Speaker 1: This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
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Speaker 1: way is that Michael Bennett should not be the governor
Speaker 1: of Colorado, and it looks today as if he's likely
Speaker 1: to be the Democrat nominee. He announced today most critically,
Speaker 1: though Joe Negoose was there to back him, and no
Speaker 1: Goose could have the nomination if he wanted it. And
Speaker 1: so the sense that I get right now is that
Speaker 1: this thing is probably wired for Bennett. It'll be interesting
Speaker 1: to see if Wiser even stays in the race, because
Speaker 1: what's going to happen now is if it looks like
Speaker 1: Bennett is the likely nominee, then at that point you're
Speaker 1: going to have all of these people engaging in body
Speaker 1: part kissing to try to position themselves, you know, to
Speaker 1: then be appointed to be Bennett's successor in the US
Speaker 1: Senate in the last two years of his term, should
Speaker 1: Bennett win.
Speaker 2: So, if this is.
Speaker 1: Headed the direction it appears to be at this point,
Speaker 1: and the Democrat nominee is going to be Michael Bennett.
Speaker 1: I think it is fair to say he is one
Speaker 1: of the last people on the face of the earth
Speaker 1: who should be the governor of Colorado. I mean, you
Speaker 1: look at this state right now, and you look at
Speaker 1: everything that we're up against, and whoever it is, you know,
Speaker 1: whichever party, you need somebody with ability. You need somebody
Speaker 1: who has the skill set and the tools to actually
Speaker 1: go out and get things done. Nobody has ever done
Speaker 1: less with more in the US Senate than Michael Bennett. Ryan,
Speaker 1: could you trademark that just in case.
Speaker 2: I like that? Okay, thank you, But it's true.
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's a nice guy, and I'm sure he's
Speaker 1: a great dad.
Speaker 2: Now I'm not saying he's a bad human. I'm saying
Speaker 2: he's one.
Speaker 1: Of the worst possible people on earth to serve as
Speaker 1: governor of Colorado. So not only do you have a
Speaker 1: guy who demonstrably he's proven it, he lacks the skill
Speaker 1: set necessary for this job. I consider myself a nice guy.
Speaker 1: I consider myself somebody who has some skills. But I
Speaker 1: will not I will not be a small forward for
Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets tonight. I just don't have the skills
Speaker 1: necessary for that job. I would be a better small
Speaker 1: forward for the Nuggets than Bennett would be governor of
Speaker 1: the state of Colorado. And truly, all of these years
Speaker 1: in the Senate, what has he accomplished. Not only has
Speaker 1: he not accomplished anything, he hasn't even had any impact.
Speaker 1: But beyond that, here's the worst part of all. His
Speaker 1: ideas are horrible. If he was able to accomplish the
Speaker 1: things he believed in, it would be terrible for this day.
Speaker 2: This is a guy Ryan. Shouldn't somebody be able.
Speaker 1: To win the race on this alone? Oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: this is all you have to say. At the debate,
Speaker 1: maybe two things right. He voted against the Lake and
Speaker 1: Riley Act. I mean, this is a guy who for
Speaker 1: years has done things that have made it very hard,
Speaker 1: if not impossible, to deport illegal aliens who commit crimes.
Speaker 1: This is a guy who wants a wide open border.
Speaker 1: This is a guy who mocked the idea of Trump's
Speaker 1: wall at the border. This guy is so far left.
Speaker 1: And I understand the sheep's clothing kind of thing, but
Speaker 1: I think people right now are so upset about what
Speaker 1: Bennett and the rest of these lefties engineered at the
Speaker 1: border and all the criminals who float in all the
Speaker 1: TDA stuff in Colorado night right now, because of Bennett
Speaker 1: and people like him, I don't think people are in
Speaker 1: the mood for the moderate act from a guy who
Speaker 1: has proven through all these things he said and all
Speaker 1: these votes he's cast, including against the Lake and Riley Act,
Speaker 1: how radically pro illegal immigrant, how radically pro criminal illegal.
Speaker 2: Immigrant he is.
Speaker 1: So yeah, this guy should not be governor three or
Speaker 1: three someone three eight, two, five five. And then we
Speaker 1: get to temperament, right, because you may be saying yourself, well, Okay,
Speaker 1: he's got all these bad ideas and he doesn't have
Speaker 1: the skills, and he's really unaccomplished.
Speaker 2: But now he's he's got the right temperament. No, he doesn't.
Speaker 2: I mean this is typical.
Speaker 1: This is like Polis, This is like so many of
Speaker 1: these other Democrats, like Bennet himself, all of these people
Speaker 1: who live in this media bubble where they're protected, right,
Speaker 1: they're not fighters. They can't take a punch, and so
Speaker 1: if they ever had the ability to, they've lost it.
Speaker 1: Those muscles have just gone flabby because they just don't
Speaker 1: allow themselves to be challenged. And we've seen that over
Speaker 1: and over again with these Colorado Democrats. When they go
Speaker 1: out in the real world, they get out, they get
Speaker 1: out of the bubble. So here is Michael Bennett today.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's all controlled right, this is his announcement.
