WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Kaplis, and welcome to today's online podcast 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:05.719 edition of The Dan Kaplis 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 --> 00:00:15.400 single day on your favorite podcast platform. Well, there's no 6 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:17.839 doubt that's what Trump is fighting for. I think the 7 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:20.480 question is whether you agree with his methods. Now. I 8 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:22.839 understand a lot of people dispute the premise, and we 9 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:25.800 certainly welcome those calls three or three someone three eight 10 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:29.120 two five five text d A N five seven seven 11 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:32.200 three nine. So, of course, you know, overarching everything else, 12 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:35.039 mixed in with everything else, we're going to keep talking about, 13 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:37.119 you know, the latest, you know, with the with the 14 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:41.439 stock market, the economy, but above all with politics, right because, 15 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:44.520 as we talked about on the show Friday, that almost 16 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:49.079 all of this is politically motivated and fueled. It is 17 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:53.960 panic porn, panic porn from the left primarily. There are 18 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.320 some really credible, intelligent voices on the rights saying, hey, 19 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:00.560 President Trump is doing it all wrong right now, and 20 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.479 those people deserve to be listened to. Doesn't mean you 21 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:05.480 have to agree with them or that they're right, but 22 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:10.280 they should be listened to because they're credible folks who 23 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:12.719 in the past have shown a balanced approach to things. 24 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:14.879 But there are also a whole bunch of folks on 25 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:17.519 the other side. He said, no, this needs to happen. 26 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:20.280 This needs to happen right now because the status quo, 27 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:23.439 the path we're on, it is not sustainable. It is 28 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.400 leading us off the edge of a cliff. It's gutting 29 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:30.200 Middle America. And so hey, I don't think there's any 30 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:33.840 question Trump is extremely well motivated. He's got a great 31 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:36.640 track worker when it comes to US economy, and we'll 32 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:39.799 continue that conversation today. So glad you're here. A very 33 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.959 fun part of the conversation will come at five oh six. 34 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:45.040 I mean, there'll be a lot worth your time between 35 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.000 now and then. But at five oh six, Rosskamitski, who 36 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:51.680 does a great show over on our little sister station 37 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:54.599 eight fifty KLA. Congratulations to them, by the way, Ryan 38 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:59.120 for being not Station of the Year, right Colorado Broadcaster Awards, 39 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.719 suggest everybody say a prayer, light a candle for him, 40 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:05.760 because the last time, if my memory is correct, it's 41 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:07.760 been a while, but I think the last time I 42 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:10.439 won a Colorado Broadcaster of the year. I think Craig 43 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:12.800 and I won Show of the Year the year our 44 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.639 show ended. Oh wow, but it was a great way 45 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.080 to go out, right, great way to go out. You 46 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.479 know you got that going for you, as Bill Murray 47 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:25.919 would say, and Caddy sheck. But all's well, that ends well. 48 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:29.039 So congratulations to KWA on that and to Dave Tepper 49 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:32.039 does a tremendous job running that station. And we'll hopefully 50 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:35.639 keep my key card activated. And then then yeah, Russell 51 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.240 joined us at five oh six. Ross is what's the 52 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:44.400 right word, ferociously relentlessly opposed to what President Trump is 53 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:47.080 doing right now? So well worth a listen and we'll 54 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:49.719 have that conversation at five oh six, says, you know, 55 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:52.080 I have a different take. Don't claim to be the 56 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:54.439 world's experts on tariffs or anything else, but I know 57 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:56.759 a little bit about this or that, and what I 58 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:58.960 do know is and it will be my first question 59 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:02.199 to our esteemed Colleigue Ross, who I'm sure will hear 60 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.560 of it before we take care. But none of this 61 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:10.280 is meant to be gotcha. Is the current status quo acceptable? 62 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:14.120 Is the path we're unsustainable? And if not, what's the alternative? 