August 13, 2024 • 34 mins
Dan doesn't think Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is out of the woods with his 'stolen valor' scandal stemming from his departure from the Army National Guard, and it may cost the presumptive nominee for Vice-President his spot on the ticket.
Representatives Ryan Armagost (R-46) and Scott Bottoms (R-15) join Dan to discuss their plan to introduce Colorado's Second Amendment caucus on Tuesday.
Representatives Ryan Armagost (R-46) and Scott Bottoms (R-15) join Dan to discuss their plan to introduce Colorado's Second Amendment caucus on Tuesday.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Caplis, and welcome to today's online podcast
edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to
give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind,
and to subscribe, download, and listen to the show every
single day on your favorite podcast platform. Remember twenty sixteen
seems like a lifetime ago. Remember New York Times. It
was mid October of twenty sixteen. New York Times had
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that little meter going and Hillary Clinton had a ninety
four percent chance of winning. And that's in mid October, right,
And there are so many similarities. The fact is that
Trump is in a much stronger position right now than
he was in twenty sixteen, and all of the ingredients
are there for a massive grassroots explosion in turnout and
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support that Dwarf's twenty sixteen. So it's all right there
in front of us. And Ryan, I mean, you can
start to see the headlines now, right. You can start
to see the headlines the day or the week after
the election, because Pennsylvania Democrat run Pennsylvania's already tell me
to say, we're not going to have the results on
election night. It might take days, but whenever it does
come in, you can just that the S word is
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going to dominate the regime. Media shocked, shocked, and then
the R word racism, but shocked shocking results shocking, this
shocking that. Now if you listen to this show, it's
not going to be a shock. And there are just
so many similarities. But here are the differences. Hillary Clinton,
as awful as you would have been for this nation,
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far superior in terms of skills, capability for the office,
et cetera than Kamala Harris.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
And everybody can see that.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
I mean, they're both crazy lefties and all that, but
in terms of just ability to do the job, ability
to at least stand on the same stage as all
of the truly straight from hell evil dictators that now
hold power around this world, at least Hillary Clinton could
stand on the same stage with them, credibly. Now, policy
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is secondary, Kamala Harris, no reason person can picture that
with any degree of comfort.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
If I had to choose between the two, I would
much rather have Hillary Clinton in a room one on
one against Vladimir Putin er Jijinping than Kamala Harris. I
don't think that's a tough call. But Dan, I want
to go back to something earlier. He said, because this
is what really troubles me. I think you and I
are both in agreement that this entire election probably turns
on Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania not only the Keystone State, but the
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Keystone state in this election. But what I have a
problem with, and it's a big problem, especially after the
issues they had in the twenty twenty election, is that
Texas has forty electoral votes, Florida has thirty electoral votes,
Pennsylvania only has nineteen. And yet we know the election
results in Texas and Florida. Oh the night of the election. Now,
how is that possible there? But they can't do it
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in Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
No, And listen understand, I grew up in Chicago, where
my dad is a Chicago police officer, got in trouble
because he was assigned tonight off duty job in uniform
to a polling station on election day. He walked in
there before he found Democrat votes.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
On the machine.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And he was a Democrat, of course, so of course
my dad, a stand up officer, he reported it.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
That did not go over well.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Oh and that's not a commendation condemnation of Chicago police,
it's just whoever was running that priescinct. But listen, we
all know that there are certain states where there has
been a history of shadiness and so so, yeah, that
doesn't mean the twenty twenty election was stolen. I've never
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seen proof of that. But it also doesn't mean that
you can't verify, that you can't ask fair questions. And
that's the thing that the left wants to shut down
any talk of verification, you know, any talk of ensuring
a fair process, by saying, oh, no, you're an election denier. No,
I'm an election verifier. I just want to make sure
elections are fair. I've never denied the outcome of the
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twenty twenty election, but yeah, I think it raised a
lot of justifiable concern in Ron DeSantis. I retweeted that
coming out and saying, wait, we're bigger in Florida, and
you get your results election night. They can do the
same thing exactly. But all I'm saying is this, and
then I want to get into the hard data that
supports me on this. Expect that after the election, the
word shocking is going to dominate all the headlines for
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the regime media.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
But it's not.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Shocking if you listen to this show, because even after
this unprecedented three weeks in America neuro death experience for
the Democrats, Trump has beaten Biden and now he Biden's
deposed by the cabal.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
They install Harris.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Harris gets three weeks of beatification and Trump's still winning.
They even accelerot acknowledges and Harris is internals. Trump's still winning.
Imagine when those polls start to drop, PRIs. I'll give
you a little preview, Young Ryan schuling big headline on
CNN in the last hour, just just decrying the twenty
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lies and this and that with Trump on X last night.
It is blowing their little minds that Trump is actually
fighting back because they assumed, wait a second, okay, once
we outmaneuvered you and all right, Biden, but then we
installed Harris. It's like, oh no, no, no, no, Now, it's
just a first class trip to election day for Harris.
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Trump doesn't get to fight back. They're losing their minds
just over that X thing last night. Imagine when the
polls start to turn and what we're starting to see
little signs there, including Morning Console, which has been very
kind to Harris. And listen, you can't read much into this, right,
It's one day one point, but it stopped rising and
it dropped a point today.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
May mean nothing right.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Over the long term, but you've got these little indicators
out there. The CNBC poll with Trump up to and
how about this one, Ryan, I think a fair question
raised as I go back to the phone lines. You
can't conclude anything from it. But but I don't think
there's been but one national poll released since Harris chose Wallz.
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And why is that You're telling me that the whole industry,
this whole left regime leaning industry, hasn't done four or
five or six national polls since then. I can't imagine
that Waltz is helping her at all. The stolen valor
plus the guy, let's face it, he's a far left clown.
And I don't use pejordives. I'm just talking about. He
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comes across as a clown, I think to an awful
lot of people, including me. But the stolen valor stuff,
I think tells everything you need to know. Dan and Centennial.
You're on the Dan Kaplis Show.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Welcome, Hi guys, thanks for having me. Sure, Hey, I
got two things to comment on as you can. One.
I think you're dead on accurate Dan, that they got
so much dirt on Biden that connects him to so
many other themes with Obama and Hillary and you know
the previous administration that if they need to to cover themselves.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Well his own corruption. What do you think Hunter was selling?
Speaker 1 (06:50):
And does anybody in the right mind think that tax
evasion trial is going forward in September? So let's have
a little pool here, guys. Let's everybody throw in five bucks.
When does the pardon come down?
Speaker 5 (07:00):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (07:00):
When does the pardon come down?
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Because he's got to pardon him and make that trial
go way in September unless they get a kick continued.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Yep, there's one more comment I wanted to make two
while on phone. People two things. Really they're they're watching
these elections better now. We've got a whole lot of
teams that are making sure it might not be perfect yet,
but like Virginia is mandating paper ballots, you know. So
there's a whole lot of things going down right now
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that are going to help us. And people are way
underestimating the power of social media. This time, Ruth Rumble,
people are informed way better than last time.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Boy Dan, thank you for that call. I think that
is such a great point, and they're informed about Kamala
Harris right because people aren't stupid. And Kamala Harris has
been VP for three years and she had lowest I
think approval rating of a VP in modern history. The
American people know enough about her already, and I'm talking
the the persuadable people in the middle know enough about
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her already to know they don't want her as president.
The only question now is whether Donald Trump is acceptable
to them, and that's why we need the a Trump.