Speaker 1: It's not a debate somewhere, and the most mild mannered,
Speaker 1: down the middle reporter you will ever find, Rob Dawson
Speaker 1: from the eight fifty KOA Newsroom, asks him a very
Speaker 1: simple questionquestion about a criticism that he's not in the
Speaker 1: state often enough. Now listen for two things. Listen for
Speaker 1: the tone and listen for the substance, because on tone
Speaker 1: you'll hear him become immediately very agitated over a pretty simple,
Speaker 1: fair question, and then he says stuff that just isn't true.
Speaker 1: So he flips out over a question like this.
Speaker 3: By your critics say they don't spend enough time in
Speaker 3: the state and some people may not really know you.
Speaker 4: Do you feel like, I think that's just absolute nonsense.
Speaker 4: There isn't anybody who has spent more time in Colorado
Speaker 4: that I have as a state wide elected official.
Speaker 2: Unbelievable. He gets agitated and.
Speaker 1: As that's absolute nonsense, and then says something provably false.
Speaker 1: No state wide elected officials spent more time in the
Speaker 1: state than he has just nonsense stuff. So this is
Speaker 1: going to beautiful, right, And that's on the first day
Speaker 1: of the campaign, before it even starts to get rough.
Speaker 2: So listen, I don't.
Speaker 1: Want any of these lefties as governor, okay, because their
Speaker 1: ideas are so bad. But when you're governor, it's not
Speaker 1: like when you're senator, and okay, you occupy that space.
Speaker 1: And he's a reliable vote for the far left in
Speaker 1: his party and he doesn't have the skills or influence
Speaker 1: to get anything done, so he's otherwise kind of a
Speaker 1: waste of space. You know, all right, you'd rather have
Speaker 1: a conservative, you'd rather have a Republican. But at that point,
Speaker 1: at least he's a lefty who's not doing much harm
Speaker 1: because he doesn't have the skill and ability to But
Speaker 1: if you're governor, the state needs you to be good.
Speaker 1: And if it's gonna be a lefty who's elected, you
Speaker 1: still need somebody who's got the skills and ability and
Speaker 1: leadership qualities and persuasive a abilities to lead the state
Speaker 1: through some of the tough times, disasters, et cetera. That
Speaker 1: every state experience is the last thing you need is
Speaker 1: a guy like this who just doesn't have the skills
Speaker 1: and is thoroughly unaccomplished in public life. Three or three
Speaker 1: someone three eight two five five text d A N
Speaker 1: five seven seven three nine Texters are fired up this afternoon,
Speaker 1: Dan aoc absence of capability that from No Code Dan,
Speaker 1: I would respectfully disagree. I think she's capable of doing
Speaker 1: great things for the right and has done that consistently.
Speaker 1: Dan for governor exclamation point, Dan, nobody can debate you.
Speaker 1: Come on, Please dice him up, Dan, Please learn'n for governor.
Speaker 1: You will kick his word. We can't say on air, Dan,
Speaker 1: I'd be proud of vote for you as our next governor.
Speaker 1: No Code Dan, Thank you then, man, that is that
Speaker 1: makes my day. Thank you for that and appreciate that
Speaker 1: very much. What do other folks have to say today?
Speaker 2: Dan? Or Ryan?
Speaker 1: Where can I find Michael Bennett interview with Rob Dawson?
Speaker 1: Is that full thing posted?
Speaker 5: I need to ask? Yeah, I think he probably is,
Speaker 5: but I'll text Robert.
Speaker 2: Let's get that.
Speaker 1: Because also Rob told me that as I mentioned that,
Speaker 1: Bennett's saying he's going to appoint his successor to the
Speaker 1: US Senate. And this is another reason Bennett should not
Speaker 1: be governor. My lord man, you talk about oblivious, mister oblivious,
Speaker 1: it's not mister oblivious, it's mister rich and titled guy.
Speaker 2: Right. So you grow up in d stc.
Speaker 1: Among the aloof Democrat elite, and that's how he grew
Speaker 1: up as a kid, and you just get this entitlement attitude.
Speaker 1: So think about this full of blank entitlement attitude that
Speaker 1: he has. All Right, he gets elected to a US
Speaker 1: Senate seat by the people of Colorado. What did they
Speaker 1: elect him to do? To go work for him? So
Speaker 1: now he's going to spend the next couple of years
Speaker 1: running for governor. But is he going to leave the
Speaker 1: US Senate so somebody can be there doing that job.
Speaker 2: No, he's not going to do that. He's not going
Speaker 2: to do.
Speaker 1: That because what if he loses the race for governor. Right,
Speaker 1: So he's not going to do that. He's going to
Speaker 1: hold onto that seat while he's back here running for governor.