63 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:17.080 Fix to what the president's doing, because the whole idea 64 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:20.240 here isn't to win the argument. Yes it is, but 65 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.120 the idea is to find the right fix three or 66 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:25.680 three someone three eight two five five text d an 67 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:28.960 five seven seven three nine. And so far nobody's been 68 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:31.719 able to show me that Trump is on the wrong 69 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:34.159 path here. I mean, when in any of our lives 70 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:39.599 has any big important change overcoming something really big and negative, 71 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:42.199 When does it happen without pain? When does it happen 72 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:46.240 without sacrifice? That that's just not the nature of the 73 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.719 human condition. Well, so lots to talk about there. Hey, 74 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:53.719 Jenna griswold Rum, Ryan, I think you were right. Maybe 75 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:56.159 it was Kelly. Somebody was right when they said she 76 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.919 was not going to run for governor. I thought she was. 77 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:02.360 I at this at this point, she's a well, congratulations, 78 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:04.400 Too bad you didn't bet up steak out. 79 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:06.000 Oh I should have drawn even with you. 80 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:09.080 Yeah, Oh my goodness. It would have taken more than that. 81 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:10.520 But yeah, I mean, it would have been a good 82 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:15.520 start in erasing the bet deficit. Right, erase the bet? 83 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:17.839 I mean, how many time hawks one? 84 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:21.720 Oh my lord, one, you got half the cattle in 85 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.399 Colorado accounted for right now with all the reps we've had, 86 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:28.600 but it's not. But anyway, yeah, so my guess is 87 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.199 that that it obviously she wasn't going to get the 88 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.079 support that she needed or she would be in the 89 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:36.319 governor's race because nobody would rather be attorney general than governor. 90 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:40.000 And so I don't know whether it's Bennett pushing her out, 91 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.040 but the way you read the leaves right now, not 92 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:44.480 that anybody cares because one of the most striking things 93 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.639 to me, as a guy who's been on air for 94 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:50.120 most of not all, most of the years between nineteen 95 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:54.759 ninety one and today in Colorado is just a total 96 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:58.560 lack of interest to the point of ultimate boredom with 97 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:01.879 any talk of the coming governor and Usner races. I mean, 98 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.680 it used to be not so long ago, like last cycle, 99 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:08.160 where people would really be fired up about those races 100 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:11.199 early on. But again, I think folks assume the GOP 101 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:14.399 can't win, and whatever Democrat happens to have the most 102 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:16.839 money therefore win the primary, you know, will end up 103 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:20.759 in that office. I am not so sure myself, But anyway, 104 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:23.639 Jenna Griswell couldn't hack it in the governor's chase. Apparently, 105 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:26.040 and will now be their AG candidate. Scary thing is 106 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:29.319 she could well win. So I think the only way 107 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:31.959 she's in the AG race at this point is if 108 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:35.519 some sort of backroom deal, in my opinion, has probably 109 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.399 cleared the path and there won't be any meaningful challenger 110 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:42.480 to her, and so she will be their nominee. So 111 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:44.439 one question I want to throw out for you is 112 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.120 who among the good guys and gals can beat her? 113 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:51.240 Who should our nominee be? Now? I was hoping we 114 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:53.480 would have George Bruckler on the show today because he 115 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.759 would be my obvious answer, right, But there may other 116 00:05:56.839 --> 00:05:59.800 will and there may be some other very good talent 117 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:02.000 out there, and I have no idea whether George has 118 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:03.319 any interest in that race. 119 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:05.959 To you, well, he's mine before Dan, So I mean 120 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:08.560 on that basis alone, you gotta believe that he thinks 121 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:09.639 he could win or should win. 122 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.319 Well, he ran a great race, he did. 123 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.240 And he would be a great Attorney general, There's no 124 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:18.040 question about that. I think the question is if things 125 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:21.560 changed enough in our landscape, you know that he would 126 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:23.439 be able to win in the midterms. If he even 127 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:25.240 has any interest. I don't know if he has any 128 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:28.040 interest at all, But we will ask him that when 129 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.519 he joins us tomorrow. Right, so we're already teasing tomorrow's 130 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:36.480 show now locally and before we get back into Oh, 131 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.079 by the way, Ryan, do you think anybody's just going 132 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:44.839 to voluntarily send me a percentage of their gains since Friday? 133 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.279 Because wasn't it me On Friday? You said, Oh, everybody's 134 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:50.879 talking about Black Monday going to be a stark stock 135 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:55.519 market crash, et cetera. Didn't quite materialize, right, I mean, 136 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:58.759 if this was the Black Monday that Kramer and others predicted. 