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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell you who's fighting for all those great things. That's the hero mom who's going to join us at 5.06. She will remain anonymous. as she has in a couple of national TV interviews. But great get. We're so privileged to have her at 506. And her daughter, a high school volleyball player, lost her spot on the team to a boy, to a boy playing on the girls' volleyball team. So very timely, very important in so many different ways. And, of course, we'll tie it into the ballot measure. I will tie it into the ballot measure. This is just a mom. out there trying to do what all great moms do, which is to help and protect their children. So, yeah, we'll have this hero mom with us at 5.06. Please do not miss that. If you cannot be here live, please get it off the podcast later. So that coming up at 5.06. Much ground to cover in the meantime as well. Coming right out of the chute with this one, Ken Buck. Remember, Ken Buck came so close to being Republican U.S. Senator from the great state of Colorado. And Ken Bach today endorsing Phil Weiser for governor. So I immediately texted Ken and haven't heard back yet. Hope to get him on the show to talk about that. But I do want to come out of the gate and get your reaction to that. 303-713-8255, the number, the great one, Shannon Scott, the icon behind the glass today. And Shannon will free up those phone lines so we can get the cavalcade. Is that a word? I think it is a word, a kind of avalanche type word. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Cavalcade of calls on ken buck endorsing phil weiser so did you ever think you would see the day and you know i i reflect back as i sit here because it was in this this very studio and ken always was great about coming on the show many many times and in that senate race where he narrowly defeated jane norton which was a major accomplishment because jane norton truly one of the greatest candidates we've ever had she served as bill owens lieutenant governor enormously popular, tremendous candidate. So it was a big deal for Ken to be able to defeat her in the primary. And again, very, very close race, but he beat her and then lost very, very narrowly to Michael Bennett. It was the first time Michael Bennett was on the ballot for that Senate seat, originally appointed. And I think everybody has acknowledged, and this is not Ken's fault, but I think everybody's acknowledged that if Jane Norton had been the nominee, that she probably would have dusted Bennett, beat him by eight or ten points. And you think about how dramatically different the future of, and the current Republican Party would be, if Jane Norton had won that race, because then she becomes the U.S. Senator, Republican U.S. Senator from Colorado, and the face of the GOP, because I think it's quite obvious that the GOP has really suffered without that, statewide elected official as the face of the GOP. We are so fortunate to have Cory Gardner, you know, for a while, one term, as that U.S. Senator, and he was a tremendous face of the GOP. I think Jane Norton would have had a better chance to survive the leftist onslaught and all of the challenges, in part because, you know, she's a woman. And in Colorado, it's really stunning to think about. I'd say shocking, but that's so overused. that this great state, all these years, we have not had a female U.S. senator, a female governor. I mean, that is shame on Colorado, right? And I'm not talking about, oh, hey, quotas, we should have had somebody who wasn't the best candidate as our governor because they were female. Not at all. I'm talking about on merit. Shame on this state that we have not had a female governor. A big part of that is the left. It's the Democrats because they have been in power. They have been able to For quite a while now, other than, you know, with the exception of Bill Owens, Democrats have been able to decide who the governor is going to be and who the U.S. senators, for the most part, are going to be. And it's the Democrats who have decided that it's not going to be a woman. And guess which Democrats have decided it's not going to be a woman? The male Democrats. And guess which male Democrats, the old white male Democrats, have decided it's not going to be a woman, it's not going to be a minority, it's going to be who? Who did they decide on?
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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Old white male Democrats were going to hold those top jobs. And so shame on them. Shame on the left. You know, they pretend to be so enlightened. They're obviously the opposite, polar opposite. And, you know, that's what they've decided. The top jobs are going to go to, you know, old white men. And, you know, again, just such phonies. You know, Jane Norton, had she been the nominee, she would have beaten Bennett. And I do think she may be to this day. U.S. Senator from Colorado. But again, I don't blame Ken for that. Ken had every right to run, and he ran hard, and he built great support, and he won that narrow primary, and then lost a close race to Michael Bennett. But now, this is the news of the day, and the reason we're talking about Ken is because he is endorsing Phil Weiser for governor. So get your react to that, 303-713-8255, the number D-A-N-577-319. And I'd love to have the chance to talk with Ken. And again, he's been one of the most accessible people over all of these years, even decades at this point. But I'd love to have the conversation because when I'd have the pleasure of occasionally I get to introduce Ken at some political event and I'd always introduce him as a pro-life champion. And that's the thing I just don't get is, you know, how could somebody who's been a true pro-life champion then flip and support a radically pro-death, pro-abortion Democrat. I just can't process that. So I'd appreciate the chance to have the conversation with Ken, and hopefully he'll come on the show and we will have that conversation. In terms of crossing party lines, I can get that and I can respect that. I did it myself. I mean, I can't remember how I was registered when this came down because it's been a while. But one of my favorite people in public life, one of the people I admire most, you know, in all of life is Bob Beaupre. He is a great human and he was a tremendous elected official. He's been a great member of the community, a great philanthropist. He and Claudia are just great in every single way. And when he was running against Bill Ritter, you know, that was the race that really Tested me in terms of my pro-life commitment because Bob Beaupre, listen, you talk about a pro-life champion through and through. Bob Beaupre from top to bottom would have been a phenomenal governor in every single way. And I just ran into a buzzsaw, obviously, with the left taking over the state. And then in that race, Bill Ritter, who I'd known for a very long time and liked for a very long time and admired in lots of ways for a very long time, not saying he's perfect. Other than Jesus Christ, nobody's been perfect. And Bill had his flaws like I do and everybody does. But then Bill Ritter is going to be the Democrat nominee. He was the Democrat nominee. And here's the twist. You know, Bill Ritter was pro-life. I mean, that's how he began that race for governor. is as a true pro-life Democrat. So then at that point in the campaign, I'm faced with this choice because we have Bob Beaupre, all those great things, and a true pro-life champion. And then we have Bill Ritter, who has the courage to be a pro-life Democrat. And so at that point, as a guy, for me, my foundational issue is life. And it would boost the pro-life movement enormously. to have a true pro-life governor who is a Democrat and from Colorado, which has the deep, deep, deep roots in the pro-abortion movement. Some of the worst abortion laws in this country were in Colorado before Roe. So I'm sitting there thinking, wow, what a tremendous opportunity for the pro-life movement to surge forward with this Democrat governor, Bill Ritter, if he should win the race, and what it's going to do for the pro-life movement nationwide. Because then what a message to other Democrats around the country that, yes, you can be pro-life. You can succeed. So this was going to be a great breakthrough for the pro-life movement. So, you know, I endorsed Bill Ritter. And I knew at that point it was going to cause an awful lot of trouble for me. to be endorsing Bill Ritter, but I endorsed him, I gave him money, and okay, I'll take whatever fallout comes from that. To Bob's credit, none of it was ever from Bob. He is the pinnacle of class, and he is a true pro-life champion. But yeah, obviously I suffered a lot of blowback and a lot of quarters for endorsing a Democrat, but I did it because that was the most effective way to advance the life issue. And so I get crossing... party lines when there's a matter of deep principle and commitment involved, because I did it once. And then, by the way, the way that story ended is before that campaign ended, I had to reverse myself. I had to, and reluctantly, because, you know, a lot