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 --> 00:00:15.080 single day on your favorite podcast platform. 6 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:18.640 Welcome to the Dane Caprick Show tonight. I'm Christy Burton Brown. 7 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:19.839 Good to have you all with us. 8 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:22.640 Anytime during the show, you can always call in and 9 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:25.879 join the conversation eight five five or zero five eight 10 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:28.960 two five five, or you can text Dan at five seven, 11 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:31.519 seven three nine. Have a lot of news coming out 12 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:34.960 today to talk about some very local Colorado news and 13 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.039 then national ones as well, with the attacks in New 14 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:42.520 Orleans and Las Vegas over the New Year's holiday. One 15 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:45.200 of the most concerning pieces coming out of Las Vegas 16 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:48.280 is that the cyber truck driver the attacker, was a 17 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:52.920 Colorado resident and actually rented the cybertruck here in Colorado. 18 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:53.840 He was. 19 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:58.079 Additionally, he was an active duty Green Beret officer that 20 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:02.159 was reported today, formerly also in the National Guard the 21 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:06.680 Army Reserves, and was on leave when he attempted to 22 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:10.519 set off a bomb in the Tesla's cyber truck. 23 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:14.040 He actually shot himself before he. 24 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:16.400 Set off the bomb, and he was the only one 25 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:19.959 I believe as of right now, that died from that attack. 26 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:23.640 Lots of reports out on how the cyber truck itself 27 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:27.159 protected the explosion from being as bad as it otherwise 28 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:30.000 could have been. Even the glass doors on the hotel 29 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:32.640 that he was parked directly in front of were not 30 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.239 broken at all because the cyber truck is designed in 31 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:38.280 such a way to contain the majority of the explosion 32 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:40.799 and the rest of it went up so not into 33 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:43.280 most people and not into the building. 34 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:44.599 So that's the good part of that. 35 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:48.959 But as the FBI has continued to investigate the Las 36 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.000 Vegas attack and the New Orleans attack that I believe 37 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.719 as of right now has killed at least fifteen people 38 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:57.879 with thirty five injured, they. 39 00:01:57.760 --> 00:01:59.920 Do not believe the two are connected. 40 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:03.079 Did and it's very clear that the New Orleans attack 41 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:06.959 came from someone who identified himself with ISIS. Whether or 42 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:09.800 not he was on mission from ISIS is still being 43 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:13.800 investigated by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. But 44 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.639 he himself believed that he was doing this on behalf 45 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:20.000 of ISIS, flew in ISIS flag as he plowed into 46 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:23.719 the crowd in New Orleans. He also was actually, rather 47 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:28.080 than being current military, he was former military, and there 48 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:31.199 are people close to him say that he converted to 49 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:36.680 Islam and became an isis supporter. I find this clip 50 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:39.520 to be particularly interesting that I'll play for you. Jay Johnson, 51 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:44.439 a former Homeland Security secretary, talked about what he would 52 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:48.520 be concerned about with these terrorist attacks, specifically in New Orleans. 53 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:51.159 With you. 54 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:54.400 You obviously have a lot of experience with needing to 55 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:56.000 safeguard major events. 56 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:56.960 There's Eve on. 57 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:59.199 Bourbon Street certainly one of them. And that's even before 58 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:01.840 we talk about the couple football games that are coming up. 59 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:04.879 What do you see yesterday that may had went wrong? 60 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:06.719 Where do you see the investigation going from here? 61 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:11.439 Well, if I were still in office, first and foremost, 62 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:16.280 I'd be concerned about what appears to be the reality 63 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:22.080 that there are terrorist accomplices still at large and one 64 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:25.560 of them was willing to take his own life. That 65 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.719 presents a real public safety security challenge in the New 66 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:35.199 Orleans area. I won't second guess the situation with the Ballards. 67 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:36.319 I'm going to stop him right there. 