who got John Thune elected to the US 13 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.159 Senate and in about the toughest race you can imagine. 14 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:44.560 Take it on the sitting US Senate majority leader at 15 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:45.840 the time, Tom dashel So. 16 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:47.320 Dick, welcome back to the show. 17 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:49.640 Hey, Dan, nice to be with you. 18 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:52.000 Well, thank you. Hey, tell us everything we need to 19 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:53.039 know about John Thune. 20 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:58.320 Well, I'll tell you what I think that One of 21 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:01.159 the things about John's background I think gets lost in 22 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:05.480 the supple is that two years before he ran against 23 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:08.719 Dashell and beat Dashel. He ran against the other Senator 24 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:12.920 in South Dakota, Senator Tim Johnson, who just recently passed away. 25 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:18.400 But Johnson defeated Soon was at a House member, and 26 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.760 Soon's career political career looked over with he had friends 27 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:24.680 of the Senate. He got beat and it looked like 28 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:28.680 he was done. But he had the courage stand to 29 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:31.599 get up off the mat and to take on a 30 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.760 much ostensibly a much tougher opponent in the most powerful 31 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:38.359 Democrat in America in two thousand and four, and that 32 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:42.439 was Tom Dashel. And actually Dashel had been majority leader 33 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:46.959 by the time he ran for reelection in four Republicans 34 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.439 had taken the Senate, so he's actually Senate minority leader. 35 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:54.079 But I will say that this was before Obama. Obama 36 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:58.799 was a Senate candidate in Illinois and four the most 37 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:01.959 powerful Democrat in the Mama was Tom Dashel, and he 38 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:10.680 tied the Senate and not obstructing the the the George W. 39 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:11.479 Bush agenda. 40 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:16.120 But john had the courage to get off the mat 41 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:18.199 run against AshEL and then you want a big victory. 42 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:18.680 Wow. 43 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:22.039 Absolutely, and uh And someday I really want to talk 44 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.439 in depth about how you guys pulled that off. But 45 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:28.439 tell folks uh more about thing, just who he is, 46 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:31.039 what makes him tick, his worldview, and what you expect 47 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:33.639 from him as a Senate majority leader. Knowing at this 48 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:37.840 point that there are concerns among some very prominent supporters 49 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:42.960 of President Trump that that Tune is not a never Trumper, 50 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:45.599 but maybe not that supportive of of Trump or. 51 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:48.120 Not that much of a fan, you know. 52 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:50.919 And I really don't understand that, Dan, because and I'll 53 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:54.080 tell you why, because on ponise the issues, there is 54 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:57.680 virtually no difference between John Tune and Donald Trump on 55 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:03.400 Thomasy issues. Yes, Soon was critical of Trump, as a 56 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:08.639 lot of Republicans have been about this election conspiracy stuff 57 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:12.360 and also the January Puts attack on the Capitol. But 58 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.680 remember Soon was part of the leadership team when McConnell 59 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:19.560 was the Senate majority leader. And remember what happened during 60 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:24.479 those days. In the first Trump administration. McConnell, along with 61 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:26.759 the help of John Soon, got more than two hundred 62 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:32.199 juditional nominations through the Senate, including three Supreme Court nominations. 63 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:35.719 And remember two it was Mitch McConnell who stopped the 64 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:41.400 Senate from approving a successor to Justice Galia when he died. 65 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:43.360 He kept that open for a year and a half 66 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.719 and had the courage to do it. He got the 67 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:50.479 Trump tax cut built through the Senate. He defended the 68 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:57.560 president President Trump's agenda on deregulation on immigration. I frankly 69 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:02.919 have always been perplexed what this negativity towards Mitch McConnell. 70 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:05.039 He's not the most likable guy in the world. But 71 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:08.080 I'll tell you what, in terms of his performance as 72 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:11.360 Majority leader and getting the Trump agendas or the Senate 73 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:16.040 in those years, I don't see what the problem was. 74 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:19.120 Sune was a big part of that. 75 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:22.720 Frankly, Yeah, I think the people who saved American democracy 76 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:25.959 recently did it in twenty sixteen. I think it was 77 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:29.199 Trump his voters in Mitch McConnell, because keeping that seat 78 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:32.360 open for Gorsich, we would have had Justice Merrick Garland. 