of affection for Bill Ritter, a lot of respect for Bill Ritter. But Bill Ritter went backwards on his life commitment. Happened during the middle of the campaign. I can remember him walking through the door of the studio because, see, Bill Ritter is a real man. And Bill Ritter would stand up and answer the tough questions. Not like this current crop of Democrats who are just so weak and they're so pathetic and they're so afraid of their own shadow. And they won't stand up and answer the tough questions, sit down for a legitimate interview. But Bill Ritter would. And I remember him like it was lunchtime today, walking through that door of the studio. And he walks through the door and he says, Dan, and this is when he had the campaign wrapped up. It became very clear he was up, whatever, 20, 30 points in the poll with a month or two to go. And so he walked through the door and he said, Dan, I'm going to have to disappoint a lot of people and you're going to be one of them. So he was up front about it, and I've always credited him with that. But anyway, he's ahead 20 or 30 points in the poll. He's about to be governor when I decide I can't support him anymore because he's no longer going to be that pro-life governor that caused me to support him in the beginning. So as he's about to win, and picture this, and I know this is self-serving, but it's true. Picture this. I have supported Bill Ritter. And now he's about to win. So in terms of access, in terms of benefits of picking the winner and supporting the winner, you know, when you're sitting there as in not a Democrat and you're on air and you have supported the Democrat and now he's about to be elected, which was no sure thing when the race started. You know, I was in a position to benefit in a legal and ethical way in many, many ways from that. But I just couldn't do it anymore because he was no longer going to be that pro-life governor. He had backed off that position. So I wrote a piece. If you Google it up sometime, I'm really, really proud of it. You know, wrote a piece explaining, and the Post published it. Maybe it was the Rocky Mountain News that published it. I can't remember why I was withdrawing my endorsement of Bill Ritter. But in any case, my point is— I could understand somebody crossing party lines to endorse an opponent over some profound issue of principle. What I cannot understand is a pro-life person endorsing a pro-abortion person and crossing party lines to do that. Somebody who's been an elected Republican, former chair of the Republican Party in Colorado, but that's what Ken Buck has done. Love to get your reaction to it.
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Speaker 3: 303-713-8255, DAN-57739.
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Speaker 1: You're on the Dan Kaplan Show. Today in New York, U.S. House polling among Jewish voters. Look at this.
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Speaker 4: In 2018, Democrats were ahead by 40 points. In 2022, 49 points.
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Speaker 1: Look at this.
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Speaker 4: The average of polls this year, it's just 13 points. It's just 13 points. That is a shift of what? 36 points. 36 points away from the Democrats. Their lead is absolutely tumbled into the Hudson River among Jewish voters. Yes, they are still ahead, but we are talking about historically strong numbers for Republicans among Jewish voters. It definitely seems to me that the developments over the past few years, at least in New York, at least in this polling, has had a huge impact on how Jewish voters say they are going to vote, not just for governor, but for Congress.
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Speaker 1: Maybe the problem for the Democrats is this messaging they have to our Jewish brothers and sisters. Vote for us. We hate you. You know, that may not be the most effective message, but it really is a remarkable moment we're in right now. I never would have believed it as being a Democrat for so many years before I became unaffiliated and then an R. But it's just open right now. Not your typical Democrat. No, there's not an anti-Semitic streak at all among your typical Democrats. But the people who own and operate the party, flaming, flaming anti-Semitism. at this point. And it's very, very open. That's the only way you can get to the point where you have a Malat Kiros, who's about to be a congresswoman from the first CD in Colorado, and you don't have every Democrat in the state condemning her. You know, where's Polis? Where's Hickenlooper? Where's Bennett? Where's Johnston? Where's any of them? I mean, come on, she's open about it. And then you have Abdul Al-Sayed, you know, how come you don't have all these big Democrats in Colorado and across the country flat out condemning him? He refuses to answer the question, who is the greatest threat to America, Israel or Iran? Well, let's see, maybe we can start with Israel is a great ally and Iran is a sworn enemy that's killed over a thousand Americans. Maybe we start there. But at that point, how is he not condemned by every elected Colorado Democrat? Certainly our U.S. senators know because that's where that ownership of that party is gone, to pretty much open Jew hate. I mean, it is one of the sickest, most despicable, cancerous, toxic, dangerous things I've ever seen in terms of movement by a major political party. You know, and yet it's happening right before our eyes. So hopefully we will see that play out at the polls. Hopefully we'll see it play out at the polls all over the country, you know, with our Jewish brothers and sisters who like, pardon me, it's not emotion, it's peanut butter. But, you know, I'm a Catholic, and I know there are lots and lots of Catholics who vote Democrat. I used to be one of them. And listen, I am not anywhere near as good a Catholic as a lot of Catholics who do vote Democrat. But I'm like, what?
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Speaker 3: How?
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Speaker 1: And I think a lot of it is, I think there are a lot of Democrats, including in my own family outside Colorado, who, you know, the stereotype of Republicans, the negative stereotype runs so deep. But they also, they don't live and breathe politics every single day. It's not the center of their life. So they probably have no idea who has taken over their party, who owns it. I mean, these are smart people. They're informed, but they're not studying this stuff every day. They're not listening to shows like this every day, whether they're on the right or left. The shows are. They probably have no idea who actually owns their party right now and how radical they are and how anti-Catholic they are and how anti-Christian they are. how anti-religious freedom they are. They probably don't even know how rabidly pro-abortion they are. They know they're pro-abortion, but how rabidly? And they probably don't know that the ownership of the Democratic Party now is so rabidly anti-Jewish person. But hopefully our Jewish voters have noticed, and here is my firm belief, it's been borne out over and over again. Sorry for that gulp, but better than choking on my peanut butter. But Here has been my firm belief for years. And I've said this and it's proven true over and over again. And it proved to with President Trump and his being elected twice. I said, hey, you want to get the vote of white people, then make it clear you care about black people. You care about fairness and equal opportunity for black people in this example. And that's always proven true because vast majority of white people very, very much want to make sure that black people have fair and equal opportunity. Same thing here. You want to get the vote of Christians? Then show that you are not anti-Semitic and that you'll stand up to anti-Semites. And you want to get the vote of Christian Democrats? Show you'll stand up to anti-Semites. Because this is another example where the ownership of the Democratic Party and the so-called leadership is so far out of step. with the typical American and the typical Democrat. Because a typical Democrat does not sit around thinking, you know what, I really, really want to have boys and men in my daughter's locker room and in her sports. They don't sit around saying that. And they don't sit around saying, you know what, we really need to elect people who hate Jewish people. We really need to do that. They don't sit around saying that. So you've got this Democratic Party ownership that's way out of step. With a lot of Democrats, let alone the rest of America. Hopefully that shows up at at the polls.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 1: Hey, we have the hero mom with us at 506. She's going to stay anonymous as she has in some national media interviews. And she's going to be talking about her daughter on a high school volleyball team in Colorado. And then that the school district allows a male to be added to the team. Then her daughter loses her spot on the team to this male. It's the world gone mad. She'll be with us at 5.06. Rose Puglisi next on the Dan Kaplan Show.