I thought Ryan, from what I heard, and lord knows
I didn't hear at all, I thought he was pretty
good on Twitter last night.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Oh yeah, he was having fun with Elon. I thought
it was an interesting conversation with free flowing. There were
no interruptions or breaks, and I think it allowed for
a very special kind of platform and relatability to the audience. Meanwhile, Dan,
you talkt we need a Trump, we do, But what
grade can Kamala run this race? I'd say she's had
like a cus right now if that and still win.
This just in from Peter Doucey and Fox News. She
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ditches the press pool to make a trip to Howard University,
her alma mater.
Speaker 6 (08:46):
Something new tonight.
Speaker 7 (08:47):
As the presumptive nominee Vice President, Harris is supposed to
travel everywhere she goes with a protective press pool. We
just learned that she left her press pool behind to
attend an event at Howard University yesterday. We've reached out
to her office. We are waiting back. We are awaiting
an answer back from them as to why she didn't
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want a small group of reporters documenting her trip across town.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
It'll be very interesting to see because obviously the reporters
are essentially part of her team, part of her staff.
But it'll be very interesting to see whether we see
more cracks. And when we come back, you're gonna thoroughly
enjoy this sound of a CNN anchor mocking, mocking her
chief spokesperson today because she's hiding from interviews. It's a
tone you do not often hear. And then the most
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fun sound of the day on Stephen Colbert with the
CNN anchor and the reaction of the audience not at
all what Colbert or the anchor wanted. You're on the
Dankplas Show.
Speaker 6 (09:47):
And now back to The Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 8 (09:51):
Tim Walls wants to be a heartbeat away from commander
in chief. But Tim Walls's line about his military record.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
For years, he's used the rank that he never achieved
in order to advance his political career.
Speaker 8 (10:02):
Well's lyde repeatedly about his rank.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Retired command sergeant major, retired command sergeant major, command Sergt Major.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Retired command sergeant major.
Speaker 8 (10:11):
Wall's lyde about being in combat can.
Speaker 9 (10:13):
Make sure that those weapons of war that I carried
in war, that I carried in war.
Speaker 8 (10:16):
Wall's dodge deployment by retiring when he knew his National
Guard unit was going to Iraq.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Everybody knew they were going to train, and what I
rid the warning.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Order basically stated it too much later after he knew
it fast.
Speaker 8 (10:28):
When he hired, Wall's disparaged the Minnesota National Guard soldiers.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Hearsaid, I requested the National Guard, we're gonna have massively
trained troops.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
No, you're gonna have nineteen year old who are cooks.
Speaker 8 (10:37):
That same Minnesota National Guard that he disparaged. Unlike Walls,
served heroically in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tim Wallas is not
fit to be anywhere near the office of Commander in Chief.
Tim Walls is guilty of stolen valor.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
He abandoned us, you know, I mean, what the hell
kind of leader does that? Wow? Wow?
Speaker 1 (10:58):
And the biggest mistake political mistake in modern American history
right there. And Ryan, you know, I'm an eternal optimist,
and I truly spread joy on this show, not the
phony stuff kamalas paddling.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
True, but.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
I first and foremost owe you the truth. I owe
everybody the truth, whether it brings joy or tears. What
do you think the headline just was on CNN? Oh, boy,
on the yes, on the fair Quest online, No on
the TV, on the Chiro.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
Something ripping Trump for what he said on the X spaces.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Yeah, yeah, but here was the top of the hour headline,
Walls praises Muslim leader who posted anti Semitic comment.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
CNN had that, yes, oh.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
And why do you think they had that?
Speaker 6 (11:48):
They want to switch him out.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
They want them out, Yes, yes, they want him out.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
Such a self owned too, Dan.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
When you think about it, and you and I have
talked about this, Shapiro was a slam dunk, obvious, but
right you and I were on that square like, yeah,
that's who they're going to pick.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
It'll give them Pennsylvania to go their way.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Not bright pick here right because of not not Kamala
Harris's anti semitism. But when you yield to the anti
semitism within your party, are you any better than the
anti Semites are? But come on, Shapiro was the obvious
no brainer, and thank god for us in the Trump
campaign that she didn't do it. But as I've been
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talking about, since she made that big mistake, they've got
time to fix it.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
And when they've got.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
The entire media in their pocket, you know, then at
that point they've got less concern about doing it now.
Bottom line, And I'd love to hear from you as
we cover a lot of other ground right now, do
you think it would help her hurt the Harris campaign
to dump walls? And make no mistake about it, CNN
does not lead with that headline unless they're trying to
dump walls.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
And CNN doesn't.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Lead with that headline unless they're an awful lot of
people within the Democratic Party who want to dump walls.
I mean, you've even got Van Jones on Cena who
flat out went out and said it that you know,
they passed on Shapiro because of anti semitism within the party.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
So they've got time, They've got time. He'll be what
formally is he formally nominated next Tuesday? Is that the timeline?
Speaker 1 (13:21):
But yeah, they are leaking oil big time with walls
and I'll get to some more of that sound. But
on a lighter note, you've got to hear this. You're
gonna love this. This is Stephen Colbert. He has Caitlin
Collins on as a guest. And by the way, I mean,
I know her politics are opposite mine, but I think
she's one of the top two or three anchors on
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air right now, I mean just in terms of ability
and everything else. So he has her on last night
as her star rises, and then please listen carefully to
what happens here. When toward the end of a riff,
he says to her that CNN is objective and reports
the new news as it is completely unprompted.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Listen to what the audience does.
Speaker 10 (14:04):
Trump has kind of been thrown on his heels by this,
and he's not really sure how to go after Vice
President Harris. He knew his attack lines on President Biden.
He really has struggled with how to go after someone
who's twenty years younger than him, who is a different gender,
a different right. It's kind of been this moment where
he has not been able to coalesce around a single
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attack line.
Speaker 11 (14:26):
I know you guys are objective over there, that you
just report the news as it is.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Oh, I know a CNN makes it.
Speaker 12 (14:33):
And I know that's supposed to be.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
A lab line. I wasn't supposed to be, but I
guess it is.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
This is why I say it's twenty sixteen all over again.
And that's like my exhibit see. But that was completely spontaneous.
That wasn't a laugh line. When he says I know
you're objective over there, and his audience and that's not
a bunch of maga, right, his audience.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Just starts breaking up laughing.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
I mean that that tells you the people get it.
The people get it. That's why this is twenty sixteen
all over again. Let me give you another taste of
CNN because this was unusual, as this main anchor there
is actually mocking and taunting. John Berman is mocking and
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taunting Harris's spokesperson over her dodging the press and the
means I.
Speaker 11 (15:24):
Was asking about today. It seems like she has time
if she wanted to do an interview with a member
of the media or do a news conference. Correct, there
does appear to be that time if she wanted.
Speaker 6 (15:35):
Well, look, she.
Speaker 13 (15:36):
Has sat on the campaign trail that she would be
doing an interview at some point. She said that, I
think last week during during a ropeline or when she
was talking to reporters. But look, what is the important here, John,
is that she is taking her message directly to the
American people. She had a number of balloground stays. I
think we had fifteen thousand people in Detroit.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
But he's not letting her go and think about how
to Chris is it's like a Saturday in life skit.
She Oh, she's she said she'd do anne interview. She's
the presidential the kendidate who's their nominee, though she didn't
get a single vote in a single primary, and she's
talking about doing an interview.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
I mean, that's just mocking herself. But not today, not today.
Speaker 11 (16:21):
She could do an interview today, I would think, you know,
because she's not out there today.