79 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:35.839 Instead we got Justice Neil Gorsich, and then down the stretch, 80 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:39.879 equally impressive getting Justice Barrett confirmed in the last what 81 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:45.079 forty days. I mean, that's saved American democracy. And listen, 82 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:47.759 I get it that you know there are concerns about 83 00:04:47.879 --> 00:04:51.000 er were McConnell because he had said some negative things 84 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:53.800 about Trump, etc. And I think that just goes to 85 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:57.120 the level of loyalty and devotion to President Trump, which 86 00:04:57.160 --> 00:04:57.959 we saw play. 87 00:04:57.759 --> 00:04:59.480 Out on election Day with another win. 88 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:02.839 But but personally, and I've said it for years on air, 89 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:06.279 I think Soon will do a great job. I think 90 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:07.879 you would have done a great job if you'd been 91 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:10.959 put in place five years ago. And so I think 92 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.360 I think Trump will end up very happy with him. 93 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:18.600 Yeah, No, they will work. There is no discernible difference 94 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:23.160 between John Soon and Donald Trump on the fundamental issues 95 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:27.319 that the administration wants to tackle and and the priorities 96 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:31.279 that the Majority leader Soon will will want to tackle 97 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:33.399 as well. So I think it's going to be a 98 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:36.879 great relationship along with Speaker Johnson and the House who 99 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:39.879 Trump endorsed this week. Yeah, and I think it's a 100 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:41.399 I think it's going to be a great team. 101 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:44.439 What do you think the looking ahead, what do you 102 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:50.279 think the number one legislative priority for Soon and Trump? 103 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.480 Trump and Soon is going to be? What do you 104 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:54.959 see them actually succeeding with Because they've got to have 105 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.560 a top priority, right, you got to take this political capital, 106 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:00.240 put it on the table, and then push the think 107 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:01.240 bigs through quickly. 108 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:04.759 I think clearly immigration has got to be the number 109 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:08.920 one issue. Then I don't have any special insight into 110 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:11.519 what they're going to do, so it just strikes me 111 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:14.600 that was the number one issue of the campaign. It's 112 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:18.639 the number one failure of the of the Biden Harris 113 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:22.959 heres and I know that President Trump can do a 114 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:27.319 lot of that by executive order, but there will need 115 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:31.399 need to be some fundamental legislation passed as well, So 116 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:35.199 I think that's number one. The other thing is reducing 117 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:40.279 the size scoop and of the power of the federal government, 118 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.439 which I think that we've already seen Trump move on that, 119 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:47.399 and obviously there will have to be legislation moves through 120 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:50.839 the Congress. So that's where that's where the majority leader 121 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:54.319 soon that comes in. I'm the speaker, Johnson. So and 122 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:58.240 that goes back to inflation. I mean Biden caused the 123 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:02.839 inflation by those massive there's massive spending bills. 124 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:05.879 Now, that's right. Dick Dick wandhams our guest again. 125 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:09.759 He ran John Thune's winning campaign in South Dakota, knocking 126 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:10.680 off Tom Dashel. 127 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:13.040 What do you about think about these two guys? 128 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.120 How are they going to get along. Uh, you know 129 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:17.519 they're going to have some quality time together. I mean 130 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:21.639 in person and more often remotely. Are they going to click? 131 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:25.839 You're talking about Trump? 132 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:27.639 No, talking about Soon and Trump? Yeah? 133 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:31.399 Yeah, No, I think they will. In fact, then Soon 134 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:37.519 spend time at mar Lago before the election with Trump, 135 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.920 and I think they had a great meeting there kind 136 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:43.240 of and that was of course before Soon got elected 137 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.040 the majority leader. But then, no, I think they will. 138 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:48.639 I think what they will find is that they are 139 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:51.839 so similar in terms of the big issues and the 140 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:55.360 big policies that they want to accomplish. That that that 141 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.000 will that will have it mean a great relationship. 