68 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:37.879 When he was talking about the Ballards, He's talking about 69 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.879 some of the barricades that New Orleans was still getting 70 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:43.000 ready for I think the Sugar Bowl that was going 71 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:45.599 to be played later that day, and they hadn't quite 72 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:50.159 finished it, and so it was not overly difficult for 73 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.840 the truck to drive down this street that I was 74 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:55.159 supposed to be blocked off from traffic. And so that's 75 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:58.199 what Jay Johnson, former Homeland Security Secretary, is saying. He's 76 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:00.639 not going to question that part of what New Orleans 77 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:04.360 was organizing, even though in New York, where he's from, 78 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:08.719 a lot of those cities keep up permanent in barricades 79 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:14.039 to block anyone from driving onto sidewalks and getting into 80 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.240 streets that are supposed to have locked off for parades 81 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:18.720 or other events. So you know, obviously that may be 82 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:21.560 something that in the future, big cities they're going to 83 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:23.519 have events like this need to consider in order to 84 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:25.720 protect citizens who live there. 85 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:27.560 But the interesting part I think of. 86 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:29.759 What he was saying is that in his opinion, with 87 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:32.519 all his experience in homeland security, he would consider whether 88 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:35.720 or not there are still terrorist accomplices at large, with 89 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:42.000 specifically New Orleans' attack due to different potential explosive devices 90 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:46.279 I believe they found in other areas, and they're obviously 91 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:48.839 i'd be able to question the guy who drove the 92 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:52.519 truck down there because he also died and he did 93 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:54.360 not take his own life like the guy did in 94 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:57.560 Las Vegas and said he was shot when he attempted 95 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:01.720 to shoot police officers and in several of them and 96 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:03.600 then they were able to shoot him, so they won't 97 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:03.959 be able. 98 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:04.439 To question him. 99 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:06.959 But the FBI needs to continue and do their investigation 100 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.000 to find out if there are terrorist accomplices still at. 101 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:11.399 Large in the New Orleans attack. 102 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:14.240 But again the FBI is saying they don't believe there 103 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:19.600 is a connection between Las Vegas and New Orleans, even 104 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:22.399 though both were former or current military. I don't think 105 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:25.399 there's been any details yet come out about whether the 106 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:28.959 cyber truck driver was associated with ISIS or Islam or 107 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:33.079 any terrorist organization, whereas that has definitely been proven in 108 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:38.079 New Orleans. Here's another clip on the Las Vegas cyber 109 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.519 attack driver, specifically since he is connected here to Colorado. 110 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:45.000 A Colorado Springs resident and on active duty with the 111 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:45.600 Green Beret. 112 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.040 Hayley has confirmed in just the last few minutes that 113 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:53.519 he is an active duty US Special Forces soldier assigned 114 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.800 to tenth Special Forces Group. According to four US officials, 115 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.759 that he holds the rank of Master serget, a senior 116 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:01.560 enlisted rank. 117 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:03.920 These officials said. Three officials said. 118 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:07.600 He was on active duty serving in Germany and he 119 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:11.000 was on leave when this happened on New Year's Day. 120 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:15.279 He has not been identified publicly, and authorities are still 121 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:16.920 trying to work out whether. 122 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:18.439 This was a terrorist attack. 123 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:21.759 Just to recap a little bit of what happened behind 124 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:25.439 us just twenty four hours ago, approximately, There are still 125 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:28.360 police presence here around the Valet area where you pull 126 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.360 into the Trump International Hotel just off of the Vegas Strip. 127 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:34.160 This cyber truck that he. 128 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:41.040 Allegedly rented was rented from Colorado from the Truro rental platform. 129 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:44.000 Authorities say that he drove it here to Las Vegas 130 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.800 by seven thirty am on New Year's Day, that he 131 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.319 drove up and down the strip, and then about an 132 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:54.000 hour before the explosion drove past the Trump Hotel as well. 133 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:56.160 And police did. 134 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.560 Make note that the damage was really limited because of 135 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:02.600 the bottom construction of this Tesla cyber truck. 136 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:04.800 All right, so there's a clip on the cyber truck 137 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:08.319 driver and the lack of damage that was really done 138 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:11.040 to any human being and very many. 139 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:13.680 Structures in that blast. 