Speaker 13 (16:26):
Well, look, she's taking her message directly to voters. And
just because she doesn't have anything an interview schedule on
our public schedule doesn't mean that she's not taking your
message directly.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
To see it's Do you think it's starting to sink
in with the American people? I come on, it's summer,
but the folks in the middle who aren't decided. Yeah,
probably not starting to sink in yet, but you can
tell it's starting to aggrevate the media, particularly as the
media starts to get other indicators that maybe Harris is
peaking out. I don't think she'll peak until after the
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DNC next week, but who knows. Maybe this sugar high
has already sucked up a lot of that room to move.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
Now, Dan, you and I have discussed this and we've
been a little bit out of sync and that you
thought the media would willingly carry this water. But what
I'm here and there from John Berman, and he was
not alone in doing this. Also, Sarah Sidner, same network,
CNN called it out with Eric Swallwell, that's cut twenty
eight on your list, by the way, but they're not
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really having it. And then what happened with Stephen Colbert.
Caitlin Collins seemed genuinely shocked that the audience laughed at
them being a serious news network. Do you think she's
really surprised that people don't think they're on the.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Think of the bubble they live in mind. You're right,
that's why.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
And this is a Harris bubble, right, This is like
a dot com bubble because once it bursts, and once
your numbers start moving down, you're gonna have one of
the great moments of your life.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
All of us here on adulterated panic on the left.
Can't wait. You're on the Dan Kapla show.
Speaker 6 (17:59):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Were talking about how how dare we wish merry Christmas?
Speaker 6 (18:06):
The people?
Speaker 11 (18:07):
No?
Speaker 6 (18:08):
How dare we speak merry Christmas?
Speaker 2 (18:10):
How dare we sounds joyful? Merry Christmas? Everyone?
Speaker 6 (18:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
I wonder how long it takes Joe Rogan to come
back to Trump. Ryan, are you going to bring our
distinguished guests up? Or are you going to trust me
with that?
Speaker 6 (18:24):
I'm gonna do that, but Kelly's type and stump.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Oh okay, okay, Well you're gonna trust me with it? Okay,
all right, wonderful, good decision on your part.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Hey, really happy to go to the IP line.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Appreciate the time of state reps, Ryan Arma, Gostin, Scott
Bottoms forty six and fifteen, respectively, Republicans who are kind
enough to visit with us to discuss this to a
caucus that seems to be in the works. Guys, welcome
to the dan Caplas show.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Yeah, thanks for having us.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Hey, appreciate the time. Ryan, what's up with this?
Speaker 12 (19:00):
Well, this has been something that I think we all
know just from the past two years. The legislation that
we've seen going forward has been pretty blatant, all out
attack on our Second Amendment rights in Colorado, and it's
gone on the national level that's been rejected for the
most part. On the state level, it's been a little
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less resistance, I guess, so we need to take a
different approach to this and arguing with people in committee
hearings over all of these outlandish bills.
Speaker 5 (19:31):
There's no way to.
Speaker 12 (19:31):
Change anyone's mind there, and the only way to really
change minds is to inform people and educate people on firearms.
And I think that's the key approach to this, is
just not only protecting our Second a Meenment rights, our
right to keep the bare arms, but also informing and
educating people that are running these legislative disasters that have
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come down from uninformed decision makers, uninformed lawmakers, and uninformed
entities that are influencing these lawmakers. So I want to
get more people involved through education and information, safety and
ownership of firearms as well as manufacturing everything that goes
along with it, because not only are they affecting the
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citizens of Colorado, but firearms businesses in Colorado are taking
a huge hit and they're all getting chased out of state.
So we need to protect not only our citizens and constituents,
but our businesses that are trying to thrive in Colorado
and have to pack up their family to leave because
they're being attacked for doing what they do.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Yeah, it makes sense, Scott Bottoms, thanks for being with us.
So what form is this going to take? What's it
going to look like?
Speaker 5 (20:40):
Well, there's a few things. We're really trying to get
some Democrats on board with us. We're trying to make
this part partisan, and we've we've been shopping this around.
There's actually quite a few Democrats that own firearms and
our shooters and they enjoy Dat's range. Also, they're kind
of pressured by their talkers not to verbialize that so much,
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but this's going to be an opportunity for them to
interact with us and communicate, and then that gives us
the ability to look at different types of legislation. But
this is also going to be bigger than just the
House and the Senate. This is going to be for
constituents out there to really be educated also and to
have some really good interactions some days at the range
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where we can teach and develop people and just show
them in a bigger picture what firearms are in the
not just the industry, but actually the enjoyment of having firearms.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
See, that's awesome. And are you going to have a
website or how are you going to facilitate that?
Speaker 5 (21:40):
Yeah, we take on a website that will be that
we'll have opportunity to go on there. You could be
a part of this. You can actually donate, you can
do different things like that that should be coming online
here pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Wonderful And again, have you labeled it yet?
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I've what I've heard tossed around a second Amendment caucus,
But is there an official moniker yet? It was all right, well, hey,
it has a ring to it. But but I'm glad
you guys are doing this and it Scott, I'm real
familiar with Ryan's background firearms, law enforcement, military, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
How about you, what's your your firearms background.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
Well, I do have military background, but I was a Navy.
We didn't have a small arms in the Navy, which
is probably good. Yeah, probably good because you're on a
ship and you be shooting for the so but yeah,
I'm I'm caught a shooter. I caught a few firearms
and spent a lot of time I'm playing with those
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and enjoying them and teaching my family that over the years.
And I've actually had different groups in our church where
we've done this and we've turned people. In fact, we
even had a couple events where we gave opportunity for
the LGBT community here in Colora Springs to be trained
at the range for it for the for the guns,
the amo and all that kind of stuff. So it's
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it's very much part of my background. I'm probably a
better better shooter overall than armogoss I think.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
Well, there's one way to find out. Yeah it is.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
And I'm glad you guys mentioned the fun part because
i gotta tell you. I mean, you know, my wife,
who I think looks great all the time in anything,
rarely has she looked hotter than knocking down targets on
the range because she was getting some good technical, like
real life scenario training and talk about Mama. Barrett was
like maybe after two or three you know sessions as
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a boom boom boom boom, and I'm like, wow, yeah,
let's take a trip somewhere.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
But so no, it is fun.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
How you do it?
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Ah, not as good as she is, but but I'm okay.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
I'm not like you guys, but I'm okay.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
How often do you think people need to go out
and shoot, you know, to to maintain that skill?
Speaker 12 (23:54):
Well, I think as an instructor, I encourage people because
a lot of people come in they get their contil
carry training in permit and that's the one and done thing.
And you can't stay proficient, especially if you're caring for
personal protection. You can't be proficient with firearms if you're
not regularly going to the range, and that should be
at least monthly. But I mean, if not for proficiency,
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it's also a great stress reliever. So it's one of
those things I get. I call it trigger therapy, but
not for the range, putting holes in paper and just
kind of leading off some steam but otherwise it's just
a good recreational thing. But you have to be practicing proficiency,
not just going out and dumping magazines. Besides, amos too
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extensive for that anyway.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
And you know, hey, if I had Tiger Woods on,
you know, I'd be asking them. Okay, what's your advice
to somebody with the nine irons? So let me ask you, guys,
your typical self defense guy like me, I got a
nine millimeter in my hand, what's your key tip? What's
your key tip for good shooting? Which hopefully we won't
need a three in the morning, but what would that be?
Speaker 12 (25:01):
I would say building fundamentals, Just getting your fundamentals down.