137 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:02.319 Now that I think we're in pretty good shape. 138 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.879 And the Nasdaq actually closed, I'll tell you I bought today. 139 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:05.720 What'd you buy it in? 140 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:10.360 Yeah? Just slightly, right, just slightly. I have to tell 141 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:12.759 you I'm going but I want to support Tesla. I 142 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:14.879 want to stand up to the Tesla terrorists. I'm kind 143 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:19.360 of debating between buying the cyber truck or investing in 144 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:22.879 some more Tesla stock. I don't want to bore people 145 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:25.680 with this story, but I had a bunch of Tesla stock, 146 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:27.240 very proud of myself because I've had it for a 147 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.040 long time. And then I had a bunch of retirement fund. 148 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:33.000 And and they you know, and the person who manages 149 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:35.040 the retirement fund called up and said, you know, it's 150 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:38.040 in a retirement fund, so it can't be that risky. 151 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:40.319 So you have to sell off some of your Tesla 152 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:42.720 in there and get some of this and this and that. Well, 153 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:44.800 while the Tesla went to the moon, and I still 154 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.680 kept some in that retirement fund, the other stuff, you know, 155 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:50.920 my dog might as well have eaten it. So but 156 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:53.360 this might be my chance to regain some of that 157 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:57.560 on Tesla because it's hurting right now. So studying Tesla overnight, 158 00:07:57.720 --> 00:08:00.759 almost got some of that this morning. But the amount 159 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:02.560 that I did buy and by the way, I'm not 160 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:05.720 talking about big stuff right, but big to me and 161 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:08.120 to my wife. But the amount that I did add 162 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:13.480 today was all in Apple. What and I understand Apple. 163 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:14.279 Have you heard of it? No? 164 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:16.279 I know that. But you said you put all your 165 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:17.759 chips on Apple? Is that what you said? 166 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:21.639 No? No, no, no. The additional stuff I bought today because 167 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.480 layering back into the market, it's what I did during COVID, right, 168 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:28.480 And again anything I say about stocks to the opposite. 169 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.160 But during COVID, you know, when we had that kind 170 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:33.320 of V shape thing going on. Well, while it was 171 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.480 on the left prong of the V and people were 172 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.039 really scared, you know. I started to layer in, just believing, 173 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.159 for the reasons we've discussed, it had to come back 174 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:44.519 up pretty quick. And I believe even more strongly about 175 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:47.159 that now. So I'm just starting to layer in. I'm 176 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:49.919 not saying the bottoms in or anything like that, but 177 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:52.879 just starting to layer in because nobody can perfectly time 178 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.440 the market, let alone me. But yeah, no, my first 179 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:58.440 move in was Apple, and I understand there's more pain 180 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:03.200 a head for Apple, right. The iPhones aren't coming from Greeley, 181 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.360 you know, the iPhones are coming from China, so there's 182 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:09.919 more pain ahead for Apple. I just think, hey, it's Apple, right, 183 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:12.440 and it is going to come back, and it's going 184 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:15.240 to come back strong eventually, So please don't take this advice. 185 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:18.440 But that's the additional buying I did today, And I 186 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.080 think my wife and I are going to talk about 187 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:24.039 it tonight, and I think we'll probably move some stuff 188 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:27.000 around and do some more buying in the morning, not 189 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.080 that we won't see dips. I wouldn't be surprised if 190 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:32.480 we had a number of additional three to five percent 191 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.799 dip days things like that. I just think that that 192 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:39.000 I want to start getting some war back in now 193 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:41.480 three or three someone three eight two five five, text 194 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:43.799 DA and five seven seven three nine. So anybody who 195 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:47.000 made money on my non advice Friday because I said 196 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:48.799 do the opposite of what I do, which is what 197 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:51.159 I say again today, feel free if you want to 198 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:54.559 make a contribution to just where should they send it? 199 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:57.559 Ryan to you? Or maybe maybe let's say their favorite charity, 200 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:01.480 Let's say that Cherios. Yeah, yeah, three three someone three 201 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:03.600 eight two five five text d A N five seven 202 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:05.559 seven three nine. And then when we come back, I 203 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:08.720 do want to touch on this Mayor Mike Johnston in Denver, 204 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:12.120 his plan to save the mall isn't going to work. 205 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:13.720 You're on the Dan Capla Show. 206 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:19.879 And now back to the Dan Taplass Show podcast and others. 