140 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:17.360 Elon Musk and Tesla have been cooperating and in fact 141 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:22.120 they actually helped investigators find the charging sites that the 142 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.800 driver used so that he could be identified quickly, and 143 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:28.639 one was in Monument here in Colorado. It's one of 144 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.319 the places he charged the cyber truck before he continued 145 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:33.800 on to Las Vegas. They say he rented the truck 146 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:37.920 at seven thirty am that morning from Colorado and drove 147 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.519 to Las Vegas, obviously with the plan to set off 148 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:43.480 his bombs. I think he had a lot of fireworks 149 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.399 and other explosives inside the truck. And again because the 150 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.680 cyber truck is built so heavy duty and so in 151 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:52.360 such a protective way, the blast was contained by the 152 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:55.199 truck and also went up but not out, so didn't 153 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:58.639 even break the glass on the hotel doors. I'm Christy 154 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:01.560 Burton Brown on the Dan Kappl Show tonight. You can 155 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:03.920 call in and add your thoughts to the conversation. Obviously, 156 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:06.040 there's a lot of investigations still being done into the 157 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:07.399 New Orleans and. 158 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.000 Las Vegas attacks. 159 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:11.279 You can call in eight five five four zero five 160 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:14.079 eight two five five or text Dan to five seven 161 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.600 seven threey nine when we come back. In the next segment, 162 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.560 we're going to talk about the latest Democrat here in 163 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:21.480 Colorado to announce his run for governor, and in fact, 164 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:26.079 he's the first to do so, but he's already pulling 165 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:29.319 forth well behind the front runners in the Democrat field 166 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:31.920 for the governor's race in twenty twenty six. 167 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:41.480 All that and more on The Dan Kapla Show. And 168 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:45.519 now back to The Dan Kaplis Show Podcast Day Caplis Show. 169 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:47.200 I'm Kristy Briton Brown. Thanks for tuning in. 170 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:49.919 Tonight we are going to talk about the first Democrat 171 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:53.200 to announce their officially announced they're running for governor here 172 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:55.559 in Colorado in twenty twenty six. And if you're thinking 173 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:59.320 it's much too early to start a governor's race, it's 174 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:02.159 never too to run a political campaign, if you ask 175 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.480 the politicians. But I think there's some reasons why this 176 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:08.399 particular candidate is announcing so early. And it is indeed 177 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:12.480 Attorney General Phil Wiser who today announced that he is 178 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:15.759 actually running for governor. And I say actually running for 179 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:19.320 governor because nine News Marshall Zellinger had actually asked him 180 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:22.639 time and time again if he was running for governor, 181 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:25.639 and in fact he wrote on Twitter that it is 182 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:29.360 new ish in Marshall's size. I say new ish because 183 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:31.519 it's been obvious. I asked him if he's running about 184 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:35.639 a half dozen times. The most recent denial, on December sixteenth, 185 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:39.399 was about his focus on Kroger Albertson's and rent collusion 186 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:42.759 by landlords. Now, obviously, if you know anything about politics 187 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:44.679 that I know a lot of Dan's listeners, do you 188 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:47.320 know that politicians don't decide in two weeks that they're 189 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:50.799 suddenly running for office. So despite his denials, which is 190 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.879 also very common among politicians until they think it's time 191 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:57.480 to announce, they know what they're doing well in advance, 192 00:09:57.559 --> 00:10:02.159 but like to keep people guessing. Now, what's also interesting 193 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:04.720 is that there was a poll done recently, I think 194 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:10.159 about a month ago in Colorado, polling which Democrat would 195 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:13.039 likely win the nomination. Now, again, we're so early, this 196 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:16.080 poll result isn't necessarily what's actually going to happen. But 197 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:19.080 what I find interesting since phil Wiser announced today is 198 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:22.559 the numbers available for him. So according to the poll, 199 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:27.600 Jonah Goose, Congressman from Boulder Area, I believe yeah, Congressional 200 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:29.639 District two, he was at twenty percent. 201 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.159 Twenty percent would go with him. 202 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:34.840 Jennat Griswold to everyone's not favorite secretary of State was 203 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:36.279 in at sixteen percent. 