Speaker 1: And then he tells Rob Dawson says, he said he
Speaker 1: Michael Bennett plans to appoint his successor. Think about that arrogant,
Speaker 1: elitist royal attitude. That is, so he's not going to
Speaker 1: do the job that people elected him to do. He's
Speaker 1: going to hold onto that job so he can then
Speaker 1: decide who succeeds him rather than Jared poulis remarkable, But
Speaker 1: that is the attitude and that that should help somebody
Speaker 1: beat Michael Bennett.
Speaker 2: You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 5: And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 1: You know, we all we all have some of our playlists, right,
Speaker 1: we all have that kind of pump up list that
Speaker 1: you play when you have to pump up.
Speaker 2: And I've got mine for going to court.
Speaker 5: And well do you think Michael Bennett plays to get
Speaker 5: himself pumped up? Dan?
Speaker 1: I said it without my kind of opera, you know,
Speaker 1: some kind of I'm going to go with a music thing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1: You talk about a guy who should be the last
Speaker 1: guy to be governor of the state of Colorado.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: Can you imagine anybody who's more out of touch with
Speaker 1: the real people of Colorado than Michael Bennett life experience,
Speaker 1: his beliefs, his attitudes, his ideology. And I understand the
Speaker 1: sheep's clothing thing, but but I think a good GOP
Speaker 1: candidate is going to be able to unmass that.
Speaker 6: He's not a Native Colorado. Not that you have to be,
Speaker 6: but he's not, so he doesn't have that box check.
Speaker 6: Other than that too, Dan, you know he comes from
Speaker 6: you don't call white privilege. He comes from just privilege
Speaker 6: of East Coast Ivy League education, silverspoon in his mouth,
Speaker 6: you know, that whole thing.
Speaker 1: Which would be absolutely fine with me if he was
Speaker 1: one of those people who came from all that silverspoon
Speaker 1: privilege and then dedicated their life to helping other people.
Speaker 1: But he hasn't done that because I got nothing against that. Listen,
Speaker 1: no matter what your background is, or who your daddy
Speaker 1: was or anything like that, all the matters is what
Speaker 1: you have done with your life.
Speaker 2: And who you are now.
Speaker 1: And you know it's true, Ryan, because you and I
Speaker 1: are rock rib blue collar guys, and we are proud
Speaker 1: of that upbringing him. We're grateful for it. Wouldn't have
Speaker 1: it any other way. The greatest parents, the greatest upbringing
Speaker 1: in the world. But we both know plenty of people
Speaker 1: who were born into privilege like that and then they
Speaker 1: devoted their lives to helping other people.
Speaker 2: Right, he ain't one of those guys.
Speaker 1: He is a far lefty of privilege by privilege for privilege,
Speaker 1: trying to pull a con on the people of Colorado.
Speaker 6: And just look at his resume if you want to
Speaker 6: look for experience and accomplishments. What happened to the schools
Speaker 6: under his watch where he was superintendent?
Speaker 1: Yeah, he is the least accomplished person to ever run
Speaker 1: for that office that I know of, of people who
Speaker 1: have had opportunities. I mean, you know, he's been in
Speaker 1: the US Senate for years. What has he accomplished? And
Speaker 1: if he's going to run on what he accomplished at DPS,
Speaker 1: might as well forfeit the race to whoever the GOP
Speaker 1: nominee is.
Speaker 6: Right, would you say Phil Wiser is more accomplished than
Speaker 6: Michael Bennett?
Speaker 1: You know, No, No, I wouldn't in this sense. Okay, listen,
Speaker 1: I mean Phil Wiser has done some things.
Speaker 2: He's an impressive.
Speaker 1: Cat in his own way in that kind of far
Speaker 1: left world. I mean, with Phil Wiser, at least you
Speaker 1: can look at him and say, if I remember right,
Speaker 1: I think Phil Wiser was a US Supreme Court clerk,
Speaker 1: you know, I think for a couple of different justices, correct,
Speaker 1: And so I would never I would never say phil
Speaker 1: Wiser is an unaccomplished person at all, because of you
Speaker 1: don't get those kind of jobs unless you have worked
Speaker 1: your tail off for it and unless you have some
Speaker 1: real high level ability. Now, unfortunately phil Wiser is a
Speaker 1: lefty and so those ideas are bad for this. But
Speaker 1: I wouldn't no, I wouldn't say he's an unaccomplished guy.
Speaker 2: He went out, he worked as tail That was my question.
Speaker 2: He got those jobs?
Speaker 6: Is he phil Wiser more accomplished? Does he have more
Speaker 6: accomplishments than Senator Michael Oh?
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, says yes, infinitely more. Now listen, what has
Speaker 1: he done as AG. He's running as a people's lawyer.
Speaker 1: Give me a break. A pro tip to phil Wiser.
Speaker 2: You know you want to be the people's lawyer. You
Speaker 2: want to call yourself the people's lawyer. Go to friggin court.
Speaker 1: You want to call yourself the people's lawyer. You gotta
Speaker 1: go to court. You have to man up, you have
Speaker 1: to have the guts, you gotta walk through that gate,
Speaker 1: and you gotta stand up there in front of the
Speaker 1: world and expose yourself to a big fight.