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Speaker 3: 4.36.
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Speaker 1: Hey, the hero mom, who will remain anonymous, will join us at 5.06 to talk about her daughter losing her spot on a Colorado high school volleyball team, a girls volleyball team, losing her spot to a boy. Yeah, that's how insane, surreal twilight zone things have become here in Colorado, but a very important real-world story. I think you'll find this woman extraordinarily compelling. As you will find our next guest, Rose Puglisi, kind enough to join us. As you know, Rose, a real force of nature, the political scene in Colorado, and kind enough to kick around some of these ballot measures. We try to devote a real chunk of time each day to that because it's a very tangible chance for us to win and win on things that matter during this election month. Rose, welcome back to the show.
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Speaker 2: Oh, thanks so much, Dan. It's good to hear from you.
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Speaker 1: Well, thank you. Hey, first of all, how do you think things are shaping up overall right now in the ballot measures? Obviously, in this day and age, there's not a lot of public polling, but what are you seeing?
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Speaker 2: You know, I think it's really going to come down to education and turnout. You know, I have advocated for and against ballot issues.
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Speaker 1: Over the past few years.
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Speaker 2: And, you know, when conservatives unite around these ballot issues and they show up, we win on these issues that are most important to Colorado. And so I think the number one thing is to show up, to vote your ballot, to vote all your ballot. I know it's a long one, but it's so important that you get your voice heard and then be educated, you know, be educated about what the issues are and where you stand and I think some of these issues are pretty straightforward, but as you know, the ballot language isn't always straightforward. So I really appreciate people like you who are helping us to get the message out to make sure people are educated because, you know, not everybody's listening to the Dan Kaplan show, but we talk to our friends, we talk to our neighbors, and making sure we spread the word is the most important thing. and vote their ballot in the way that aligns with our conservative principles.
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Speaker 1: Well, I love your point about education because I think there's also great leverage opportunity there in that people are busy, right? A lot of people just don't have time to dig in all of this stuff. So, you know, they turn to people they know and trust. And so anybody listening, if they have time to sit down and go through this ballot and then they can explain it, you know, to their friends who maybe haven't had the time to do that, there's an opportunity to just pick up some votes there. And which of these ballot measures, Rose, do you think is most important? I don't know if you want to, whether it's one, whether it's three, if there are some you think people just need to prioritize.
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Speaker 2: You know, for me, Proposition NN is one that's very close to my heart. I moved to Colorado because of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. I thought, any state that allowed people to vote on tax increases had to be the most free state. And what we have seen through the legislature and through the time I've been in Colorado is this constant eroding of the taxpayer bill of rights, of TABOR. And when you ask the people, if you straightforward ask the people, They love their TABOR refunds. They love being able to vote on tax increases. They love to be able to protect the taxpayer bill of rights. And we've seen that.
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Speaker 5: We saw that in the defeat of Proposition CC. We saw that in one that Senator Kirkmeyer and I have led on Proposition HH. The people overwhelmingly want to protect TABOR and protect their TABOR refunds. And so This Proposition NN is.
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Speaker 2: Just another end around of what the people have consistently said, which is keep your hands off of our Tabor refunds. And so making sure that we talk to our friends and neighbors, the people that we engaged last time on HH, that we're continuing to engage those people and making sure that they know that this is an attack on Tabor and potentially a permanent attack on Tabor.
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Speaker 5: And we need to be.
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Speaker 2: Able to control the growth of government. I have always said, and I've spent time at local government and legislature, that the state of Colorado does not have a revenue problem. It has a prioritization problem. We should be fully funding public education, but we should be doing it with an existing revenues. We shouldn't be taking money out of the pockets of the people consistently. Manage your money better, state legislature.
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Speaker 1: Amen to that. And Rose, I know Advance Colorado is just leading the way on so many of these. Is there a particular website folks can go to to get the ammo and the info they need?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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Speaker 5: And actually, I was listening to a really great podcast recently.
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Speaker 2: On Advanced Colorado. So advancedcolorado.org. And it was a brief guide to the ballot. And it was by my two great friends, Christy Burton-Brown and Michael Fields talking through, you know, the ballot initiatives. There's so many, but the ones that really conservatives need to focus on. And so even if you don't want to read through all the information, if you just want some quick tips on what's on the ballot, what issues are important, there's a great podcast It's right on the website, advancedcolorado.org. And so I really do encourage people. I thought it was really, really helpful.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and to Rose's point, send it to 10 or 20 friends. You know, it's just, you know, we're all looking for information, right? And what a tremendous source there. And Advanced Colorado has been just a lifesaver for the state in so many different ways. Rose, grateful for your time. And it does look like things hopefully are starting to break the right way on 87th. You know, with the Denver Post coming out and opposing this massive tax increase, Polis opposing it, Great Work Advance and others have done on it, you know, hopefully, because that thing, I think, would just hurt working people in this state as bad as anything else on the ballot. If all of a sudden, you know, the job creators, small business owners, things like that, the big, larger job creators, all of a sudden are getting run out of this state by these doubled-up taxes.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, this constant attack on businesses. And then we want to say, you know, come to Colorado. We're business friendly, but we're going to tax you more. We're going to add more regulations. We're going to make it so hard for you to do business here that you won't be able to employ people and continue to grow your business in Colorado. It just doesn't make sense. It doesn't align. Amendment 87 really would be a horrible position to put Colorado in. And I really do hope that people get educated about that. You know, when I was in the legislature, and Senator Kirkmeyer and I also worked on this, you know, we wanted to lower income taxes, right, so that we could generate more jobs in this state to make Colorado more business friendly. And so this attack on our current structure and making it so unaffordable that businesses leave, people lose their jobs, None of that makes sense for Colorado. And I think we really need to take a breath and a step back and find out what is a good tax policy. If it's not this one, let's talk about how do we lower taxes. That's really the conversation when I'm talking to friends and neighbors. And they're not just conservatives. Like you said, it is across the line. This is a nonpartisan issue. People want to pay less in taxes across the board. So why don't we work on doing that and really help the people of Colorado?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, do like Florida. Get to the point you have no state income tax and then you have a whole lot of great jobs and you benefit in so many other ways. Rose, hey, thank you for the time today and keep up the great work.
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Speaker 2: Oh, thanks, Dan. I really appreciate you having me.