204 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:38.360 Ken Salazar from. 205 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:40.840 A very long time ago, but still remembered by a 206 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:44.600 lot of Democrats across the state. Eleven percent then came 207 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:47.960 Phil Weiser at eight percent, which is the same number 208 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.720 of those who selected other eight percent, and then thirty 209 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:53.399 seven percent in the poll were undecided. The other interesting 210 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.840 point in this poll is that Phil Weiser ranked first 211 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:00.480 among those who people didn't know. People are like, I 212 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:02.919 don't know who that guy is. People said that most 213 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.639 often about Phil Wiser. So why is he announcing that 214 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:08.360 he's running for governor right now, well in advance of 215 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:10.440 when he needs to. I mean, you know, maybe he 216 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:12.279 thinks he can clear the field. Maybe that's what he 217 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:15.320 wants to do, but the reality is that he has 218 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:17.759 the most work to do in order to get a 219 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:20.679 nomination like this, because he has the lowest name id, 220 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:24.320 people don't know who he is, and also last in 221 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:27.960 the poll among Democrats. I'm going to play you a 222 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.320 clip from Phil Wiser in just a minute. That's back 223 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:33.240 from I believe twenty twenty two. At that time, I 224 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:36.840 was chairman of the Colorado Republican Party and Phil Wiser 225 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:39.879 was obviously running for reelection as Attorney General. John Kellner 226 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:43.919 running for election on the Republican side, and so we 227 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.320 obviously did a lot of deep dives into phil Wiser, 228 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.639 into his comments, some scandals he's been a part of. 229 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.000 But specifically how he deals with crime. 230 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:52.519 This is one of the reasons I think he would 231 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:55.080 be a terrible choice for governor in Colorado. He has 232 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:57.639 not been heavy handed when it comes to crime at all. 233 00:11:58.000 --> 00:11:59.879 And you, according to US News and World Report, colle 234 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:02.080 It is the third most dangerous state in the nation 235 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.919 when it comes to crime. Well, back in twenty twenty two, 236 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:06.840 we were number one in the nation for auto thefts. 237 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:09.039 Now I think we're third or fourth for auto thefts. 238 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:13.279 Not a big improvement. But here's what phil Weiser said 239 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:15.480 about we should what we should do with auto thieves. 240 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:22.519 After someone commits a third or fourth car theft in 241 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:26.320 say three months, they should be kept in with a 242 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:28.559 really high bond because you got a sense they're gonna 243 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:30.200 get out, they're going to commit more crimes. 244 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:33.919 Okay, now, if you listen to that. He said, after 245 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:36.519 how many car thefts by the same person. 246 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:39.960 Three or four at that point, according to phil Wiser, 247 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:43.320 after three or four car thefts, then they should be 248 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.080 held without a PR bond, which is a personal recognissance 249 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.720 bond that means they can get arrested and get out 250 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.000 immediately because they basically just say to the judge, oh, hey, 251 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.120 I will make sure and come back, you know, for court, 252 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:57.360 And that's a personal recognizance bond. Way too many criminals 253 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:00.399 are getting out on those in Colorado's actually a. 254 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:01.639 Huge problem right now. 255 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.720 And I recently, in my capacity with Advanced Colorado met 256 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:08.039 with some sheriffs in Colorado. We were actually talking about 257 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:10.840 exactly this PR bonds and how common they are in 258 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:15.039 Colorado and how many violent and repeat criminals are granted 259 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:16.919 them by so many judges across the state and the 260 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.240 law allows it, and the judges use their discretion to 261 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:19.759 grant it. 262 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:23.639 Well, what the sheriffs actually brought up was that auto theft. 