142 00:07:58.800 --> 00:07:59.000 Yeah. 143 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:00.800 Now, are you going to go back there and work 144 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.720 with him now that he's king of the hill? 145 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:05.439 Pig cheese? 146 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:06.639 No, I love it. 147 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:10.920 I loved I loved working for four campaign. And I 148 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:13.959 loved helping the other senator from South Dakota, former Governor 149 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.759 Mike Browns, who was up for re election this time 150 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:19.759 for a third term, and I helped him in twenty fourteen. 151 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:23.560 And I love South Dakota. It's a great state. But 152 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:26.600 you know I'm staying here, Okay. 153 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.639 Well, Richard, he appreciate the time and we're going to 154 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:29.240 have lots. 155 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:31.279 To talk about, Yes we should. 156 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:36.840 Okay, that's all right, Thank you, Thank you, Dick. Yeah, 157 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:39.120 great to talk to Dick. It was I know it 158 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:40.879 seems a little distant right now, but I got to 159 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:43.960 tell you that was one of the great political accomplishments 160 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.639 of the century, was knocking off Tom Dashel up in 161 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:51.200 South Dakota. And Dick were in that campaign. And John Thune, 162 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:55.080 obviously very good candidate. I don't claim to know him personally, 163 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:58.600 had dinner with him once. If I remember it was John. 164 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:02.080 It was John Thune, Senator Thune, his wife, I think 165 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:03.200 his daughter joined us. 166 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:05.039 It was Amy and me, and it was. 167 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.120 Back in the day when there was a lot of 168 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.039 talk about me running for Senate. But I remember just 169 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:13.399 really liking the guy. And you know, there were some 170 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.440 you know, kind of superficial policy discussion during the dinner, 171 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:18.960 but it was it was more personal stuff and just 172 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:23.879 really liking him personally. And so between that and everything 173 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:26.000 you see on the policy front, I would bet you 174 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:27.919 I don't know either of these guys personally, but I 175 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:30.240 would bet you that they end up getting along at 176 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.279 least a lot better than Trump and McConnell got along, 177 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:36.200 but his dick was saying, McConnell came through for Trump 178 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:39.559 and for America on the policy front on some real 179 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:42.039 big ones. So hey, but we got to talk about 180 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:45.240 what everybody's talking about, right, So let's come back and 181 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:48.240 talk about Matt Gates, the pick for AG. 182 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:50.080 Now, a lot of other big picks today. 183 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:53.000 Will talk about Marco Rubio Secretary of State, we'll talk 184 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:55.360 about Tulsea, we'll talk about others, but we got to 185 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:59.960 talk about Matt Gates for AG. It's the pick. It's 186 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.039 the water cooler conversation. I've got my own unique take 187 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.120 I have not heard anywhere else. I think you're gonna 188 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.840 hear it and say, boy, that's true. You're on the 189 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:09.000 Dan Capla Show. 190 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.480 And now back to the Dan Kapla Show podcast. 191 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:16.440 Got to get your take on this, Matt Gates for 192 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.799 Attorney General. I think I don't think anybody saw that 193 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:21.600 coming outside of the Trump circle. 194 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.399 I sure didn't. Would not have been my first pick. 195 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:28.919 But I see exactly what President Trump is doing, I believe, 196 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:31.240 and I get it completely. 197 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.600 So I can't wait to dive into that with you. 198 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:35.240 Eight five to five for zero five eight. 199 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.879 Two five to five the number techs d an five 200 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:41.720 seven seven three nine. Quick take on that before we 201 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:45.600 go to callers and texters. I think President Trump is 202 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:48.679 doing two things with the Gates pick. And yes, President 203 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:52.159 Trump obviously knows that it won't be the easiest pick 204 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.200 to get confirmed, but we can talk about confirmation separately. 