Speaker 2: And go fight for the people.
Speaker 1: You cannot be the people's lawyer from the Ivory Tower.
Speaker 2: It doesn't work that way.
Speaker 1: But in terms of accomplishment, you have Phil Wiser, an
Speaker 1: accomplished person. As a g I would say not, but
Speaker 1: he's an accomplished person.
Speaker 2: Michael Bennett's just.
Speaker 1: Nobody has ever done less with more than Michael Bennett.
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's a great guy, great father, great husband,
Speaker 1: all that fun stuff beautiful. I like to think of
Speaker 1: myself as a great father and a great husband. But
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean I should replace jokicch in the lineup tonight.
Speaker 1: You know, you got to have the skill set for
Speaker 1: the job and just shockingly unaccomplished. But it does look
Speaker 1: like the Democrat establishment is lining up behind him.
Speaker 2: So what do you think. How long is Wiser in
Speaker 2: the race?
Speaker 6: It's looking more and more Dan, Jason Crowe, Joe no Goose,
Speaker 6: Mike Johnston, other Democratic dignitaries, if you want to call
Speaker 6: them that. In the state of Colorado, they're all lining
Speaker 6: up behind Michael Bennett. And I can't think of one
Speaker 6: that's come out and endorsed Phil Wiser unless you can.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think he runs them out. I mean
Speaker 1: hard to say, but he may run him out pretty quickly.
Speaker 1: And again I go back to I go back to
Speaker 1: the the fact that all these Democrats assume that the
Speaker 1: Democrat's going to be governor. So they all assume that
Speaker 1: Bennett's going to be governor. And they all assume then
Speaker 1: that somebody is going to be appointed to fill out
Speaker 1: the last two years of Bennett's term, and they all
Speaker 1: assume that person's then going to be a US Senator
Speaker 1: for a long time. So that's this entitlement elitist kind
Speaker 1: of assumption you've got going on the left. So Phil
Speaker 1: Wiser may very well fall into line with all those
Speaker 1: people now who are going to be kissing body parts
Speaker 1: trying to line up to get appointed to Michael Bennett's
Speaker 1: last two years.
Speaker 2: And if you're.
Speaker 1: Wiser sitting there right now, you can see the writing
Speaker 1: on the wall here right, and you probably see your
Speaker 1: money starting to dry up.
Speaker 2: And then what happens You.
Speaker 1: Start to think, well, wait a second, if I pull
Speaker 1: out and back Bennett now, then maybe I'm the lead
Speaker 1: horse in that race to get appointed to his seat.
Speaker 1: And so maybe that causes a quick withdrawal here for
Speaker 1: Phil Wiser.
Speaker 2: And all I'm.
Speaker 1: Saying is this is a guy the Republicans can beat,
Speaker 1: and they need to beat. I mean, wow, just when
Speaker 1: you think it can't get any worse than Jared Polis,
Speaker 1: it could.
Speaker 2: It could in the form of Michael Bennett.
Speaker 1: Dan am I mistaken or isn't governor a statewide elective office.
Speaker 1: Bennett's even slapping his fellow Senator Higginlooper in the face.
Speaker 1: I suspect Corey Gardner spent more time in the state
Speaker 1: in one term.
Speaker 2: That from Peter in the Springs, and he's right.
Speaker 1: And this goes to some fun sound you have to
Speaker 1: hear Rob Dawson from the News or mess Bennett a
Speaker 1: very simple, fair question.
Speaker 2: Hey, some people say you're not in the state that much.
Speaker 1: Bennett gets agitated with him and then says something provably false,
Speaker 1: say they don't spend.
Speaker 2: That time in the state, and some people may not
Speaker 2: really know you.
Speaker 4: You feel like, I think that's just absolute nonsense. There
Speaker 4: isn't anybody who has spent more time in Colorado that
Speaker 4: I have as.
Speaker 2: A state wide office holder.
Speaker 1: Oh mg, And again this is like the first day
Speaker 1: of the race, eighty degree day, beautiful Denver.
Speaker 2: Here's the thing. Bennett can't take a.
Speaker 1: Punch, None of these democrats can. I'm talking rhetorically of course, right,
Speaker 1: because they've lived in this protective media bubble where no
Speaker 1: criticism is allowed, no tough questions.
Speaker 2: Are allowed, etc.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure he plans to go through this race
Speaker 1: the exact same way, just insulated by the Colorado media,
Speaker 1: all of his money, everything else. But again, and I'd
Speaker 1: like to know from somebody literally, Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: Has anybody ever done less with more than Michael Bennett?
Speaker 2: What is he actually accomplished?
Speaker 1: And governor a hands on job, Right, You've got a multitask,
Speaker 1: you got a lot to deal with, You've got these
Speaker 1: crisis you've got emergencies, you've got statewide emergencies.
Speaker 2: What has he ever accomplished? You're on the Dan Kepler.