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Speaker 1: Thank you. You take care. And wow, so many, so many great people out there fighting the good fight. But in the end, it's going to come down to you, right, and your neighbors and Just convincing people barbecue to barbecue, you know, youth football game to youth football game. Just just helping people learn about these issues and getting them out to vote. And that ties into this hero mom we're going to have with us at 506. This woman, she'll remain anonymous for obvious reasons, but standing up for a daughter who's on this girls volleyball team in Colorado and then loses her spot to a boy. who's added to the volleyball team. I mean, it's that insane right now. And the purpose of this conversation at 5.06 won't just be, hey, we really have to pass Prop 134. It just says, no, girls' sports are for girls. But obviously beyond that as well, just the profound unfairness of it, how it's really playing out in real life in Colorado. And I have spoken with this mom off air. She is extraordinarily compelling. So she will be with us at 5.06. I look forward to that. I know the lines are in fuego right now. I'll go to callers and texters as soon as we get back.
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Speaker 4: 303-713-8255, DAN 57739.
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Speaker 1: You're on the Dan Kaplan Show. CNN. Today in New York, U.S. House polling among Jewish voters. Look at this.
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Speaker 4: In 2018, Democrats were ahead by 40 points.
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Speaker 1: In 2022, 49 points. Look at this. The average polls this year.
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Speaker 4: It's just 13 points. It's just 13 points. That is a shift of what? 36 points. 36 points away from the Democrats. Their lead is absolutely tumbled into the Hudson River among Jewish voters. Yes, they are still ahead, but we are talking about historically strong numbers for Republicans among Jewish voters. It definitely seems to me that the developments over the past few years, at least in New York, at least in this polling, has had a huge impact on how Jewish voters say they are going to vote, not just for governor, but for Congress.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and hopefully that'll show up across the country on election day. And show up with our Jewish brothers and sisters as well as lots of Christian voters because Christian voters are normally very supportive of Israel. This weird toxic cancerous awful twist that we're seeing recently with the ownership of the Democratic Party having this hatred of Israel and Jews is sick. And it doesn't represent your typical Democrat. It's just bizarre. Venomous. And hopefully we're going to see a strong reaction to that. 303, including here in Colorado. Look at Milat Kiros. to become congressman in the first CD, and that's not going to be stopped. But hopefully we'll see some people starting to stand up to her. It'd be a little easier to do if she showed up. It looks like they've got her in candidate protection. because they don't want her out there telling people who she really is and what she really believes, because they're afraid it'll hurt other Democrats who are trying to pull the con. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, he has nowhere to hide. He's the candidate, and it's all been kind of smoked out now, right? That big question over the weekend to him of, hey, who do you think the greater threat is to America, Israel or Iran? And he couldn't answer it, which tells you everything, right? Because Israel is a great ally of ours and has helped to— to save many innocent lives, including innocent American lives. And Iran regime, mortal enemy, has killed over a thousand Americans. And the fact that a major candidate, Democrat candidate for Senate, couldn't tell you who the greater threat is? Yeah, that tells you everything. 303-713-8255. Okay, Hero Mom at 506. You're going to love hearing from this woman. She's so compelling. And she's on a bunch of national shows now, has to remain anonymous. But her daughter, High school volleyball player in Colorado loses her spot on a Colorado high school volleyball team to a boy. Yeah, so she has a compelling story to tell. Let's go to beautiful Castle Rock. Jake, you're on the Dan Kaplan Show.
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Speaker 3: Welcome. Oh, thanks, Dan. Great subject. Can I say one thing about the Rose you were speaking with earlier? She is so on point because... We were a large telecom here since 81. Now, we not only left, but U.S. Westwood, you know, Mountain Bell, Salter Hill, and Dick McCormick ran. They're gone because at CenturyLink, they're in Louisiana. Time Warner Telecom left, so on and so on. Now, builders, let's see, Falcon Homes left, went to Texas. Stanford Homes went to Texas. All of those things, you know, the owners of those companies make decisions based upon cost, equity, whether employees, housing, safety, and all those things. I don't understand. But she is right on. I mean, she was just hitting the hammer and the nail on the head. So not only telecom, but building. And, you know, because you've been here a long time, if we're not building homes in Colorado, this place will sink.
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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 1: And to your great point, What about all the companies that aren't coming here? Because there's a ferocious competition, as you know, state to state to get the best jobs here, and you can be sure we're losing. I mean, we start out with one of the most beautiful places in the world with all these natural advantages, and we're getting our tail kicked by places like Minnesota.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah. A Boeing left Seattle, flew right over the top of us to go to wherever they went.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 3: You know, Leon Musk left L.A., went to Texas.
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Speaker 1: That's huge. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: So I love what you were saying. Can I say one thing about that drug issue, which is such a hot subject of mine? I know four families lost their child's children to fentanyl. John Hickenlooper, now the senator, was the governor in 12, I believe. And he believed he ran on the fact that he was going to veto legalized drugs.
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Speaker 1: And he lied.
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Speaker 3: He did not do that. I remember it well. And if this is incorrect as far as the factual timing, I think he was governor at 12, and I believe he said he was going to veto drugs and be allowed to come in, which has been devastating.
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Speaker 1: Jake, can I offer you a bit different memory on that? And I agree completely with you on how devastating it's been to Colorado, and I also think it It's one of the reasons that we're not attracting anywhere near the number of good jobs here that we should while we're leading the nation in bug tenders. Yeah, that's what you want. But my memory, Jake, and I could be wrong too, it's been a while, is that Hickenlooper was a major force in drugs being legalized in Colorado, but I don't remember him running on a promise to veto it. I think it was kind of a typical Hickenlooper thing where Where, you know, until he came out full force in favor of legalized drugs, he just kind of played both sides. But I may be remembering wrong.
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Speaker 3: Well, no, I agree with you because I know him for fundraisers and he kind of does this whole howdy doody thing, you know, when he's getting, you know what I mean? When he gets pressed, he kind of turns into a country boy. He is not. He's a very smart engineer from school.
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Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, super smart guy. Hey, you want to hear one of the worst things he did on drugs? And that was, and I had his health director on the show to talk about it. He had this great health director who could see how much damage legalized dope was doing to kids. And the health director started this program, Don't Be a Lab Rat, and he'd bring this cage around to different high schools to try to drive home the point. And then Hickenlooper, the drug dealer's, legal drug dealers, went to Hickenlooper and complained. And Hickenlooper changed the campaign to get this. Marijuana, it's good to know. So it goes from don't be a lab rat to the drug dealers getting Hickenlooper to use state money to say marijuana, it's good to know.
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Speaker 3: Oh, that's just so good. I remember well, as soon as that was legalized, people were flooding in here from many states for the cash flow. And now they're killing our kids. Thank you, Dad, for covering that.