205 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:59.159 I think he's doing two things, both very very reasonable 206 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:03.960 and understandable. One is that listen, President Trump knows, because 207 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.840 he has had to endure it and the way no 208 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:13.279 other American president has. President Trump knows that the left 209 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.720 will stop at nothing, The left will stop at nothing 210 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.360 to end him politically. The left will stop at nothing, 211 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:25.240 no limits, in order to undermine his presidency. And so 212 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:27.720 the next lie, the next big lie about him, that 213 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:31.759 the next big Russia hoax is just around the corner. 214 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.519 It's coming, and it will be one of many. 215 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:38.759 And there is only one individual in all of government, 216 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:43.320 one individual all of government, who can undermine a president, 217 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.320 and that is the Attorney general. And I think, having 218 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:49.600 been through what Trump has been through with the Russia 219 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:53.039 hoax and more, I think Trump wants an attorney general 220 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:58.440 who he has total confidence is politically aligned and will 221 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.159 not will not undermine him because remember it's that one 222 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:04.440 person and the only person individual in all of government, 223 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.440 who can destroy a presidency on his or her own. 224 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.679 So I think Trump needed that comfort. 225 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:15.200 The other thing I think he's doing is is he 226 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:18.240 has been again no other president in American history subjected 227 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:22.360 to this. He has been subjected to the single greatest 228 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:27.039 threat to the stability and continuation of our nation since 229 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:30.639 the Cuban missile crisis. And that is the lawfare that 230 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:34.080 was launched against him, the abuse of our legal system 231 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:37.600 to try to jail a political opponent you cannot defeat 232 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:41.080 at the polls. And they wanted him think about this, 233 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.440 think about how personal it has to be for him, 234 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:45.639 but his personal interests aligned with the national. 235 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:45.960 Interest on this. 236 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:51.039 They wanted him to die in jail. That was the plan. 237 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:55.279 They were going to abuse the legal system and force. 238 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:56.399 Him to die in jail. 239 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:01.200 And so I think what Donald Trump is doing is 240 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:04.240 on a personal level, which is also good for the nation. 241 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:12.279 He wants everybody, everybody who misused the law to try 242 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:17.200 to undermine this nation, undermine our political process, undermine democracy, 243 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:20.399 and cause him to die in jail. That was their goal. 244 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:24.879 He wants all of those people to not sleep. He 245 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:28.360 wants all of those people to fear that if they 246 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:31.559 committed a crime, and I under Lundy, if if they 247 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:35.279 committed a crime in the course of abusing the legal 248 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:40.000 system to put him in jail. He wants them to 249 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:43.320 not sleep, and he wants to send a message, and 250 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:45.879 it's a healthy message for this nation. I don't want 251 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:47.960 any lawfair. I'm not saying he should engage in lawfair. 252 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:50.360 That would be horrible, but I think he wants to 253 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:52.559 send a message that if you're going to do that, 254 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:54.600 if you're going to attack the very foundation of this 255 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:59.799 nation through that kind of lawfare, then you better be 256 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:02.200 aware that if you committed a crime in the process, 257 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:04.159 we are going to find it and we are going 258 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:07.440 to prosecute you. So I think he is trying to 259 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:13.240 send that message. And again, I don't want to see lawfair. 260 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.960 I don't want to see an abuse of the legal 261 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:19.279 system the way the left did, and I don't think 262 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:22.120 he's going to do that for a second. But if 263 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:27.639 there were actual, real crimes committed in the process of 264 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:30.600 that horror of lawfare that was launched by the left, 265 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:34.039 I think he has every intention of prosecuting those eight 266 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:36.279 five five for zero five A two five five takes 267 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:38.600 da N five seven, seven, three or nine. And want 268 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:41.679 to get your take on whether you think he'll be confirmed. 269 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:44.200 Let's go to Mike in Denver, Colorado. You're on the 270 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:45.120 Dan Capitlis Show. 271 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:50.159 Welcome, Hey Dan. Yeah, I was just screened by her 272 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.200 collar and she was a little frustrated with me. 273 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:54.879 But Kelly gets frustrated with nobody. 