Once you have so much repetition with your fundamentals, that
muscle memories in place, and you can point and shoot
and still be on target even in the dark, if
you're so proficient at drawing and getting that side alignment,
side picture. That's the biggest thing in fundamentals, is just
that point and shoot and trigger control. Everything else which
(25:23):
your developing and practicing maintaining those fundamentals is Scott your
tip of the day?
Speaker 5 (25:31):
I would say two things. As Armagross is saying, your fundamentals.
Also gives you a mental competency. You feel more relaxed
and confident when you're doing it because it becomes a
part of you. And another piece of advice is don't
try to do it with a nine mil. Get a shotgun.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
You know. I've had people say that, and that's just
because for an amateur like me, right though, I've got
plenty of different options at home. Should that need a rhyme,
But for an amateur like me, the thought is that
we'll be nervous, will be a little shaky, and a
shotgun's easier to handle.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
It takes a lot of the air out.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Okay, now that would be And let me ask you, guys, Well,
I've got you.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
You know that the guys.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Who trained us very good, but they had they put
a light on a couple of my weapons. And I
guess my question is does that make sense to you guys,
because doesn't that just let the bad guy know where
I am?
Speaker 12 (26:32):
I would say yes and no. You have different options
with lights, and some lights have a strobe effect that
can be this oriented. Okay, but the one thing about
having a light on, I mean, if you're only turning
on your light to shoot and then turning it back
off in between volleys of fire or whatever is good.
But the one thing you want to avoid is if
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you're if it's a home defense gun, especially you get
up in the middle of the night and it's dark
and you turn on a you know, ten thousand lumen,
you're going to blind yourself as well. So getting something
that's moderate enough to not blind you. But also let's
just see what's going on in running.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Yeah, well, great advice, guys.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
And by the way, if you just joined the conversation
that was Representative Scott Bottom's HD fifteen represented represented Ryan
armagost Wish with us as well. They've got a Second
Amendment caucus they're putting together and they're trying to make
it bipartisan.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Education and part of it.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
And that's why we got off on this is just
on getting people out to the range, some education, training,
fun kind of stuff. Guys, appreciate the time today. Let's
let's do it again as you get geared up.
Speaker 5 (27:38):
Yeah, thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
Thanks a lot you guys. Take care. Yeah, good stuff,
good stuff. And if you don't happen to shoot, Ryan,
what percentage of the audience I know you have to
d a hard break. What percentage of the audience do
you think shoots owns one or more weapons?
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Of our audio and shoots, Yes.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
This somewhere in the at least the twenty five to
fifty percent.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
Oh my lord, it's got to be higher than that,
don't you think. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
But as a guy myself who went from zero guns, yeah,
to lots of guns in a big hurry and becoming
really well trained. But not like these guys. These guys
are professionals.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
I know.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Honestly, I could not imagine not having weapons.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
I mean I couldn't.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
I sit back and I think, how how did I
go to bed at night all those years without weapons?
And yeah, we were concerned, you know, I might make
a mistake. We have young kids in the house. But
now I could not imagine going to bed without weapons.
Here on the Dan Capitla Ship.
Speaker 6 (28:41):
And now back to the Dan Taplass Show podcast.
Speaker 9 (28:44):
So the bottom line here is, yes, there may be
more enthusiasm for Kamala Harris, but the fact is we're
not seeing that necessarily translate in the almost certain to vote.
And one little other note, Sarah, I will note this
Donald Trump is more popular today than he was on
August thirteenth and either twenty twenty twenty sixteen.
Speaker 6 (29:01):
So the bottom line is.
Speaker 9 (29:02):
Yes, Kamala Harris is doing better in the pulse, but
there's a long way to go.
Speaker 6 (29:05):
The polls can shift.
Speaker 9 (29:07):
The almost certain the vote hasn't actually shifted. And Donald
Trump is more popular than he was at either twenty
sixteen or twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
At the that's CNN. And why do you think they
did that segment? Because they see it coming. That's why
we just had a CNN headline a few minutes ago
about here quoted for you Walts. Walts praises Muslim cleric
who posted anti Semitic content. That was a CNN headline.
(29:35):
They see what's going on, right. I mean, you've got
the regime media now trying to convince you this is over.
But the insiders, they see what's going on. Trump is
leading the race right now. Axelrod has acknowledged that after
three weeks of beatification of Harris, he's still winning. He's
more popular than ever. And that's why Ryan, you see this,
Texter Dan, you keep saying it's twenty sixteen all over again.
(29:59):
Please say why? And here's why? Right, And there are
layers but at the core of it, what drove twenty
sixteen explosive, intense loyalty and support and turnout for Donald J. Trump.
And now you just heard it. He's more popular than ever.
(30:20):
He's got all these accomplishments in office. The nation's been
dying under Biden and Harris, and the guy was just
the hero of an assassination attempt. So the stage is
completely set. And Harris and Clinton would have been horrible.
Harris isn't half the tail and Clinton was, So the
stage is set for a very explosive twenty sixteen type
(30:44):
turnout for Trump.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
I think the points you just made, Dan are why
Donald Trump's base is far more durable and consistent, and
it's not going anywhere, and there are people that are
going to crawl over broken glass to vote for him.
I think it's larger than the sugar high that Kamala
is enjoying, whatever core, whatever bass she might have. There
is some, but they're not going to be as durable
or as loyal. And the other thing when I hear
(31:08):
people not just Harry Enton, but people like John Berman,
people like Sarah Sidner, they're getting visibly frustrated and when
not just Kamala Harris, Well, you just said about Tim Walls,
his weak blank decides to put out a press release
statement about this cleric or whatnot, rather than this weakling
coming out to face the music, face the cameras, answer
(31:31):
it directly, look people in the eye and say it.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
He won't do it right.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
And what kind of polls have they released since he
was picked? You know, you can bet that there have
been multiple national polls done by the regime media since
Walls was picked. But we've seen like two CNBC where
Trump's up to in morning consult where she just lost
a point. Listen, let's be realistic. People in the middle, honest,
people in vast majority cannot picture Walls as president. He
(32:00):
obviously lied about his military service. He comes across as
a far left buffoon. And listen, there are some people
on the far left who come across as very credible,
talented people, and I recognize their skills all the time.
Whether it's a Barack Obama, or it's a Hillary Clinton,
or it's a Van Jones. These are serious talented people
(32:21):
who just have a lot of bad ideas. Walls is
not one of those people. He's a buffoon who's been
caught Lyne. He's a guy who was a relatively moderate
a congressman from Minnesota, and then he saw the math,
and then he saw the niche he could be a
far left, he could be a far left, wacko governor
of Minnesota, and he had the numbers to stay in
(32:44):
office and then.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Be a hero to the far left. And that's the.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Route he decided to go. But not exactly great positioning
for this job right here. So yeah, I think it's
twenty sixteen all over again. A text he says, Dan,
do you really think CNNT thinks people will take them seriously?
That's a hell of abobvele. And that goes back to
this sounds. Some of the most fun sounds you will
ever hear. This is on Stephen Colbert. It was not
(33:09):
intended as a laugh line, and listen to how the
audience reacted really obviously taking Colbert and the CNN anchor
by surprise.
Speaker 10 (33:18):
Trump has kind of been thrown on his heels by this,
and he's not really sure how to go after Vice
President Harris. He knew his attack lines on President Biden.
He really has struggled with how to go after someone
who's twenty years younger than him, who is a different gender,
a different right. It's kind of been this moment where
he has not been able to coal uce around a
(33:39):
single attack line.
Speaker 11 (33:40):
I know you guys are objective over there, that you
just report the news as it is.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Oh, I know a CNN makes it, and.