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Speaker 1: Well, J.K., as you know, that was part of the whole leftist plan was you get drugs legalized here, and then that changes your demographic for voting purposes because you're going to attract all these people who are coming here for the drugs. And guess what? Most of them are not going to be voting Republican. Jake, you're awesome, man. I've got to bail now because I've got the hero mom coming up at 5.06. I hope you call us often. You're going to want to hear this story. This woman is so compelling. as she stands up to fight for her daughter. You know, like so many hardworking kids in sports, it's on this girl's volleyball team, it's her team, it's such an important part of her life, and she loses her spot to a boy on her team? The mom up next.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell you who's fighting for all those great things. That's the hero mom who's going to join us at 5.06. She will remain anonymous. as she has in a couple of national TV interviews. But great get. We're so privileged to have her at 506. And her daughter, a high school volleyball player, lost her spot on the team to a boy, to a boy playing on the girls' volleyball team. So very timely, very important in so many different ways. And, of course, we'll tie it into the ballot measure. I will tie it into the ballot measure. This is just a mom. out there trying to do what all great moms do, which is to help and protect their children. So, yeah, we'll have this hero mom with us at 5.06. Please do not miss that. If you cannot be here live, please get it off the podcast later. So that coming up at 5.06. Much ground to cover in the meantime as well. Coming right out of the chute with this one, Ken Buck. Remember, Ken Buck came so close to being Republican U.S. Senator from the great state of Colorado. And Ken Bach today endorsing Phil Weiser for governor. So I immediately texted Ken and haven't heard back yet. Hope to get him on the show to talk about that. But I do want to come out of the gate and get your reaction to that. 303-713-8255, the number, the great one, Shannon Scott, the icon behind the glass today. And Shannon will free up those phone lines so we can get the cavalcade. Is that a word? I think it is a word, a kind of avalanche type word. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Cavalcade of calls on ken buck endorsing phil weiser so did you ever think you would see the day and you know i i reflect back as i sit here because it was in this this very studio and ken always was great about coming on the show many many times and in that senate race where he narrowly defeated jane norton which was a major accomplishment because jane norton truly one of the greatest candidates we've ever had she served as bill owens lieutenant governor enormously popular, tremendous candidate. So it was a big deal for Ken to be able to defeat her in the primary. And again, very, very close race, but he beat her and then lost very, very narrowly to Michael Bennett. It was the first time Michael Bennett was on the ballot for that Senate seat, originally appointed. And I think everybody has acknowledged, and this is not Ken's fault, but I think everybody's acknowledged that if Jane Norton had been the nominee, that she probably would have dusted Bennett, beat him by eight or ten points. And you think about how dramatically different the future of, and the current Republican Party would be, if Jane Norton had won that race, because then she becomes the U.S. Senator, Republican U.S. Senator from Colorado, and the face of the GOP, because I think it's quite obvious that the GOP has really suffered without that, statewide elected official as the face of the GOP. We are so fortunate to have Cory Gardner, you know, for a while, one term, as that U.S. Senator, and he was a tremendous face of the GOP. I think Jane Norton would have had a better chance to survive the leftist onslaught and all of the challenges, in part because, you know, she's a woman. And in Colorado, it's really stunning to think about. I'd say shocking, but that's so overused. that this great state, all these years, we have not had a female U.S. senator, a female governor. I mean, that is shame on Colorado, right? And I'm not talking about, oh, hey, quotas, we should have had somebody who wasn't the best candidate as our governor because they were female. Not at all. I'm talking about on merit. Shame on this state that we have not had a female governor. A big part of that is the left. It's the Democrats because they have been in power. They have been able to For quite a while now, other than, you know, with the exception of Bill Owens, Democrats have been able to decide who the governor is going to be and who the U.S. senators, for the most part, are going to be. And it's the Democrats who have decided that it's not going to be a woman. And guess which Democrats have decided it's not going to be a woman? The male Democrats. And guess which male Democrats, the old white male Democrats, have decided it's not going to be a woman, it's not going to be a minority, it's going to be who? Who did they decide on?
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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Old white male Democrats were going to hold those top jobs. And so shame on them. Shame on the left. You know, they pretend to be so enlightened. They're obviously the opposite, polar opposite. And, you know, that's what they've decided. The top jobs are going to go to, you know, old white men. And, you know, again, just such phonies. You know, Jane Norton, had she been the nominee, she would have beaten Bennett. And I do think she may be to this day. U.S. Senator from Colorado. But again, I don't blame Ken for that. Ken had every right to run, and he ran hard, and he built great support, and he won that narrow primary, and then lost a close race to Michael Bennett. But now, this is the news of the day, and the reason we're talking about Ken is because he is endorsing Phil Weiser for governor. So get your react to that, 303-713-8255, the number D-A-N-577-319. And I'd love to have the chance to talk with Ken. And again, he's been one of the most accessible people over all of these years, even decades at this point. But I'd love to have the conversation because when I'd have the pleasure of occasionally I get to introduce Ken at some political event and I'd always introduce him as a pro-life champion. And that's the thing I just don't get is, you know, how could somebody who's been a true pro-life champion then flip and support a radically pro-death, pro-abortion Democrat. I just can't process that. So I'd appreciate the chance to have the conversation with Ken, and hopefully he'll come on the show and we will have that conversation. In terms of crossing party lines, I can get that and I can respect that. I did it myself. I mean, I can't remember how I was registered when this came down because it's been a while. But one of my favorite people in public life, one of the people I admire most, you know, in all of life is Bob Beaupre. He is a great human and he was a tremendous elected official. He's been a great member of the community, a great philanthropist. He and Claudia are just great in every single way. And when he was running against Bill Ritter, you know, that was the race that really Tested me in terms of my pro-life commitment because Bob Beaupre, listen, you talk about a pro-life champion through and through. Bob Beaupre from top to bottom would have been a phenomenal governor in every single way. And I just ran into a buzzsaw, obviously, with the left taking over the state. And then in that race, Bill Ritter, who I'd known for a very long time and liked for a very long time and admired in lots of ways for a very long time, not saying he's perfect. Other than Jesus Christ, nobody's been perfect. And Bill had his flaws like I do and everybody does. But then Bill Ritter is going to be the Democrat nominee. He was the Democrat nominee. And here's the twist. You know, Bill Ritter was pro-life. I mean, that's how he began that race for governor. is as a true pro-life Democrat. So then at that point in the campaign, I'm faced with this choice because we have Bob Beaupre, all those great things, and a true pro-life champion. And then we have Bill Ritter, who has the courage to be a pro-life Democrat. And so at that point, as a guy, for me, my foundational issue is life. And it would boost the pro-life movement enormously. to have a true pro-life governor who is a Democrat and from Colorado, which has the deep, deep, deep roots in the pro-abortion movement. Some of the worst abortion laws in this country were in Colorado before Roe. So I'm sitting there thinking, wow, what a tremendous opportunity for the pro-life movement to surge forward with this Democrat governor, Bill Ritter, if he should win the race, and what it's going to do for the pro-life movement nationwide. Because then what a message to other Democrats around the country that, yes, you can be pro-life. You can succeed. So this was going to be a great breakthrough for the pro-life movement. So, you know, I endorsed Bill Ritter. And I knew at that point it was going to cause an awful lot of trouble for me. to be endorsing Bill Ritter, but I endorsed him, I gave him money, and okay, I'll take whatever fallout comes from that. To Bob's credit, none of it was ever from Bob. He is the pinnacle of class, and he is a true pro-life champion. But yeah, obviously I suffered a lot of blowback and a lot of quarters for