274 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.279 Yeah. 275 00:14:56.279 --> 00:15:05.279 I am a seven generation Colorado Hispanic American, and I'm 276 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:09.600 just wondering what you think will be the strategy that 277 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:18.000 the Trump administration will use to extract illegal immigrants and 278 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:21.639 to deport them. Do you think they'll think they'll use 279 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.799 law enforcement? Do you think like, how are they going to. 280 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:26.000 Set up roadblock? 281 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.440 Do you think that they're going to knock a knock 282 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:29.120 door to door? 283 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:31.679 Do you think they have a great question? My great, 284 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:32.360 great question. 285 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.919 And there was a a well sourced piece out today 286 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:39.799 about how the administration is looking at at buying these 287 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:44.159 facilities around the country outside of major cities in order 288 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:47.879 to house in very humane conditions large numbers of folks 289 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:50.759 here illegally. So I think there's a critical word we 290 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:55.120 have to add to the conversation, and that is criminal illegals, 291 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:58.120 because I think the administration is going to be targeting 292 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:01.279 those who have come here legally and then committed other 293 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:05.159 serious crimes. So that's that's what I see coming, and 294 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:08.360 what I see them doing at that point is is, 295 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:11.879 of course they're going to use federal marshals, and of 296 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.000 course they're going to use law enforcement where law enforcement 297 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.240 is cooperative. But one way or the other, they are 298 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.960 going to as they should. They're going to lawfully track 299 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:25.559 down those who have not only committed illegally but committed 300 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:28.240 other serious crimes, and and they're going to apprehend them 301 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:30.360 and they're going to put them their due process and 302 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:32.000 deport them. 303 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:36.519 Okay, but but if someone came across the border illegally, 304 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.879 then they are a criminal. 305 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:40.120 Oh yeah, yeah, But they're not doing it. 306 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:43.120 With a mother and her kid or something that they 307 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.960 would be if they broke the law. 308 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:45.240 Right. 309 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:48.399 Well, right, But as as you heard me say, Mike, 310 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:54.000 there's a distinction between somebody who is here illegally and 311 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:57.639 somebody who is here illegally and then, in addition, committed 312 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:02.440 one or more serious crimes. And that it's the second 313 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.480 category that Trump is targeting and has made it clear 314 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:09.119 that that's who he's targeting now, Mike, there's an additional category, 315 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:12.839 as you probably know, of folks who have been adjudicated. 316 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:15.440 They've been through the process and the courts have said no, 317 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.200 you have to leave, and they didn't leave. And in 318 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.400 the Trump administration, that's going to be their second layer priority. 319 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:23.519 Okay. 320 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:26.160 And then just my last quick kind of follow up 321 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:28.319 question that your screener did not like. 322 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:36.440 Approximately I'm fighting some something, but why the beef with Kelly? 323 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:38.640 I don't know. I'm good, I'm good you didn't like 324 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:40.960 my follow up question. My follow up question was how 325 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.759 many of these illegal immigrants do you think are going 326 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:48.680 to perish as a result of this effort? 327 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.119 Oh? 328 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:53.039 I think what a great question, Mike, what a great question. 329 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.599 I have to hit this break. You're welcome to hang on, 330 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:57.920 my friend. I love your questions. I think this effort 331 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:01.880 is going to save so many lives. It's going to 332 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:06.400 save so many lives of people here I legally right now. 333 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:08.880 It's going to save so many lives. 334 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:11.799 Of people who might otherwise. 