Speaker 10 (33:47):
I know that's supposed to be a lobline.
Speaker 6 (33:48):
I wasn't supposed to be.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
But that tells you everything, right, that tells you everything.
And again it all feeds into this belief. It's twenty
sixteen all over again. You know, we consternated about the
media lying about this and lying about that.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Do you think anybody's paying attention to that or believe
in that?
Speaker 1 (34:05):
Who isn't already voting for whoever the Democrats put up. No,
the undecides people in the middle working people in the
Swing states. They see what's true. Twenty sixteen, Oliver Agan,
great job, Brian, thank you, Kelly. Join us tomorrow
This is Dan Caplis, and welcome to today's online podcast
edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to
give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind,
and to subscribe, download, and listen to the show every
single day on your favorite podcast platform. Remember twenty sixteen
seems like a lifetime ago. Remember New York Times. It
was mid October of twenty sixteen. New York Times had
(00:22):
that little meter going and Hillary Clinton had a ninety
four percent chance of winning. And that's in mid October, right,
And there are so many similarities. The fact is that
Trump is in a much stronger position right now than
he was in twenty sixteen, and all of the ingredients
are there for a massive grassroots explosion in turnout and
(00:45):
support that Dwarf's twenty sixteen. So it's all right there
in front of us. And Ryan, I mean, you can
start to see the headlines now, right. You can start
to see the headlines the day or the week after
the election, because Pennsylvania Democrat run Pennsylvania's already tell me
to say, we're not going to have the results on
election night. It might take days, but whenever it does
come in, you can just that the S word is
(01:07):
going to dominate the regime. Media shocked, shocked, and then
the R word racism, but shocked shocking results shocking, this
shocking that. Now if you listen to this show, it's
not going to be a shock. And there are just
so many similarities. But here are the differences. Hillary Clinton,
as awful as you would have been for this nation,
(01:28):
far superior in terms of skills, capability for the office,
et cetera than Kamala Harris.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
And everybody can see that.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
I mean, they're both crazy lefties and all that, but
in terms of just ability to do the job, ability
to at least stand on the same stage as all
of the truly straight from hell evil dictators that now
hold power around this world, at least Hillary Clinton could
stand on the same stage with them, credibly. Now, policy
(01:57):
is secondary, Kamala Harris, no reason person can picture that
with any degree of comfort.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
If I had to choose between the two, I would
much rather have Hillary Clinton in a room one on
one against Vladimir Putin er Jijinping than Kamala Harris. I
don't think that's a tough call. But Dan, I want
to go back to something earlier. He said, because this
is what really troubles me. I think you and I
are both in agreement that this entire election probably turns
on Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania not only the Keystone State, but the
(02:23):
Keystone state in this election. But what I have a
problem with, and it's a big problem, especially after the
issues they had in the twenty twenty election, is that
Texas has forty electoral votes, Florida has thirty electoral votes,
Pennsylvania only has nineteen. And yet we know the election
results in Texas and Florida. Oh the night of the election. Now,
how is that possible there? But they can't do it
(02:45):
in Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
No, And listen understand, I grew up in Chicago, where
my dad is a Chicago police officer, got in trouble
because he was assigned tonight off duty job in uniform
to a polling station on election day. He walked in
there before he found Democrat votes.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
On the machine.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And he was a Democrat, of course, so of course
my dad, a stand up officer, he reported it.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
That did not go over well.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Oh and that's not a commendation condemnation of Chicago police,
it's just whoever was running that priescinct. But listen, we
all know that there are certain states where there has
been a history of shadiness and so so, yeah, that
doesn't mean the twenty twenty election was stolen. I've never
(03:28):
seen proof of that. But it also doesn't mean that
you can't verify, that you can't ask fair questions. And
that's the thing that the left wants to shut down
any talk of verification, you know, any talk of ensuring
a fair process, by saying, oh, no, you're an election denier. No,
I'm an election verifier. I just want to make sure
elections are fair. I've never denied the outcome of the
(03:49):
twenty twenty election, but yeah, I think it raised a
lot of justifiable concern in Ron DeSantis. I retweeted that
coming out and saying, wait, we're bigger in Florida, and
you get your results election night. They can do the
same thing exactly. But all I'm saying is this, and
then I want to get into the hard data that
supports me on this. Expect that after the election, the
word shocking is going to dominate all the headlines for
(04:11):
the regime media.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
But it's not.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Shocking if you listen to this show, because even after
this unprecedented three weeks in America neuro death experience for
the Democrats, Trump has beaten Biden and now he Biden's
deposed by the cabal.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
They install Harris.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Harris gets three weeks of beatification and Trump's still winning.
They even accelerot acknowledges and Harris is internals. Trump's still winning.
Imagine when those polls start to drop, PRIs. I'll give
you a little preview, Young Ryan schuling big headline on
CNN in the last hour, just just decrying the twenty
(04:47):
lies and this and that with Trump on X last night.
It is blowing their little minds that Trump is actually
fighting back because they assumed, wait a second, okay, once
we outmaneuvered you and all right, Biden, but then we
installed Harris. It's like, oh no, no, no, no, Now, it's
just a first class trip to election day for Harris.
(05:08):
Trump doesn't get to fight back. They're losing their minds
just over that X thing last night. Imagine when the
polls start to turn and what we're starting to see
little signs there, including Morning Console, which has been very
kind to Harris. And listen, you can't read much into this, right,
It's one day one point, but it stopped rising and
it dropped a point today.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
May mean nothing right.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Over the long term, but you've got these little indicators
out there. The CNBC poll with Trump up to and
how about this one, Ryan, I think a fair question
raised as I go back to the phone lines. You
can't conclude anything from it. But but I don't think
there's been but one national poll released since Harris chose Wallz.
(05:51):
And why is that You're telling me that the whole industry,
this whole left regime leaning industry, hasn't done four or
five or six national polls since then. I can't imagine
that Waltz is helping her at all. The stolen valor
plus the guy, let's face it, he's a far left clown.
And I don't use pejordives. I'm just talking about. He
(06:13):
comes across as a clown, I think to an awful
lot of people, including me. But the stolen valor stuff,
I think tells everything you need to know. Dan and Centennial.
You're on the Dan Kaplis Show.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Welcome, Hi guys, thanks for having me. Sure, Hey, I
got two things to comment on as you can. One.
I think you're dead on accurate Dan, that they got
so much dirt on Biden that connects him to so
many other themes with Obama and Hillary and you know
the previous administration that if they need to to cover themselves.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Well his own corruption. What do you think Hunter was selling?
Speaker 1 (06:50):
And does anybody in the right mind think that tax
evasion trial is going forward in September? So let's have
a little pool here, guys. Let's everybody throw in five bucks.
When does the pardon come down?
Speaker 5 (07:00):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (07:00):
When does the pardon come down?
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Because he's got to pardon him and make that trial
go way in September unless they get a kick continued.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Yep, there's one more comment I wanted to make two
while on phone. People two things. Really they're they're watching
these elections better now. We've got a whole lot of
teams that are making sure it might not be perfect yet,
but like Virginia is mandating paper ballots, you know. So
there's a whole lot of things going down right now
(07:28):
that are going to help us. And people are way
underestimating the power of social media. This time, Ruth Rumble,
people are informed way better than last time.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Boy Dan, thank you for that call. I think that
is such a great point, and they're informed about Kamala
Harris right because people aren't stupid. And Kamala Harris has
been VP for three years and she had lowest I
think approval rating of a VP in modern history. The
American people know enough about her already, and I'm talking
the the persuadable people in the middle know enough about
(08:03):
her already to know they don't want her as president.