207 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:21.559 We have a couple of senators here. 208 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:25.039 I just don't particularly like them, so I won't introduce. 209 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:30.120 Over the course of this amazing season the members of 210 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:34.559 this team. 211 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:41.080 It's a pest. That's the Dodgers in the White House. Yea. 212 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:42.879 I didn't think it was that big a deal like 213 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:48.759 Washington for their world series. Wow talk about a power 214 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:53.720 move and uh yeah, so you know these ceremonies normally work, right, 215 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.840 And so the senators from California, Padia and Schiff are there, 216 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:59.159 and that's what President Trump had to say about him. 217 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:01.720 But I can't fault the guy. Listen. Can you imagine 218 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:04.200 having been in Trump's shoes, and you've got a guy 219 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:08.399 like Schiff who's who's trying to put Trump in jail 220 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:10.879 for the rest of his life. He wants to see 221 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:14.960 Trump end his life in disgrace and prison and see 222 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:19.000 his businesses and his family bankrupted. I'm surprised Trump even 223 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:21.320 let him in the room. Three or three someone three 224 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.879 eight two five five text d A N five seven 225 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:27.480 seven three nine. And the other centator from California sure 226 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:32.200 wasn't standing up for against talk at awfulness. Right, let's 227 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:35.200 go to the phone lines. We'll start in Golden Colorado'll 228 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.240 talk to Eric. You're on the Dan Kaplis Show. 229 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:42.320 Welcome, Hey, Dan, I've been enjoying the program. 230 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:45.200 I think we need to come up with. 231 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:49.960 A good name for this terrace supposed by Trump, because 232 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:53.159 you've shaved in our country. Now, yes, what would you 233 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:56.120 come up for it? I'm guessing you have one Eric, 234 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.159 and I don't want to steal your thunder. 235 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:01.879 Okay, yeah, I'm calling it the Trump slump. 236 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:08.559 Ah. I want wow wow, that could be just devastating 237 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:12.559 to the administration. Yeah, yeah too, Bet, Eric didn't take 238 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:15.120 a victory lamp on that one. I don't see that 239 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:18.000 one catching on. Do not see that one catching on? 240 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:19.799 So about Trump bump. 241 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:22.600 You're welcome to call back, Eric. I love that. I 242 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:24.799 love that. I mean, not at the moment. But again, 243 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:27.639 that's the point, right, I mean, the reason we're not 244 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:30.279 better off than we are right now in America is 245 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:34.240 because so many of our current leaders on both sides 246 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:38.279 have not been willing to incur the pain, the sacrifice, 247 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:41.919 which may mean losing their own power, in order to 248 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:45.240 do the things America has to do to be where 249 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.759 America should be. Right And then when you look throughout 250 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:50.759 the course of American history, who are our heroes, Who 251 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:52.879 are the people who save the country. Who are the 252 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:56.080 people who then after that saved the country from going 253 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:59.279 away or other forms of devastation. They're the people who 254 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:02.960 were willing to endure pain, pain for the nation, but 255 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.120 for themselves too politically, and sometimes pay the ultimate price 256 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:10.679 to do what had to be done, and that's been 257 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:13.600 the formula for success in America since our birth is 258 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:17.000 a nation. But Trump is one of the rare ones 259 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:20.360 right now from either party willing to go out there 260 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:23.720 and do that. And so I can't sit heer and 261 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:27.120 say for certain that his approach is the one that's 262 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.559 going to work. But I can say for certain this 263 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:33.080 status quo wasn't acceptable, and the path we were on 264 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:37.240 was one to economic disaster. And to me, what he's 265 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:41.519 saying right now and what he's doing makes some sense. 