Speaker 5: Show, you're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2: Thing Wired, and that he's going to be their nominee.
Speaker 1: And I say to you, he is one of the
Speaker 1: last people in America who should be the governor of
Speaker 1: the great state of Colorado. And truly ask yourself this, literally,
Speaker 1: who has ever done less with more than Michael Bennett. Hey,
Speaker 1: let's go to the VIP line and welcome Congressman Jeff
Speaker 1: Heard back to the show.
Speaker 2: Congressman. How you doing, my friend?
Speaker 7: Hey Dan, greeting from Rifle.
Speaker 2: Yeah, boyd, what a beautiful day there. Huh.
Speaker 7: It's gorgeous out here on the western slope. I got
Speaker 7: back home late last night, and I've already been up
Speaker 7: in northwest Colorado today in Massa County and making my
Speaker 7: way back home. But it's gorgeous. It's this is the
Speaker 7: real Colorado out here in the west.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 2: It's unbelievable, isn't it.
Speaker 1: We have this little cabin I go to to prepare
Speaker 1: for trials, and I've been up there all week until
Speaker 1: last night, and it was so hard to leave because,
Speaker 1: as you know, spring is sprung right, and so the
Speaker 1: elk are like making their way up to the cabin
Speaker 1: with every bit of melting snow, just looking for the
Speaker 1: new grass. And it's just so incredible. But nice to
Speaker 1: be at a breakaway from that.
Speaker 2: To spend some time with us.
Speaker 1: So you made news during the week talking about tariff,
Speaker 1: So give everybody, if you would, your take on teriffs.
Speaker 7: Yeah. So, Dan, first of all, I fully support President
Speaker 7: Trump's efforts to onshore domestic manufacturing, primarily the critical manufacturing
Speaker 7: that's essential for economic security, for national security, beating China,
Speaker 7: growing American jobs, making sure that other countries aren't discriminating
Speaker 7: against us when it comes to buying American goods. But
Speaker 7: I'm a constitutional conservative, and so under Article one, Section
Speaker 7: eight of the Constitution, it's.
Speaker 3: Clear that Congress has the tariff.
Speaker 7: Power, and so I have some legislation that would just
Speaker 7: ensure Congress has a role when it comes to implementing
Speaker 7: tariff policy and making sure that we do it strategically
Speaker 7: and thoughtfully in a way that benefits America. So that's
Speaker 7: probably what folks have been seen in the news, but
Speaker 7: it's part of a broader agenda that we're working on
Speaker 7: dan with the President, with Republicans, delivering on the things
Speaker 7: that we promised when we were running, and I'm excited
Speaker 7: to be a part of it, and we're making good progress.
Speaker 1: Well, everybody takes an old poll of the Constitution, right,
Speaker 1: and so everybody's going to act in accordance with that.
Speaker 1: But as you've acknowledged, the president's not acting unconstitutionally. I
Speaker 1: believe at this point Congress has ceeded certain power, so
Speaker 1: as I understand, So could you explain to folks kind
Speaker 1: of how presidents from both parties ended up with this
Speaker 1: tariff power.
Speaker 7: Well, there's lots of different provisions in federal law that
Speaker 7: where Congress has farmed out the tariff authority. The specific
Speaker 7: law that the president is using is the International Economic
Speaker 7: Emergency Powers.
Speaker 3: Acted in nineteen seventy seven.
Speaker 7: And that is a statute that allows the president to
Speaker 7: address certain situations. And one of the things I'm looking
Speaker 7: at from my perspective of the member of Congress.
Speaker 3: Is just making sure that when the President is Actress.
Speaker 7: As an authority understatutory law, that Congress has delegated that authority,
Speaker 7: and some of the stuff we're seen now may go
Speaker 7: beyond that, and I just want to make sure that
Speaker 7: one of the ways that we address the abuses that
Speaker 7: are happening comes with congressional authority. And so that's what
Speaker 7: my statute would do, would just restore that proper balance
Speaker 7: with the legislative branch, consistent again with Article one, Section
Speaker 7: eight of the Constitution, which is pretty clear that these
Speaker 7: powers are with the legislative branch.
Speaker 1: Congressman Jeff heard our guests, and then Congressman how would
Speaker 1: that work as a practical matter, would would every tariff
Speaker 1: then have to be approved by a majority vote in Congress,
Speaker 1: would the Senate have any role?
Speaker 2: How would all that work?
Speaker 7: Well, the way the legislation that we're looking at is contemplating,
Speaker 7: and as you know legislative processes, this is just the
Speaker 7: start and so it's subject to change through the legislative process.
Speaker 7: But it would do two things fundamentally, well three things.
Speaker 7: First of all, if there's anti if there's dumping, if
Speaker 7: another country is dumping it's good the products into our country,
Speaker 7: then the President congestion.
Speaker 3: Latterly take action. Congress just delegates that.
Speaker 7: The second thing that would do is it would just
Speaker 7: require the President to notify an individual sorry, Congress, it's
Speaker 7: implementing an individual teriff or set of tariffs.