The only question now is whether Donald Trump is acceptable
to them, and that's why we need the a Trump.
I thought Ryan, from what I heard, and lord knows
I didn't hear at all, I thought he was pretty
good on Twitter last night.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Oh yeah, he was having fun with Elon. I thought
it was an interesting conversation with free flowing. There were
no interruptions or breaks, and I think it allowed for
a very special kind of platform and relatability to the audience. Meanwhile, Dan,
you talkt we need a Trump, we do, But what
grade can Kamala run this race? I'd say she's had
like a cus right now if that and still win.
This just in from Peter Doucey and Fox News. She
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ditches the press pool to make a trip to Howard University,
her alma mater.
Speaker 6 (08:46):
Something new tonight.
Speaker 7 (08:47):
As the presumptive nominee Vice President, Harris is supposed to
travel everywhere she goes with a protective press pool. We
just learned that she left her press pool behind to
attend an event at Howard University yesterday. We've reached out
to her office. We are waiting back. We are awaiting
an answer back from them as to why she didn't
(09:09):
want a small group of reporters documenting her trip across town.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
It'll be very interesting to see because obviously the reporters
are essentially part of her team, part of her staff.
But it'll be very interesting to see whether we see
more cracks. And when we come back, you're gonna thoroughly
enjoy this sound of a CNN anchor mocking, mocking her
chief spokesperson today because she's hiding from interviews. It's a
tone you do not often hear. And then the most
(09:34):
fun sound of the day on Stephen Colbert with the
CNN anchor and the reaction of the audience not at
all what Colbert or the anchor wanted. You're on the
Dankplas Show.
Speaker 6 (09:47):
And now back to The Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 8 (09:51):
Tim Walls wants to be a heartbeat away from commander
in chief. But Tim Walls's line about his military record.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
For years, he's used the rank that he never achieved
in order to advance his political career.
Speaker 8 (10:02):
Well's lyde repeatedly about his rank.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Retired command sergeant major, retired command sergeant major, command Sergt Major.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Retired command sergeant major.
Speaker 8 (10:11):
Wall's lyde about being in combat can.
Speaker 9 (10:13):
Make sure that those weapons of war that I carried
in war, that I carried in war.
Speaker 8 (10:16):
Wall's dodge deployment by retiring when he knew his National
Guard unit was going to Iraq.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Everybody knew they were going to train, and what I
rid the warning.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Order basically stated it too much later after he knew
it fast.
Speaker 8 (10:28):
When he hired, Wall's disparaged the Minnesota National Guard soldiers.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Hearsaid, I requested the National Guard, we're gonna have massively
trained troops.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
No, you're gonna have nineteen year old who are cooks.
Speaker 8 (10:37):
That same Minnesota National Guard that he disparaged. Unlike Walls,
served heroically in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tim Wallas is not
fit to be anywhere near the office of Commander in Chief.
Tim Walls is guilty of stolen valor.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
He abandoned us, you know, I mean, what the hell
kind of leader does that? Wow? Wow?
Speaker 1 (10:58):
And the biggest mistake political mistake in modern American history
right there. And Ryan, you know, I'm an eternal optimist,
and I truly spread joy on this show, not the
phony stuff kamalas paddling.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
True, but.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
I first and foremost owe you the truth. I owe
everybody the truth, whether it brings joy or tears. What
do you think the headline just was on CNN? Oh, boy,
on the yes, on the fair Quest online, No on
the TV, on the Chiro.
Speaker 6 (11:31):
Something ripping Trump for what he said on the X spaces.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Yeah, yeah, but here was the top of the hour headline,
Walls praises Muslim leader who posted anti Semitic comment.
Speaker 6 (11:43):
CNN had that, yes, oh.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
And why do you think they had that?
Speaker 6 (11:48):
They want to switch him out.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
They want them out, Yes, yes, they want him out.
Speaker 6 (11:54):
Such a self owned too, Dan.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
When you think about it, and you and I have
talked about this, Shapiro was a slam dunk, obvious, but
right you and I were on that square like, yeah,
that's who they're going to pick.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
It'll give them Pennsylvania to go their way.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Not bright pick here right because of not not Kamala
Harris's anti semitism. But when you yield to the anti
semitism within your party, are you any better than the
anti Semites are? But come on, Shapiro was the obvious
no brainer, and thank god for us in the Trump
campaign that she didn't do it. But as I've been
(12:29):
talking about, since she made that big mistake, they've got
time to fix it.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
And when they've got.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
The entire media in their pocket, you know, then at
that point they've got less concern about doing it now.
Bottom line, And I'd love to hear from you as
we cover a lot of other ground right now, do
you think it would help her hurt the Harris campaign
to dump walls? And make no mistake about it, CNN
does not lead with that headline unless they're trying to
dump walls.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
And CNN doesn't.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Lead with that headline unless they're an awful lot of
people within the Democratic Party who want to dump walls.
I mean, you've even got Van Jones on Cena who
flat out went out and said it that you know,
they passed on Shapiro because of anti semitism within the party.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
So they've got time, They've got time. He'll be what
formally is he formally nominated next Tuesday? Is that the timeline?
Speaker 1 (13:21):
But yeah, they are leaking oil big time with walls
and I'll get to some more of that sound. But
on a lighter note, you've got to hear this. You're
gonna love this. This is Stephen Colbert. He has Caitlin
Collins on as a guest. And by the way, I mean,
I know her politics are opposite mine, but I think
she's one of the top two or three anchors on
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air right now, I mean just in terms of ability
and everything else. So he has her on last night
as her star rises, and then please listen carefully to
what happens here. When toward the end of a riff,
he says to her that CNN is objective and reports
the new news as it is completely unprompted.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Listen to what the audience does.
Speaker 10 (14:04):
Trump has kind of been thrown on his heels by this,
and he's not really sure how to go after Vice
President Harris. He knew his attack lines on President Biden.
He really has struggled with how to go after someone
who's twenty years younger than him, who is a different gender,
a different right. It's kind of been this moment where
he has not been able to coalesce around a single
(14:25):
attack line.
Speaker 11 (14:26):
I know you guys are objective over there, that you
just report the news as it is.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Oh, I know a CNN makes it.
Speaker 12 (14:33):
And I know that's supposed to be.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
A lab line. I wasn't supposed to be, but I
guess it is.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
This is why I say it's twenty sixteen all over again.
And that's like my exhibit see. But that was completely spontaneous.
That wasn't a laugh line. When he says I know
you're objective over there, and his audience and that's not
a bunch of maga, right, his audience.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Just starts breaking up laughing.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
I mean that that tells you the people get it.
The people get it. That's why this is twenty sixteen
all over again. Let me give you another taste of
CNN because this was unusual, as this main anchor there
is actually mocking and taunting. John Berman is mocking and
(15:19):
taunting Harris's spokesperson over her dodging the press and the
means I.
Speaker 11 (15:24):
Was asking about today. It seems like she has time
if she wanted to do an interview with a member
of the media or do a news conference. Correct, there
does appear to be that time if she wanted.
Speaker 6 (15:35):
Well, look, she.
Speaker 13 (15:36):
Has sat on the campaign trail that she would be
doing an interview at some point. She said that, I
think last week during during a ropeline or when she
was talking to reporters. But look, what is the important here, John,
is that she is taking her message directly to the
American people. She had a number of balloground stays. I
think we had fifteen thousand people in Detroit.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
But he's not letting her go and think about how
to Chris is it's like a Saturday in life skit.