endorsing a Democrat, but I did it because that was the most effective way to advance the life issue. And so I get crossing... party lines when there's a matter of deep principle and commitment involved, because I did it once. And then, by the way, the way that story ended is before that campaign ended, I had to reverse myself. I had to, and reluctantly, because, you know, a lot of affection for Bill Ritter, a lot of respect for Bill Ritter. But Bill Ritter went backwards on his life commitment. Happened during the middle of the campaign. I can remember him walking through the door of the studio because, see, Bill Ritter is a real man. And Bill Ritter would stand up and answer the tough questions. Not like this current crop of Democrats who are just so weak and they're so pathetic and they're so afraid of their own shadow. And they won't stand up and answer the tough questions, sit down for a legitimate interview. But Bill Ritter would. And I remember him like it was lunchtime today, walking through that door of the studio. And he walks through the door and he says, Dan, and this is when he had the campaign wrapped up. It became very clear he was up, whatever, 20, 30 points in the poll with a month or two to go. And so he walked through the door and he said, Dan, I'm going to have to disappoint a lot of people and you're going to be one of them. So he was up front about it, and I've always credited him with that. But anyway, he's ahead 20 or 30 points in the poll. He's about to be governor when I decide I can't support him anymore because he's no longer going to be that pro-life governor that caused me to support him in the beginning. So as he's about to win, and picture this, and I know this is self-serving, but it's true. Picture this. I have supported Bill Ritter. And now he's about to win. So in terms of access, in terms of benefits of picking the winner and supporting the winner, you know, when you're sitting there as in not a Democrat and you're on air and you have supported the Democrat and now he's about to be elected, which was no sure thing when the race started. You know, I was in a position to benefit in a legal and ethical way in many, many ways from that. But I just couldn't do it anymore because he was no longer going to be that pro-life governor. He had backed off that position. So I wrote a piece. If you Google it up sometime, I'm really, really proud of it. You know, wrote a piece explaining, and the Post published it. Maybe it was the Rocky Mountain News that published it. I can't remember why I was withdrawing my endorsement of Bill Ritter. But in any case, my point is— I could understand somebody crossing party lines to endorse an opponent over some profound issue of principle. What I cannot understand is a pro-life person endorsing a pro-abortion person and crossing party lines to do that. Somebody who's been an elected Republican, former chair of the Republican Party in Colorado, but that's what Ken Buck has done. Love to get your reaction to it.
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Speaker 3: 303-713-8255, DAN-57739.
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Speaker 1: You're on the Dan Kaplan Show. Today in New York, U.S. House polling among Jewish voters. Look at this.
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Speaker 4: In 2018, Democrats were ahead by 40 points. In 2022, 49 points.
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Speaker 1: Look at this.
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Speaker 4: The average of polls this year, it's just 13 points. It's just 13 points. That is a shift of what? 36 points. 36 points away from the Democrats. Their lead is absolutely tumbled into the Hudson River among Jewish voters. Yes, they are still ahead, but we are talking about historically strong numbers for Republicans among Jewish voters. It definitely seems to me that the developments over the past few years, at least in New York, at least in this polling, has had a huge impact on how Jewish voters say they are going to vote, not just for governor, but for Congress.
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Speaker 1: Maybe the problem for the Democrats is this messaging they have to our Jewish brothers and sisters. Vote for us. We hate you. You know, that may not be the most effective message, but it really is a remarkable moment we're in right now. I never would have believed it as being a Democrat for so many years before I became unaffiliated and then an R. But it's just open right now. Not your typical Democrat. No, there's not an anti-Semitic streak at all among your typical Democrats. But the people who own and operate the party, flaming, flaming anti-Semitism. at this point. And it's very, very open. That's the only way you can get to the point where you have a Malat Kiros, who's about to be a congresswoman from the first CD in Colorado, and you don't have every Democrat in the state condemning her. You know, where's Polis? Where's Hickenlooper? Where's Bennett? Where's Johnston? Where's any of them? I mean, come on, she's open about it. And then you have Abdul Al-Sayed, you know, how come you don't have all these big Democrats in Colorado and across the country flat out condemning him? He refuses to answer the question, who is the greatest threat to America, Israel or Iran? Well, let's see, maybe we can start with Israel is a great ally and Iran is a sworn enemy that's killed over a thousand Americans. Maybe we start there. But at that point, how is he not condemned by every elected Colorado Democrat? Certainly our U.S. senators know because that's where that ownership of that party is gone, to pretty much open Jew hate. I mean, it is one of the sickest, most despicable, cancerous, toxic, dangerous things I've ever seen in terms of movement by a major political party. You know, and yet it's happening right before our eyes. So hopefully we will see that play out at the polls. Hopefully we'll see it play out at the polls all over the country, you know, with our Jewish brothers and sisters who like, pardon me, it's not emotion, it's peanut butter. But, you know, I'm a Catholic, and I know there are lots and lots of Catholics who vote Democrat. I used to be one of them. And listen, I am not anywhere near as good a Catholic as a lot of Catholics who do vote Democrat. But I'm like, what?
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Speaker 3: How?
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Speaker 1: And I think a lot of it is, I think there are a lot of Democrats, including in my own family outside Colorado, who, you know, the stereotype of Republicans, the negative stereotype runs so deep. But they also, they don't live and breathe politics every single day. It's not the center of their life. So they probably have no idea who has taken over their party, who owns it. I mean, these are smart people. They're informed, but they're not studying this stuff every day. They're not listening to shows like this every day, whether they're on the right or left. The shows are. They probably have no idea who actually owns their party right now and how radical they are and how anti-Catholic they are and how anti-Christian they are. how anti-religious freedom they are. They probably don't even know how rabidly pro-abortion they are. They know they're pro-abortion, but how rabidly? And they probably don't know that the ownership of the Democratic Party now is so rabidly anti-Jewish person. But hopefully our Jewish voters have noticed, and here is my firm belief, it's been borne out over and over again. Sorry for that gulp, but better than choking on my peanut butter. But Here has been my firm belief for years. And I've said this and it's proven true over and over again. And it proved to with President Trump and his being elected twice. I said, hey, you want to get the vote of white people, then make it clear you care about black people. You care about fairness and equal opportunity for black people in this example. And that's always proven true because vast majority of white people very, very much want to make sure that black people have fair and equal opportunity. Same thing here. You want to get the vote of Christians? Then show that you are not anti-Semitic and that you'll stand up to anti-Semites. And you want to get the vote of Christian Democrats? Show you'll stand up to anti-Semites. Because this is another example where the ownership of the Democratic Party and the so-called leadership is so far out of step. with the typical American and the typical Democrat. Because a typical Democrat does not sit around thinking, you know what, I really, really want to have boys and men in my daughter's locker room and in her sports. They don't sit around saying that. And they don't sit around saying, you know what, we really need to elect people who hate Jewish people. We really need to do that. They don't sit around saying that. So you've got this Democratic Party ownership that's way out of step. With a lot of Democrats, let alone the rest of America. Hopefully that shows up at at the polls.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 1: Hey, we have the hero mom with us at 506. She's going to stay anonymous as she has in some national media interviews. And she's going to be talking about her daughter on a high school volleyball team in Colorado. And then that the school district allows a male to be added to the team. Then her daughter loses her spot on the team to this male. It's the world gone mad. She'll be with us at 5.06. Rose Puglisi next on the Dan Kaplan Show.