Speaker 3: And the third thing that would do is it just
Speaker 3: bese Congress the.
Speaker 7: Ability within a sixty day window to look at those
Speaker 7: tariffs and determine if they're consistent with the strategic interests
Speaker 7: of our country. And again that's something that I take seriously,
Speaker 7: and to me, this isn't a political issue, Dan, it's
Speaker 7: something as a constitutional conservative, you know, I think Congress
Speaker 7: is sometimes given away too much of its power and
Speaker 7: we need to make sure that we do our job
Speaker 7: as legislators. And this is consistent with the promises I
Speaker 7: made when I was campaigning protect the Constitution and.
Speaker 3: The people of the third Congressional District.
Speaker 1: Congressman Jeff heard our guest, and what do you think
Speaker 1: the vote would be right now in Congress on the
Speaker 1: president's current tariff moves?
Speaker 7: Well, I think it depends on what part of the
Speaker 7: tariffs you're talking about, Dan. Certainly when it comes to China,
Speaker 7: I think that would be pretty overwhelming. We need to
Speaker 7: disconnect ourselves from that country. Their ability to choke us
Speaker 7: when it comes to not only manufacturing but also critical
Speaker 7: minerals is dangerous.
Speaker 3: It's scary, I'll tell you.
Speaker 7: As a member of Congress now and seeing some of
Speaker 7: the things that I see even in my committee that
Speaker 7: you wouldn't think are specifically related to China, like natural resources,
Speaker 7: you just realize what a critical choke point China is
Speaker 7: and how they can basically, you know, put their hands
Speaker 7: around our throats when it comes to critical manufacturing. So
Speaker 7: with respect countries like China, Dan, it would be overwhelming,
Speaker 7: I would imagine.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you wish your hope so right, because I mean,
Speaker 1: you think about everything you just said, which is true,
Speaker 1: and then on top of that, China is conducting chemical
Speaker 1: warfare in my view, against our country by this flow
Speaker 1: of fentanyl. To me, that's a form of chemical warfare.
Speaker 1: So I am glad to hear you say.
Speaker 2: That, and listen.
Speaker 1: I mean, I respect the courage it takes to do
Speaker 1: what you're doing right now. I happen to personally believe
Speaker 1: that Trump is a master at using leverage to create
Speaker 1: deal making opportunities. And it's going to be rough, but
Speaker 1: America is going to come out far better off for
Speaker 1: the long term because of what he's doing. But it
Speaker 1: takes courage to stand up as you are and say, hey,
Speaker 1: you know, my view of the Constitution is wait a second,
Speaker 1: this needs to be with Congress. So no, I appreciate
Speaker 1: you having the conversation.
Speaker 7: Well thanks, Dan, And you know, look, it's interesting you
Speaker 7: make news when you have you know, when you disagree
Speaker 7: with somebody and something, at least a.
Speaker 3: Particular point of it.
Speaker 7: But on the vast majority of things, I think you
Speaker 7: look at the votes that I've taken, Dan, when it
Speaker 7: comes to some during the border, you know, keeping men
Speaker 7: out of women's sports, all of those things. I've been
Speaker 7: a consistent conservative and advancing the president's agenda and all
Speaker 7: the things that we as Republicans promise when we were running.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think there is any doubt about that.
Speaker 1: But hey, appreciate the time today and hope you enjoy
Speaker 1: this beautiful spring weekend.
Speaker 7: Thanks so much, Dan, take care and hello and all
Speaker 7: your listeners. I hope they have a great weekend as well.
Speaker 1: Thank you, my friend you take care. That is that
Speaker 1: Congressman Jeff Hurt. So, yeah, it's going to be.
Speaker 2: Interesting to see where that goes long term.
Speaker 1: If Congress is going to take back more of the
Speaker 1: tariff power. My guess is that it probably depends on
Speaker 1: how this all plays out, right, And I think this
Speaker 1: is all going to play out very well, and then
Speaker 1: there will not be the will in Congress to take
Speaker 1: on President Trump on this. And it'd be interesting to
Speaker 1: see where President Trump came down on all of that.
Speaker 1: Let's say, if Congress says, hey, we want more of
Speaker 1: this back whatever. I haven't heard him speak to that.
Speaker 1: I've just seen him use the power that he has
Speaker 1: been given and I think he's using it very effectively.
Speaker 2: And the beautiful thing about this.
Speaker 1: Ryan, right, it's just like sports. At the end of it,
Speaker 1: you point to the scoreboard, that's right. And listen, the
Speaker 1: end of it isn't each day in the stock market, right,
Speaker 1: So the day it went up, you know, twelve percent
Speaker 1: in the Nasdak, you don't point to that day and say, see,
Speaker 1: we're right. We want you point to that day and say, Okay,
Speaker 1: this is a positive.
Speaker 2: Indicator along the way.
Speaker 1: But the scoreboard that's going to matter is going to
Speaker 1: be the scoreboard after this deal with China is cut,
Speaker 1: and there will be a deal with China cut. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about that.