263 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.759 Is one of the things where PR bonds should not 264 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:28.759 be granted because they are some of the most dangerous 265 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:32.279 criminals in how they treat law enforcement. They are willing 266 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:35.679 to just literally attempt to run them over, and they 267 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:38.480 are actually quite violent, especially because they know that they 268 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:40.759 get out on pr bonds, are arrested, get immediately back 269 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:42.679 out on the streets, go out and steal another car 270 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:46.519 the exact same day, and then they're often the ones 271 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:49.080 who assault police officers who are trying to keep the 272 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:52.240 community safe and get people's cars backs. My car was 273 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:55.159 actually stolen that same year. I happened to have one 274 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.559 of the common models of a car that year that 275 00:13:57.679 --> 00:13:59.879 was being stolen all the time. It was stolen out 276 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:02.360 of parking lot right by Cherry Creek State Parking area 277 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:06.240 you might think was safe, but the Greenwood Village police 278 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.759 were actually extremely good in getting back my car that day. 279 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:12.840 But they found it in a storage unit that's where 280 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:15.600 the auto thieves had taken it, and they believed there 281 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:18.320 was a ring that they had uncovered actually of auto 282 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:21.720 thieves who were taking people's cars from outside of Aurora 283 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:24.240 and then driving into Aurora, which is where this storage 284 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:27.399 unit was storing the cars there, and then you know, 285 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.559 doing whatever that if they were taking the catalytic converters or. 286 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:32.440 Doing something else with the cars. But they were able 287 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.120 to recover. 288 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:35.320 Mine within a few hours, which was really really great 289 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:38.759 for me. But auto theft in Colorado has just been 290 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:42.000 exponentially high. And Phil Wiser, who wants to run for 291 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:44.600 governor that same year in twenty twenty two, when we 292 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.200 were a number one in the nation, said that we 293 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:49.840 should go ahead and wait until auto thieves have stolen 294 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:52.519 three or four cars. I notice he also said in 295 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:55.200 three or four months. If they've done this in three 296 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:57.440 or four months, then okay, we should make sure they 297 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:01.840 have a high bond, high bail situation. What he's not realizing, 298 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:03.759 in my view, this goes to demonstrating that he has 299 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:06.120 no clue what's actually going on with crime in Colorado. 300 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:09.840 It doesn't take out of thieves three months to steal 301 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:12.360 cars three or four times. If you talk to the 302 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:15.240 actual law enforcement on the ground, they are getting back 303 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:18.039 out that same day and stealing another car and then 304 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:19.519 going and doing it the next day, and doing it 305 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:21.799 the next day. And there's these huge rings of auto 306 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:24.919 thieves that absolutely should be in jail and get no pr. 307 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:27.679 Bonds at all. So anyway, that's Phil Wiser for you. 308 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:29.639 There's a whole lot more that we could talk about 309 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.519 with him when it comes to fentanyl, and he does 310 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.879 not have a hardline enough position on that to solve 311 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:38.840 issues in Colorado, and a number of scandals he's been 312 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:42.360 involved with as well. I don't think he's really going 313 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:44.559 to do all that well in a Democrat primary. Would 314 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:46.679 be curious if any of you have thoughts as well. 315 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:49.320 You can call in eight five five four zero five 316 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:52.480 eight two five five or text Dan to five seven 317 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:55.480 seven three nine give your thoughts on who you think 318 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:56.600 the Democrat. 319 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:58.360 Front runners will be in the governor's race. 320 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:01.519 Because now that of course everyone knows Jared Polis can't 321 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:04.360 run for reelection, it is going to be a free 322 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:06.960 for all for every Democrat who thinks they should be 323 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:09.840 the next governor of Colorado. And Phil Wiser has certainly 324 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:12.159 kicked it off in the new year by saying he's 325 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:14.200 in and he's not going to be the. 326 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.960 Only one to do it. 327 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:17.000 Now. There were a lot of people who thought that 328 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:19.519 Jenna Griswold, Secretary of State, was going to be a 329 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:22.639 front runner for the Democrats, and I still think she's 330 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:23.960 definitely going to get in the race. 331 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.840 I think that's been clear for a very long time. 332 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:29.399 But she's damaged herself a lot over this last election cycle, 333 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:34.320 in particular with how her office and herself personally dealt 334 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:36.879 with that leak of passwords on. 335 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.720 The voting equipment, the voting machines. 