She Oh, she's she said she'd do anne interview. She's
the presidential the kendidate who's their nominee, though she didn't
get a single vote in a single primary, and she's
talking about doing an interview.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
I mean, that's just mocking herself. But not today, not today.
Speaker 11 (16:21):
She could do an interview today, I would think, you know,
because she's not out there today.
Speaker 13 (16:26):
Well, look, she's taking her message directly to voters. And
just because she doesn't have anything an interview schedule on
our public schedule doesn't mean that she's not taking your
message directly.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
To see it's Do you think it's starting to sink
in with the American people? I come on, it's summer,
but the folks in the middle who aren't decided. Yeah,
probably not starting to sink in yet, but you can
tell it's starting to aggrevate the media, particularly as the
media starts to get other indicators that maybe Harris is
peaking out. I don't think she'll peak until after the
(16:58):
DNC next week, but who knows. Maybe this sugar high
has already sucked up a lot of that room to move.
Speaker 3 (17:05):
Now, Dan, you and I have discussed this and we've
been a little bit out of sync and that you
thought the media would willingly carry this water. But what
I'm here and there from John Berman, and he was
not alone in doing this. Also, Sarah Sidner, same network,
CNN called it out with Eric Swallwell, that's cut twenty
eight on your list, by the way, but they're not
(17:25):
really having it. And then what happened with Stephen Colbert.
Caitlin Collins seemed genuinely shocked that the audience laughed at
them being a serious news network. Do you think she's
really surprised that people don't think they're on the.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Think of the bubble they live in mind. You're right,
that's why.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
And this is a Harris bubble, right, This is like
a dot com bubble because once it bursts, and once
your numbers start moving down, you're gonna have one of
the great moments of your life.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
All of us here on adulterated panic on the left.
Can't wait. You're on the Dan Kapla show.
Speaker 6 (17:59):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Were talking about how how dare we wish merry Christmas?
Speaker 6 (18:06):
The people?
Speaker 11 (18:07):
No?
Speaker 6 (18:08):
How dare we speak merry Christmas?
Speaker 2 (18:10):
How dare we sounds joyful? Merry Christmas? Everyone?
Speaker 6 (18:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
I wonder how long it takes Joe Rogan to come
back to Trump. Ryan, are you going to bring our
distinguished guests up? Or are you going to trust me
with that?
Speaker 6 (18:24):
I'm gonna do that, but Kelly's type and stump.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Oh okay, okay, Well you're gonna trust me with it? Okay,
all right, wonderful, good decision on your part.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Hey, really happy to go to the IP line.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Appreciate the time of state reps, Ryan Arma, Gostin, Scott
Bottoms forty six and fifteen, respectively, Republicans who are kind
enough to visit with us to discuss this to a
caucus that seems to be in the works. Guys, welcome
to the dan Caplas show.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Yeah, thanks for having us.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Hey, appreciate the time. Ryan, what's up with this?
Speaker 12 (19:00):
Well, this has been something that I think we all
know just from the past two years. The legislation that
we've seen going forward has been pretty blatant, all out
attack on our Second Amendment rights in Colorado, and it's
gone on the national level that's been rejected for the
most part. On the state level, it's been a little
(19:20):
less resistance, I guess, so we need to take a
different approach to this and arguing with people in committee
hearings over all of these outlandish bills.
Speaker 5 (19:31):
There's no way to.
Speaker 12 (19:31):
Change anyone's mind there, and the only way to really
change minds is to inform people and educate people on firearms.
And I think that's the key approach to this, is
just not only protecting our Second a Meenment rights, our
right to keep the bare arms, but also informing and
educating people that are running these legislative disasters that have
(19:53):
come down from uninformed decision makers, uninformed lawmakers, and uninformed
entities that are influencing these lawmakers. So I want to
get more people involved through education and information, safety and
ownership of firearms as well as manufacturing everything that goes
along with it, because not only are they affecting the
(20:13):
citizens of Colorado, but firearms businesses in Colorado are taking
a huge hit and they're all getting chased out of state.
So we need to protect not only our citizens and constituents,
but our businesses that are trying to thrive in Colorado
and have to pack up their family to leave because
they're being attacked for doing what they do.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Yeah, it makes sense, Scott Bottoms, thanks for being with us.
So what form is this going to take? What's it
going to look like?
Speaker 5 (20:40):
Well, there's a few things. We're really trying to get
some Democrats on board with us. We're trying to make
this part partisan, and we've we've been shopping this around.
There's actually quite a few Democrats that own firearms and
our shooters and they enjoy Dat's range. Also, they're kind
of pressured by their talkers not to verbialize that so much,
(21:02):
but this's going to be an opportunity for them to
interact with us and communicate, and then that gives us
the ability to look at different types of legislation. But
this is also going to be bigger than just the
House and the Senate. This is going to be for
constituents out there to really be educated also and to
have some really good interactions some days at the range
(21:22):
where we can teach and develop people and just show
them in a bigger picture what firearms are in the
not just the industry, but actually the enjoyment of having firearms.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
See, that's awesome. And are you going to have a
website or how are you going to facilitate that?
Speaker 5 (21:40):
Yeah, we take on a website that will be that
we'll have opportunity to go on there. You could be
a part of this. You can actually donate, you can
do different things like that that should be coming online
here pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Wonderful And again, have you labeled it yet?
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I've what I've heard tossed around a second Amendment caucus,
But is there an official moniker yet? It was all right, well, hey,
it has a ring to it. But but I'm glad
you guys are doing this and it Scott, I'm real
familiar with Ryan's background firearms, law enforcement, military, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
How about you, what's your your firearms background.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
Well, I do have military background, but I was a Navy.
We didn't have a small arms in the Navy, which
is probably good. Yeah, probably good because you're on a
ship and you be shooting for the so but yeah,
I'm I'm caught a shooter. I caught a few firearms
and spent a lot of time I'm playing with those
(22:42):
and enjoying them and teaching my family that over the years.
And I've actually had different groups in our church where
we've done this and we've turned people. In fact, we
even had a couple events where we gave opportunity for
the LGBT community here in Colora Springs to be trained
at the range for it for the for the guns,
the amo and all that kind of stuff. So it's
(23:03):
it's very much part of my background. I'm probably a
better better shooter overall than armogoss I think.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
Well, there's one way to find out. Yeah it is.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
And I'm glad you guys mentioned the fun part because
i gotta tell you. I mean, you know, my wife,
who I think looks great all the time in anything,
rarely has she looked hotter than knocking down targets on
the range because she was getting some good technical, like
real life scenario training and talk about Mama. Barrett was
like maybe after two or three you know sessions as
(23:34):
a boom boom boom boom, and I'm like, wow, yeah,
let's take a trip somewhere.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
But so no, it is fun.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
How you do it?
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Ah, not as good as she is, but but I'm okay.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
I'm not like you guys, but I'm okay.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
How often do you think people need to go out
and shoot, you know, to to maintain that skill?
Speaker 12 (23:54):
Well, I think as an instructor, I encourage people because
a lot of people come in they get their contil
carry training in permit and that's the one and done thing.