Speaker 6: The Trump administration reportedly is waiting for China to call
Speaker 6: them that the Trump administration doesn't want to initiate that call,
Speaker 6: but however it gets there. I'm with you, Dan, You
Speaker 6: and I have been on the same page throughout this,
Speaker 6: which is we are willing not only to give Donald
Speaker 6: Trump the benefit of the doubt, but to trust him
Speaker 6: on this because he's been so successful before, because he
Speaker 6: knows business so well.
Speaker 5: The art of the deal.
Speaker 6: Literally that the political capital he has spent here, I
Speaker 6: think it is well invested, u pun intended, and that
Speaker 6: there will be a return on that investment that you
Speaker 6: talk about.
Speaker 1: To me, it'd be crazy not to trust him on this. Right,
Speaker 1: because everything you just said. But then you look at
Speaker 1: his motives, right, and we all know how Trump is
Speaker 1: driven to win, and he's not going to launch something
Speaker 1: like this unless he's very, very confident he has a
Speaker 1: plan that's going to succeed for all of America. He
Speaker 1: wouldn't jeopardize himself that way. He wouldn't jeopardize his legacy
Speaker 1: that way, certainly, not after everything that he's been through.
Speaker 2: And then you look at.
Speaker 1: His history, his history of success in his first term,
Speaker 1: you know with economically obviously COVID upended things at the end.
Speaker 1: But I just have every reason to believe one thing
Speaker 1: for sure, And I don't think there's any logical argument
Speaker 1: against this that I've seen. Anyway, America is going to
Speaker 1: come out in a better place then it went into
Speaker 1: this fight, right, It couldn't get much worse than where
Speaker 1: we're at going into the fight. We're going to come
Speaker 1: out in a better place. The question is how much
Speaker 1: better and how do you quantify it?
Speaker 2: In at the end, but we're going to come out
Speaker 2: in a better place. You're on the Dan Kapla.
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Speaker 2: Kid Me Wow, I hope you enjoy every minute of it.
Speaker 1: Three or three someone three eight two five five the
Speaker 1: number text d an five seven seven three nine. A
Speaker 1: really important day politically because Michael Bennett announced no big
Speaker 1: deal that was expected, But what was really important was
Speaker 1: Joe Negose was there. So it's clear now as we expected,
Speaker 1: no Goose not getting in the race. So it appears
Speaker 1: this thing is probably wired for Bennett. So how quickly
Speaker 1: then does Wiser get out? Because he's going to hope
Speaker 1: to be among those considered to be appointed to Bennett's
Speaker 1: Senate seat if Bennett's elected governor. And then that brings
Speaker 1: us back to Michael Bennett. And truly, truly, he is
Speaker 1: one of the last people in America who should be
Speaker 1: elected governor of Colorado. I mean ask yourself this, I
Speaker 1: mean literally, who has ever done less with more all
Speaker 1: these years as a US Senator, the power of that platform,
Speaker 1: everything else, what has the guy accomplished? He just he
Speaker 1: doesn't have the skills to be governor. He doesn't have
Speaker 1: those abilities. He doesn't have the ability to be impactful,
Speaker 1: he doesn't have the ability to lead, he doesn't have
Speaker 1: the ability to get things done. And I don't care.
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, I don't want any lefty in that office.
Speaker 1: But the job a governor is different. You have to
Speaker 1: have those skills for this state to be able to function,
Speaker 1: and he's got none of them.
Speaker 2: He's proven he has none of them.
Speaker 1: And then today he kept for those people say, well,
Speaker 1: at least he has a mild temperament. Really, I mean,
Speaker 1: today he's questioned by Rob Dawson from our newsroom, and
Speaker 1: Rob's the most down the middle, level headed journalist you're
Speaker 1: gonna find. And he asked ben At a simple question, Hey,
Speaker 1: there's some criticism. You haven't been in the state that much.
Speaker 1: And then bet it becomes a little irritated with him,
Speaker 1: but more importantly, just kind of panics and says something
Speaker 1: provably like looney and false, say they don't send it.
Speaker 5: Up fine in the state, and some people may not
Speaker 5: really know you.
Speaker 4: If you feel like I think that's just absolute nonsense.
Speaker 4: There isn't anybody who has spent more time in Colorado
Speaker 4: that I have as a statewide elected official.
Speaker 1: Appear really, I mean, that's just the kind of like
Speaker 1: crazy talk, right. But the more important point is because
Speaker 1: we can almost speak at times just one little question
Speaker 1: like that, and he's not able to handle it now
Speaker 1: that that's not a guy who can be governor. So yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: there there is an opportunity here three or three someone
Speaker 1: three eight two five five takes d A N five
Speaker 1: seven seven through nine. Dan, I no longer live in Colorado,
Speaker 1: so I no longer care. A mistake there, big mistake
Speaker 1: because listen, no matter where you live in this country,
Speaker 1: if a Republican can break through and win in the
Speaker 1: Colorado governor's race or the Colorado US Senate race, that
Speaker 1: has an impact to certainly a mega impact in Colorado,
Speaker 1: that'd be tipping point, but that has an impact beyond Colorado.