336 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:41.759 If you listen to the calls that were made public 337 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:46.360 with Jenni Griswold's office, her deputy secretary of State, and 338 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.720 I believe she was on some of the calls too 339 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.360 with the clerks. I mean, you even have Democrat county 340 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.639 clerks really really mad that secretary of state didn't even 341 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:55.879 bother to tell them that the passwords releaeked, and they 342 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:58.720 found out when the media reported it and the call 343 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:03.759 of Republican Party did it investigation released it. So Jenna 344 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.319 I think, has a lot of problems of just incompetence 345 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:08.759 that she's going to deal with, and any Democrat who 346 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:10.960 wants to run for governor can do it. So she's 347 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:12.960 no longer top of the field. Phil Wiser trying to 348 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:16.440 get an edge on her by jumping in today. We'll 349 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:18.440 see who's next. I think there's a lot of people 350 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:21.400 who think Jonah Goose or Kensel's are if they jump in, 351 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:24.599 will be front runners in this race. We'll find out 352 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:27.039 soon enough. You're on the Dan Kaplas Show. I'm Christy 353 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:28.759 Burton Brown, you can call in over the break eight 354 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:30.759 five five four zero five eight. 355 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.359 Two five five. 356 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.559 You're listening to the Dan Kapliss Show podcast. 357 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:45.759 Texter says, I'm so shocked not that Budweiser announced he's 358 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:47.839 running for gov today. Will he still be able to 359 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:50.960 attend the AG boondoggle in Hawaii like he previously did, 360 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:54.880 which was paid for by corporations? Wiser was suing, Hey, 361 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:57.519 that's a great reminder to everyone of the scandals that 362 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:59.359 Phil Wiser was caught up in that were brought to 363 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.640 light a little bit when he ran for Attorney General 364 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:04.240 in twenty twenty two. I actually pulled up an article 365 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:08.160 in the break about that in Hawaii, and CBS News 366 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:10.799 Channel four actually did a really good story at the 367 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:14.359 time about it, and they received video from the annual 368 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:18.319 AG's conference which was hosted in Maui. But what was 369 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:21.920 specifically interesting about it is the organizations that were paying 370 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:26.119 for the Attorney Generals, including Phil Wiser's stay in Maui 371 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:31.240 was not only paid for by taxpayers because a portion 372 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:33.759 of the AG stay is paid for by taxpayers, but 373 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:38.640 the main sponsors were corporations like Google, Facebook, Jewel, and Pfizer, 374 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:42.359 all of which attorney generals were suing at the time. 375 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:46.720 It was basically like, sue us, but while you're suing us, 376 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:50.599 we're gonna host lavish celebrations and stays and vacations for 377 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:53.960 you in Hawaii and tell me that didn't influence any 378 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:56.680 attorney general. So this is what we're talking about when 379 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:00.119 we say they're scandals with Phil Wiser in Hawaii and 380 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:05.160 big sponsors, corporate donors also involved with people who he 381 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:07.000 is suing as attorney general. 382 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:09.000 I think another interesting points and. 383 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.599 Is fentanyl and how he's handled the fentanyl crisis in Colorado. 384 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:15.119 That's going to keep coming up, I think in the 385 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.119 next election cycle. If you talk to any law enforcement 386 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.119 official across the state, they will tell you that not 387 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:24.880 only is fetanyl itself continues to be a rising danger 388 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:28.839 in Colorado. The last reported numbers with that nearly two 389 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:33.359 thousand people in twenty twenty three died from fentanyl overdoses. 390 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:37.680 But every single drug, including marijuana, is being laced with 391 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:40.519 fentanyl right now across the state. And so even people 392 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:44.039 who are taking a legal substance like marijuana are absolutely 393 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:47.400 at risk of actually getting fentanyl in that drug and 394 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:51.079 potentially dying by the drug dealers, they don't care right now. 395 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:53.440 They want to get people addicted to the substances they're selling, 396 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:56.400 and they can get fentanyl in. It's pouring across our border, 397 00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:59.480 and so they are happy to lace every single drug, 398 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.279 every single. 399 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:01.400 Type of drug, with fentanyl. 400 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:04.799 I think that's a really shocking to a lot of parents, 401 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.599