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Speaker 3: 4.36.
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Speaker 1: Hey, the hero mom, who will remain anonymous, will join us at 5.06 to talk about her daughter losing her spot on a Colorado high school volleyball team, a girls volleyball team, losing her spot to a boy. Yeah, that's how insane, surreal twilight zone things have become here in Colorado, but a very important real-world story. I think you'll find this woman extraordinarily compelling. As you will find our next guest, Rose Puglisi, kind enough to join us. As you know, Rose, a real force of nature, the political scene in Colorado, and kind enough to kick around some of these ballot measures. We try to devote a real chunk of time each day to that because it's a very tangible chance for us to win and win on things that matter during this election month. Rose, welcome back to the show.
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Speaker 2: Oh, thanks so much, Dan. It's good to hear from you.
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Speaker 1: Well, thank you. Hey, first of all, how do you think things are shaping up overall right now in the ballot measures? Obviously, in this day and age, there's not a lot of public polling, but what are you seeing?
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Speaker 2: You know, I think it's really going to come down to education and turnout. You know, I have advocated for and against ballot issues.
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Speaker 1: Over the past few years.
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Speaker 2: And, you know, when conservatives unite around these ballot issues and they show up, we win on these issues that are most important to Colorado. And so I think the number one thing is to show up, to vote your ballot, to vote all your ballot. I know it's a long one, but it's so important that you get your voice heard and then be educated, you know, be educated about what the issues are and where you stand and I think some of these issues are pretty straightforward, but as you know, the ballot language isn't always straightforward. So I really appreciate people like you who are helping us to get the message out to make sure people are educated because, you know, not everybody's listening to the Dan Kaplan show, but we talk to our friends, we talk to our neighbors, and making sure we spread the word is the most important thing. and vote their ballot in the way that aligns with our conservative principles.
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Speaker 1: Well, I love your point about education because I think there's also great leverage opportunity there in that people are busy, right? A lot of people just don't have time to dig in all of this stuff. So, you know, they turn to people they know and trust. And so anybody listening, if they have time to sit down and go through this ballot and then they can explain it, you know, to their friends who maybe haven't had the time to do that, there's an opportunity to just pick up some votes there. And which of these ballot measures, Rose, do you think is most important? I don't know if you want to, whether it's one, whether it's three, if there are some you think people just need to prioritize.
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Speaker 2: You know, for me, Proposition NN is one that's very close to my heart. I moved to Colorado because of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. I thought, any state that allowed people to vote on tax increases had to be the most free state. And what we have seen through the legislature and through the time I've been in Colorado is this constant eroding of the taxpayer bill of rights, of TABOR. And when you ask the people, if you straightforward ask the people, They love their TABOR refunds. They love being able to vote on tax increases. They love to be able to protect the taxpayer bill of rights. And we've seen that.
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Speaker 5: We saw that in the defeat of Proposition CC. We saw that in one that Senator Kirkmeyer and I have led on Proposition HH. The people overwhelmingly want to protect TABOR and protect their TABOR refunds. And so This Proposition NN is.
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Speaker 2: Just another end around of what the people have consistently said, which is keep your hands off of our Tabor refunds. And so making sure that we talk to our friends and neighbors, the people that we engaged last time on HH, that we're continuing to engage those people and making sure that they know that this is an attack on Tabor and potentially a permanent attack on Tabor.
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Speaker 5: And we need to be.
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Speaker 2: Able to control the growth of government. I have always said, and I've spent time at local government and legislature, that the state of Colorado does not have a revenue problem. It has a prioritization problem. We should be fully funding public education, but we should be doing it with an existing revenues. We shouldn't be taking money out of the pockets of the people consistently. Manage your money better, state legislature.
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Speaker 1: Amen to that. And Rose, I know Advance Colorado is just leading the way on so many of these. Is there a particular website folks can go to to get the ammo and the info they need?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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Speaker 5: And actually, I was listening to a really great podcast recently.
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Speaker 2: On Advanced Colorado. So advancedcolorado.org. And it was a brief guide to the ballot. And it was by my two great friends, Christy Burton-Brown and Michael Fields talking through, you know, the ballot initiatives. There's so many, but the ones that really conservatives need to focus on. And so even if you don't want to read through all the information, if you just want some quick tips on what's on the ballot, what issues are important, there's a great podcast It's right on the website, advancedcolorado.org. And so I really do encourage people. I thought it was really, really helpful.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and to Rose's point, send it to 10 or 20 friends. You know, it's just, you know, we're all looking for information, right? And what a tremendous source there. And Advanced Colorado has been just a lifesaver for the state in so many different ways. Rose, grateful for your time. And it does look like things hopefully are starting to break the right way on 87th. You know, with the Denver Post coming out and opposing this massive tax increase, Polis opposing it, Great Work Advance and others have done on it, you know, hopefully, because that thing, I think, would just hurt working people in this state as bad as anything else on the ballot. If all of a sudden, you know, the job creators, small business owners, things like that, the big, larger job creators, all of a sudden are getting run out of this state by these doubled-up taxes.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, this constant attack on businesses. And then we want to say, you know, come to Colorado. We're business friendly, but we're going to tax you more. We're going to add more regulations. We're going to make it so hard for you to do business here that you won't be able to employ people and continue to grow your business in Colorado. It just doesn't make sense. It doesn't align. Amendment 87 really would be a horrible position to put Colorado in. And I really do hope that people get educated about that. You know, when I was in the legislature, and Senator Kirkmeyer and I also worked on this, you know, we wanted to lower income taxes, right, so that we could generate more jobs in this state to make Colorado more business friendly. And so this attack on our current structure and making it so unaffordable that businesses leave, people lose their jobs, None of that makes sense for Colorado. And I think we really need to take a breath and a step back and find out what is a good tax policy. If it's not this one, let's talk about how do we lower taxes. That's really the conversation when I'm talking to friends and neighbors. And they're not just conservatives. Like you said, it is across the line. This is a nonpartisan issue. People want to pay less in taxes across the board. So why don't we work on doing that and really help the people of Colorado?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, do like Florida. Get to the point you have no state income tax and then you have a whole lot of great jobs and you benefit in so many other ways. Rose, hey, thank you for the time today and keep up the great work.
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Speaker 2: Oh, thanks, Dan. I really appreciate you having me.