266 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:44.200 And bottom line for me, as I've said before, is 267 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.480 I trust him on this stuff. I trust him on 268 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:49.759 this stuff because he succeeded before economically for the nation, 269 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:53.360 for himself personally, and he has such a personal vested 270 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:55.759 interest in success. I just can't believe he'd be doing 271 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:59.639 this unless he had a plan that he was extremely 272 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.919 cont fit in about a plan both economically and politically, 273 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:06.799 because the two are obviously as closely linked as any 274 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:09.759 newly weds. So three or three someone three eight two 275 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:12.120 five five text d A N five seven seven three 276 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:14.759 nine That last reference Ryan meant for you, thank you 277 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:17.720 for the invitation of the wedding. I assume somebody couldn't go. 278 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:19.720 Are you guys doing RSVPs already? 279 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:22.759 Well, we're setting out the evites, which I guess is 280 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.000 how it's done. Now it's a little bit more convenient 281 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:25.919 for those receiving. 282 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:29.440 Yeah, yeah, no, it's it's very cool, very cool and 283 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:33.120 cannot wait. Cannot wait be the social event of any season, 284 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:37.120 I'm sure. Yeah, I do want to get to this 285 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:40.360 business of Mayor Mike Johnston and what he has proposed 286 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:44.759 for the Denver Mall. And now I understand that you 287 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.480 may well be listening far far away from Denver. You 288 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:50.159 may be in another country, you may be in Beautiful 289 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:53.080 for Collins, whatever. But if you happen to live anywhere 290 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:57.080 in Colorado, then then what happens in Denver doesn't stay 291 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:00.720 in Denver, right. And so the notorious pri problems of 292 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:05.399 the Sixteenth Street Mall, particularly since the legalization of marijuana 293 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:08.000 in Colorado, and I call it the legalization of hard 294 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:11.759 drugs in Colorado, right, because obviously the old leaf two 295 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:15.039 to four percent did an awful out of damage and 296 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:19.480 as the industry intended, the drug dealer industry intended, you know, 297 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.799 they intended to turn that into a very hard drug 298 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:24.919 very quickly, which is what they've done with this eighty 299 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:30.200 ninety ninety percent plus thac so since the legalization of 300 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:35.759 that form of hard drug in Colorado and Denver proudly 301 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.679 declaring itself to be the epicenter of the marijuana universe, 302 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.200 you know, the Sixteenth Street Mall has been totally in 303 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:46.320 the tank. So what the mayor is proposing is, let's 304 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:50.840 see Ryan. You like courses, right, sure, yeah, yeah, mounted patrol. 305 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:53.600 I'm big on mounted patrol. Love mounted patrol. Oh yeah. 306 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:55.960 Remind me to tell you the story sometime of how 307 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:59.360 my dad stopped Riot in Chicago with the mounted patrol, 308 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:06.600 but mounted patrol, ten member foot force, bicycle and motorcycle, 309 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:11.320 five private security officers, etc. And a Kiosk downtown. Then 310 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:14.519 Sixteenth Street Mall staff by police, all of which I 311 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:17.360 think are excellent ideas. I have no problem with any 312 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.799 of those ideas, and I like the direction they're going 313 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:23.720 with those. I don't think it goes far enough in 314 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:26.440 terms of numbers, staffing, presence, etc. But it's a good 315 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:28.320 step in the right direction. But here's the big question. 316 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:32.879 What are the rules of engagement? You know, Denver's finest, 317 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:35.080 the great men and women of the police force, you 318 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:36.759 put enough of them out there, you let them do 319 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:38.919 their thing. Yeah, that mall is going to be safe 320 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:40.679 to go down to again. But I can't believe for 321 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:44.200 one second that Mayor Johnston and the hard left in 322 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:46.559 Denver who run that city are going to put enough 323 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:49.679 down there, or most critically, are going to let them 324 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:53.279 do their thing. What are the rules of engagement? So 325 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:56.200 as these restaurant owners who have really they've walked the 326 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:01.320 talk right, They've invested in downtown Denver, their lives, everything, 327 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:05.200 and they've said that things fallen apart around him under Johnston. 328 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:07.599 You know what they've made clear is we talk about 329 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:10.200 the homeless all the time, which we should in part, 330 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:14.440 but it's the addicted. It's the addicted, because Johnston and 331 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:18.200 the Left have made Denver and Colorado the drug capital 332 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:22.240 of the world. It is the addicted, just the throngs, 333 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:25.960 the armies of walking zombies, who all of them are 334 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:30.039 somebody's child. There's somebody's daughter, there's somebody's son, There's somebody 335 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.000 who had a future and that future now is just 336 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:37.200 consumed by these drugs and related mental illnesses. So, in 337 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:41.559 the left's pursuit of a dependent population through legalization of drugs. 