335 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.640 Want to come here ilegally and be raped and murdered 336 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:18.960 along the way. It's it's first and foremost. And I 337 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:21.920 say that not because of race, or gender or anything else. 338 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:25.079 But but this obligation of our government to American citizens, 339 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:29.599 because all human life is created by God, has to 340 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:32.720 be treated with dignity. But American citizens deserve the protection 341 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:35.000 of their government as well. And it's going to save 342 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:38.319 a ton of innocent American lives. So great call, appreciate it. 343 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:40.200 You're on the Dan Kapla Show. 344 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:47.160 You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast. 345 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:50.519 I just think one point that we're missing here is 346 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:56.119 that Trump is not a convicted felon. Technically, a judgment 347 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:59.519 conviction is not entered until he sentenced. And I think 348 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:01.799 one of the reasons that they asked for the delay 349 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:04.960 in the first place is there hoping to get the 350 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:09.720 case thrown out by Mershawn without ever having a judgment 351 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:15.319 of conviction entered. The whole point of the motions dismiss well, 352 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:18.440 the motion to vacate the convictions, was that he never 353 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:22.079 become a convicted felon in the first place, and as 354 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:26.119 long as this is frozen, technically he's not a convicted felon, 355 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:28.799 even though you know rhetorically he's addressed that way. 356 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:30.799 Yeah. Great to appoint by Andy mccarthur. 357 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:32.839 You joined us that it was last week Orsona asked 358 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:35.640 Andy if he was going to be the AG. I 359 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.000 would love to see him in that job, and it 360 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:43.119 was very interesting because Andy didn't laugh, he didn't demure. 361 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:47.160 What Andy said was I can't comment on that, but 362 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:49.400 what I can tell you is I don't have to 363 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:53.400 be the guy who signs the pleadings. And so I'm 364 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:55.880 hoping that's a hint that Andy is going to be 365 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:59.319 in the Attorney General's office. Obviously, Matt Gates is the 366 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:02.839 pick for Attorney General. George Brockler will join us at 367 00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:05.440 four fifty give us his thoughts on the Gates pick. 368 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:08.160 I've already shared mine and I'll cycle back to it. 369 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.960 Let's go to Highland's Ranch. Welcome one of our crowd favorites. 370 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.960 That's Carle. You're on the Dan Kapla Show. 371 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.920 Welcome, Hi, Dan. 372 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:18.279 I just wanted to say in your last segment, you 373 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:21.000 really touch on something that I feel so strongly about 374 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.440 and that I don't want anyone prosecuted who didn't break 375 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:30.519 the law. However, I do want people to be held 376 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:34.400 accountable who put this man and his family and the 377 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:39.000 country through all these bogus charges, these childs because I 378 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:41.759 think a lot of people supported him after they saw 379 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.519 what he went through. 380 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.119 I really do. 381 00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:45.839 Oh yes, And I think these people need to be 382 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.839 held accountable. 383 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:49.079 Thank you for Yeah, Thank you, Carly appreciate that. I 384 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:52.200 would add one layer to what Carl just said. Yes, 385 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:57.119 nobody in this nation should ever be prosecuted, you know, 386 00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:59.480 for something they didn't do, and we saw that happen 387 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:03.599 with Trump, And I would add nobody should be prosecuted 388 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:07.839 for something where the motivation is purely political. In other words, 389 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:12.160 where they may have done something, but the only reason 390 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:17.599 they're being prosecuted is politics, where they wouldn't be prosecuting 391 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:20.319 a Democrat for the same thing, but they're prosecuting the 392 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:22.240 Republican because of politics. 393 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:25.720 Because, as I said in the last segment, it's. 394 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:29.160 The greatest threat to this nation since the Cuban missile crisis, 395 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:32.119 the lawfair that the left just waged. And I think 396 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:35.319 Trump's trying to send a message if you violated the 397 00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:39.799 law in trying to undermine this nation with lawfare and 398 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:42.359 cause me to die in jail, then we are going 399 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:44.880 to pursue you. I think that's one of the messages 400 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:48.000 he's sending with the Gates pick lance and Evergreen. 401 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.240