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Speaker 1: Thank you. You take care. And wow, so many, so many great people out there fighting the good fight. But in the end, it's going to come down to you, right, and your neighbors and Just convincing people barbecue to barbecue, you know, youth football game to youth football game. Just just helping people learn about these issues and getting them out to vote. And that ties into this hero mom we're going to have with us at 506. This woman, she'll remain anonymous for obvious reasons, but standing up for a daughter who's on this girls volleyball team in Colorado and then loses her spot to a boy. who's added to the volleyball team. I mean, it's that insane right now. And the purpose of this conversation at 5.06 won't just be, hey, we really have to pass Prop 134. It just says, no, girls' sports are for girls. But obviously beyond that as well, just the profound unfairness of it, how it's really playing out in real life in Colorado. And I have spoken with this mom off air. She is extraordinarily compelling. So she will be with us at 5.06. I look forward to that. I know the lines are in fuego right now. I'll go to callers and texters as soon as we get back.
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Speaker 4: 303-713-8255, DAN 57739.
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Speaker 1: You're on the Dan Kaplan Show. CNN. Today in New York, U.S. House polling among Jewish voters. Look at this.
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Speaker 4: In 2018, Democrats were ahead by 40 points.
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Speaker 1: In 2022, 49 points. Look at this. The average polls this year.
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Speaker 4: It's just 13 points. It's just 13 points. That is a shift of what? 36 points. 36 points away from the Democrats. Their lead is absolutely tumbled into the Hudson River among Jewish voters. Yes, they are still ahead, but we are talking about historically strong numbers for Republicans among Jewish voters. It definitely seems to me that the developments over the past few years, at least in New York, at least in this polling, has had a huge impact on how Jewish voters say they are going to vote, not just for governor, but for Congress.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and hopefully that'll show up across the country on election day. And show up with our Jewish brothers and sisters as well as lots of Christian voters because Christian voters are normally very supportive of Israel. This weird toxic cancerous awful twist that we're seeing recently with the ownership of the Democratic Party having this hatred of Israel and Jews is sick. And it doesn't represent your typical Democrat. It's just bizarre. Venomous. And hopefully we're going to see a strong reaction to that. 303, including here in Colorado. Look at Milat Kiros. to become congressman in the first CD, and that's not going to be stopped. But hopefully we'll see some people starting to stand up to her. It'd be a little easier to do if she showed up. It looks like they've got her in candidate protection. because they don't want her out there telling people who she really is and what she really believes, because they're afraid it'll hurt other Democrats who are trying to pull the con. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, he has nowhere to hide. He's the candidate, and it's all been kind of smoked out now, right? That big question over the weekend to him of, hey, who do you think the greater threat is to America, Israel or Iran? And he couldn't answer it, which tells you everything, right? Because Israel is a great ally of ours and has helped to— to save many innocent lives, including innocent American lives. And Iran regime, mortal enemy, has killed over a thousand Americans. And the fact that a major candidate, Democrat candidate for Senate, couldn't tell you who the greater threat is? Yeah, that tells you everything. 303-713-8255. Okay, Hero Mom at 506. You're going to love hearing from this woman. She's so compelling. And she's on a bunch of national shows now, has to remain anonymous. But her daughter, High school volleyball player in Colorado loses her spot on a Colorado high school volleyball team to a boy. Yeah, so she has a compelling story to tell. Let's go to beautiful Castle Rock. Jake, you're on the Dan Kaplan Show.
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Speaker 3: Welcome. Oh, thanks, Dan. Great subject. Can I say one thing about the Rose you were speaking with earlier? She is so on point because... We were a large telecom here since 81. Now, we not only left, but U.S. Westwood, you know, Mountain Bell, Salter Hill, and Dick McCormick ran. They're gone because at CenturyLink, they're in Louisiana. Time Warner Telecom left, so on and so on. Now, builders, let's see, Falcon Homes left, went to Texas. Stanford Homes went to Texas. All of those things, you know, the owners of those companies make decisions based upon cost, equity, whether employees, housing, safety, and all those things. I don't understand. But she is right on. I mean, she was just hitting the hammer and the nail on the head. So not only telecom, but building. And, you know, because you've been here a long time, if we're not building homes in Colorado, this place will sink.
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Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 1: And to your great point, What about all the companies that aren't coming here? Because there's a ferocious competition, as you know, state to state to get the best jobs here, and you can be sure we're losing. I mean, we start out with one of the most beautiful places in the world with all these natural advantages, and we're getting our tail kicked by places like Minnesota.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah. A Boeing left Seattle, flew right over the top of us to go to wherever they went.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 3: You know, Leon Musk left L.A., went to Texas.
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Speaker 1: That's huge. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: So I love what you were saying. Can I say one thing about that drug issue, which is such a hot subject of mine? I know four families lost their child's children to fentanyl. John Hickenlooper, now the senator, was the governor in 12, I believe. And he believed he ran on the fact that he was going to veto legalized drugs.
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Speaker 1: And he lied.
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Speaker 3: He did not do that. I remember it well. And if this is incorrect as far as the factual timing, I think he was governor at 12, and I believe he said he was going to veto drugs and be allowed to come in, which has been devastating.
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Speaker 1: Jake, can I offer you a bit different memory on that? And I agree completely with you on how devastating it's been to Colorado, and I also think it It's one of the reasons that we're not attracting anywhere near the number of good jobs here that we should while we're leading the nation in bug tenders. Yeah, that's what you want. But my memory, Jake, and I could be wrong too, it's been a while, is that Hickenlooper was a major force in drugs being legalized in Colorado, but I don't remember him running on a promise to veto it. I think it was kind of a typical Hickenlooper thing where Where, you know, until he came out full force in favor of legalized drugs, he just kind of played both sides. But I may be remembering wrong.
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Speaker 3: Well, no, I agree with you because I know him for fundraisers and he kind of does this whole howdy doody thing, you know, when he's getting, you know what I mean? When he gets pressed, he kind of turns into a country boy. He is not. He's a very smart engineer from school.
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Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, super smart guy. Hey, you want to hear one of the worst things he did on drugs? And that was, and I had his health director on the show to talk about it. He had this great health director who could see how much damage legalized dope was doing to kids. And the health director started this program, Don't Be a Lab Rat, and he'd bring this cage around to different high schools to try to drive home the point. And then Hickenlooper, the drug dealer's, legal drug dealers, went to Hickenlooper and complained. And Hickenlooper changed the campaign to get this. Marijuana, it's good to know. So it goes from don't be a lab rat to the drug dealers getting Hickenlooper to use state money to say marijuana, it's good to know.
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Speaker 3: Oh, that's just so good. I remember well, as soon as that was legalized, people were flooding in here from many states for the cash flow. And now they're killing our kids. Thank you, Dad, for covering that.
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Speaker 1: Well, J.K., as you know, that was part of the whole leftist plan was you get drugs legalized here, and then that changes your demographic for voting purposes because you're going to attract all these people who are coming here for the drugs. And guess what? Most of them are not going to be voting Republican. Jake, you're awesome, man. I've got to bail now because I've got the hero mom coming up at 5.06. I hope you call us often. You're going to want to hear this story. This woman is so compelling. as she stands up to fight for her daughter. You know, like so many hardworking kids in sports, it's on this girl's volleyball team, it's her team, it's such an important part of her life, and she loses her spot to a boy on her team? The mom up next.