338 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:44.200 You have all these lives wasted and they end up 339 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:48.039 a whole bunch of them wandering around downtown Denver. So 340 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:50.519 tell us Mayor Johnston. Of course, he doesn't have the 341 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.319 courage to come on the show. How are these great? 342 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:55.359 And they are great men and women of DPD going 343 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:57.599 to make a difference if you want to allow him 344 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:59.880 to engage the way they need to. Are you going 345 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:02.200 to tell them when they have drug addicted people they 346 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:05.519 can move them off the mall? I doubt very much 347 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.839 you're going to do that. Let's see if we can 348 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:09.200 get an answer that question. Three or three someone three eight, two, 349 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:12.200 five five text d an five seven, seven through nine. 350 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:14.440 What is the fix for the Denver Mall? I've got it. 351 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:21.480 You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast. 352 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:24.720 Today Denver may Or may Johnson announced a new downtown 353 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:29.000 safety plan. It includes increased police outreach resources to try 354 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:32.880 to increase public safety. It's meant to address safety concerns, 355 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:35.400 particularly those along the Sixteenth Street Mall. 356 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:37.960 Over the last five years, that area has struggled through 357 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:42.720 the pandemic era, shutdowns, damage from rioters, and long term construction. 358 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:47.000 Work. And they'll take some calls and text on That 359 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:49.319 is why you can text DA and five seven seven 360 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:52.119 three nine. Each of the individual components make sense, right, 361 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:54.079 I mean they need to take it much further, but 362 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.480 more police on the mall, check a kisk in the mall. YEP. 363 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:04.000 Mounted horses, yes, absolutely, absolutely has been proven very effective 364 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:07.519 law enforcement on horseback and these mounted patrols. All of 365 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:11.000 that good ideas, None of it is going to work 366 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:14.119 unless the great men and women in blue of DPD 367 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:17.440 are given the rules of engagement they need. But they're 368 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:20.160 not going to be given those rules of engagement by 369 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:23.119 this lefty mayor and his city council. So it's going 370 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:25.920 to be hands off drug addicts, it's going to be 371 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:29.359 hands off other homeless. It's going to be hands off. 372 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:31.319 And don't blame the men and women in blue for this. 373 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:33.839 This is going to be the politicians. And it was 374 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:37.119 the legalization of drugs that sank the Saints Takes Sixty 375 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:40.559 Street mall. And it's the fact that the left is 376 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:43.440 still committed to legalization of drugs and won't let law 377 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:46.960 enforcement do its job, which is going to render these 378 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:51.920 otherwise sensible steps largely ineffective. Three or three someone three 379 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.400 eight two five five text d An five seven seven 380 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:57.480 three nine. Let's go first to Eric in Denver. You're 381 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.599 on the Dan Kaplis Show. 382 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:02.519 Welcome Eric, Dan, let me get you all speaker. 383 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:07.240 This is our favorite actor. 384 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.799 Hey, you're great Americans. 385 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.200 I get somebody ever says that better? Well, nobody ever 386 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.720 says I. 387 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:20.119 Call it like it is you Ryan and Kelly. All right, 388 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:22.279 great Americans. 389 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:26.000 I could see that. I could see that maybe on 390 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:28.880 the side of a cyber truck or something. But what 391 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.160 are you thinking today, my friend? 392 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:33.480 Everybody loves you guys and you know it. 393 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:35.640 Yeah, you're just looking forward to meeting them. 394 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:38.440 Yeah, okay, here we go, dan. 395 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.960 On, hands off. 396 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.640 This lady. 397 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:49.519 That's she's the director of the organization for She's the 398 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:55.440 director of United We Dream. And it's an illegal organization. 399 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.839 You probably heard of. 400 00:20:56.839 --> 00:21:03.559 Its woman who went national over the weekend saying I'm 401 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:06.680