Speaker 2: Dan, Heidi Ganal should run again. Yeah, Heidi is awesome.
Speaker 1: And I expect we're going to have multiple really impressive
Speaker 1: people in that GOP primary for governor.
Speaker 2: Dan.
Speaker 1: Did you know Michael Bennett's deputy superintendent when and Bennett
Speaker 1: was a DPS. Tom Boseberg is Judge Bosberg's brother. It's
Speaker 1: a big club.
Speaker 2: And you ain't in it. That's from Alexa.
Speaker 1: Well, you are right about I'm not in it, and
Speaker 1: really nobody else is. And that's the thing is is
Speaker 1: Bennett is just a true elitist. He's a true East
Speaker 1: Coast elitist born into it. Now, as we talked about earlier,
Speaker 1: I never judged somebody on the circumstances they're born into.
Speaker 2: I judge them on what they've done with it.
Speaker 1: So you got some people who are born into this
Speaker 1: high society, silver spoon elitism.
Speaker 2: Thing, who go on to dedicate their lives.
Speaker 1: To serving others and helping others, And I admire that
Speaker 1: the heck got them. And then you've got other people
Speaker 1: who don't. And that's where we get Michael Bennett. And
Speaker 1: you come back to how could you accomplish so little?
Speaker 1: How could anybody with the US Senate seat so many texts?
Speaker 2: Today?
Speaker 1: Ryan, people fired up on a beautiful Friday. Dan Bennett
Speaker 1: cannot govern without Schumer telling them.
Speaker 2: What to do?
Speaker 1: It was it? Electing Bennett to become of Colorado is
Speaker 1: like electing Schumer to be governor of Colorado?
Speaker 2: Right or AOC?
Speaker 1: I mean, what's the difference, though it'd probably be more Schumer?
Speaker 4: Uh?
Speaker 7: Dan?
Speaker 2: Dan for governor? Dan?
Speaker 1: Nobody can debate you. Please come dice him up, Dan,
Speaker 1: Please earn for governor. You will kick his blank.
Speaker 7: Dan.
Speaker 1: I would be proud to vote for you as our
Speaker 1: next governor. Thank you, No, code, Dan, Dan, Ryan, where
Speaker 1: can I find Michael Bennett interview with Rob Dawson. We
Speaker 1: need to find it right because Rob says Bennett also
Speaker 1: said he's going to be the one to appoint his
Speaker 1: successor in the US Senate that fill that last two
Speaker 1: turns talk about entitled talk about entitlement, Ryan Verry smart,
Speaker 1: very smart, but just talk about this elitist entitlement. That
Speaker 1: and again, the people elected him. The people elected him
Speaker 1: to serve as US Senator. But he's not going to
Speaker 1: leave that job, not to run for governor. He's going
Speaker 1: to keep that job even though he won't be able
Speaker 1: to do it. It just goes to that whole entitlement thing.
Speaker 7: Dan.
Speaker 1: Months ago, I texted you, this is your time governor
Speaker 1: Capitalist sounds great to me.
Speaker 2: I'm again volunteering my help. Don.
Speaker 1: I think you've Donna. That is very very kind, Dan.
Speaker 1: Are you making a surprise announcement Monday? I thought of
Speaker 1: Mike Kaufman for governor, but you could do it. I'm
Speaker 1: not making a surprise announcement Monday, but thank you for
Speaker 1: thinking about that.
Speaker 2: Dan, that's a fantastic idea. You need to run for governor.
Speaker 1: You have more pride in this state than half the
Speaker 1: people here. And that's coming from a guy who's a
Speaker 1: sixth generation Colorado and my great great great grandparents got
Speaker 1: here in eighteen sixty. We had a dairy farm where
Speaker 1: the polo club is right now. Wow, incredibly, those are
Speaker 1: lucky people, Dan, Are there any good Republicans running for governor? Or?
Speaker 2: Is this just a lost cause?
Speaker 1: I expect there will be many good Republicans running for governor,
Speaker 1: don't you?
Speaker 5: Ryan Scott Bottoms is running. I remember the house.
Speaker 2: I bet there are a lot of talented people is running.
Speaker 5: Those are two that I know of.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there'll be a lot of impressive people.
Speaker 1: It might be one of those races where somebody wins
Speaker 1: the nomination with a relatively small percentage of the vote
Speaker 1: because there are so many good candidates. But I think
Speaker 1: that there will be. Hey, have a tremendous weekend, my
Speaker 1: friend Days night for us. We're going to our first
Speaker 1: Nuggets game in a long time, so very much looking forward.
Speaker 5: We go to everyone eacly win this time.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I think the Mojo's back will find out tonight, Kelly,
Speaker 1: thank you.
Speaker 2: Hope everybody has a great, safe weekend. Join us Monday
Speaker 2: on the dan Kapla show