And you can't stay proficient, especially if you're caring for
personal protection. You can't be proficient with firearms if you're
not regularly going to the range, and that should be
at least monthly. But I mean, if not for proficiency,
(24:15):
it's also a great stress reliever. So it's one of
those things I get. I call it trigger therapy, but
not for the range, putting holes in paper and just
kind of leading off some steam but otherwise it's just
a good recreational thing. But you have to be practicing proficiency,
not just going out and dumping magazines. Besides, amos too
(24:36):
extensive for that anyway.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
And you know, hey, if I had Tiger Woods on,
you know, I'd be asking them. Okay, what's your advice
to somebody with the nine irons? So let me ask you, guys,
your typical self defense guy like me, I got a
nine millimeter in my hand, what's your key tip? What's
your key tip for good shooting? Which hopefully we won't
need a three in the morning, but what would that be?
Speaker 12 (25:01):
I would say building fundamentals, Just getting your fundamentals down.
Once you have so much repetition with your fundamentals, that
muscle memories in place, and you can point and shoot
and still be on target even in the dark, if
you're so proficient at drawing and getting that side alignment,
side picture. That's the biggest thing in fundamentals, is just
that point and shoot and trigger control. Everything else which
(25:23):
your developing and practicing maintaining those fundamentals is Scott your
tip of the day?
Speaker 5 (25:31):
I would say two things. As Armagross is saying, your fundamentals.
Also gives you a mental competency. You feel more relaxed
and confident when you're doing it because it becomes a
part of you. And another piece of advice is don't
try to do it with a nine mil. Get a shotgun.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
You know. I've had people say that, and that's just
because for an amateur like me, right though, I've got
plenty of different options at home. Should that need a rhyme,
But for an amateur like me, the thought is that
we'll be nervous, will be a little shaky, and a
shotgun's easier to handle.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
It takes a lot of the air out.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Okay, now that would be And let me ask you, guys, Well,
I've got you.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
You know that the guys.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Who trained us very good, but they had they put
a light on a couple of my weapons. And I
guess my question is does that make sense to you guys,
because doesn't that just let the bad guy know where
I am?
Speaker 12 (26:32):
I would say yes and no. You have different options
with lights, and some lights have a strobe effect that
can be this oriented. Okay, but the one thing about
having a light on, I mean, if you're only turning
on your light to shoot and then turning it back
off in between volleys of fire or whatever is good.
But the one thing you want to avoid is if
(26:53):
you're if it's a home defense gun, especially you get
up in the middle of the night and it's dark
and you turn on a you know, ten thousand lumen,
you're going to blind yourself as well. So getting something
that's moderate enough to not blind you. But also let's
just see what's going on in running.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Yeah, well, great advice, guys.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
And by the way, if you just joined the conversation
that was Representative Scott Bottom's HD fifteen represented represented Ryan
armagost Wish with us as well. They've got a Second
Amendment caucus they're putting together and they're trying to make
it bipartisan.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Education and part of it.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
And that's why we got off on this is just
on getting people out to the range, some education, training,
fun kind of stuff. Guys, appreciate the time today. Let's
let's do it again as you get geared up.
Speaker 5 (27:38):
Yeah, thank you for having us.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
Thanks a lot you guys. Take care. Yeah, good stuff,
good stuff. And if you don't happen to shoot, Ryan,
what percentage of the audience I know you have to
d a hard break. What percentage of the audience do
you think shoots owns one or more weapons?
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Of our audio and shoots, Yes.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
This somewhere in the at least the twenty five to
fifty percent.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
Oh my lord, it's got to be higher than that,
don't you think. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
But as a guy myself who went from zero guns, yeah,
to lots of guns in a big hurry and becoming
really well trained. But not like these guys. These guys
are professionals.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
I know.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Honestly, I could not imagine not having weapons.
Speaker 2 (28:23):
I mean I couldn't.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
I sit back and I think, how how did I
go to bed at night all those years without weapons?
And yeah, we were concerned, you know, I might make
a mistake. We have young kids in the house. But
now I could not imagine going to bed without weapons.
Here on the Dan Capitla Ship.
Speaker 6 (28:41):
And now back to the Dan Taplass Show podcast.
Speaker 9 (28:44):
So the bottom line here is, yes, there may be
more enthusiasm for Kamala Harris, but the fact is we're
not seeing that necessarily translate in the almost certain to vote.
And one little other note, Sarah, I will note this
Donald Trump is more popular today than he was on
August thirteenth and either twenty twenty twenty sixteen.
Speaker 6 (29:01):
So the bottom line is.
Speaker 9 (29:02):
Yes, Kamala Harris is doing better in the pulse, but
there's a long way to go.
Speaker 6 (29:05):
The polls can shift.
Speaker 9 (29:07):
The almost certain the vote hasn't actually shifted. And Donald
Trump is more popular than he was at either twenty
sixteen or twenty twenty.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
At the that's CNN. And why do you think they
did that segment? Because they see it coming. That's why
we just had a CNN headline a few minutes ago
about here quoted for you Walts. Walts praises Muslim cleric
who posted anti Semitic content. That was a CNN headline.
(29:35):
They see what's going on, right. I mean, you've got
the regime media now trying to convince you this is over.
But the insiders, they see what's going on. Trump is
leading the race right now. Axelrod has acknowledged that after
three weeks of beatification of Harris, he's still winning. He's
more popular than ever. And that's why Ryan, you see this,
Texter Dan, you keep saying it's twenty sixteen all over again.
(29:59):
Please say why? And here's why? Right, And there are
layers but at the core of it, what drove twenty
sixteen explosive, intense loyalty and support and turnout for Donald J. Trump.
And now you just heard it. He's more popular than ever.
(30:20):
He's got all these accomplishments in office. The nation's been
dying under Biden and Harris, and the guy was just
the hero of an assassination attempt. So the stage is
completely set. And Harris and Clinton would have been horrible.
Harris isn't half the tail and Clinton was, So the
stage is set for a very explosive twenty sixteen type
(30:44):
turnout for Trump.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
I think the points you just made, Dan are why
Donald Trump's base is far more durable and consistent, and
it's not going anywhere, and there are people that are
going to crawl over broken glass to vote for him.
I think it's larger than the sugar high that Kamala
is enjoying, whatever core, whatever bass she might have. There
is some, but they're not going to be as durable
or as loyal. And the other thing when I hear
(31:08):
people not just Harry Enton, but people like John Berman,
people like Sarah Sidner, they're getting visibly frustrated and when
not just Kamala Harris, Well, you just said about Tim Walls,
his weak blank decides to put out a press release
statement about this cleric or whatnot, rather than this weakling
coming out to face the music, face the cameras, answer
(31:31):
it directly, look people in the eye and say it.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
He won't do it right.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
And what kind of polls have they released since he
was picked? You know, you can bet that there have
been multiple national polls done by the regime media since
Walls was picked. But we've seen like two CNBC where
Trump's up to in morning consult where she just lost
a point. Listen, let's be realistic. People in the middle, honest,
people in vast majority cannot picture Walls as president. He
(32:00):
obviously lied about his military service. He comes across as
a far left buffoon. And listen, there are some people
on the far left who come across as very credible,
talented people, and I recognize their skills all the time.
Whether it's a Barack Obama, or it's a Hillary Clinton,
or it's a Van Jones. These are serious talented people
(32:21):
who just have a lot of bad ideas. Walls is
not one of those people. He's a buffoon who's been
caught Lyne. He's a guy who was a relatively moderate
a congressman from Minnesota, and then he saw the math,
and then he saw the niche he could be a
far left, he could be a far left, wacko governor
of Minnesota, and he had the numbers to stay in
(32:44):
office and then.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Be a hero to the far left. And that's the.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Route he decided to go. But not exactly great positioning
for this job right here. So yeah, I think it's
twenty sixteen all over again. A text he says, Dan,
do you really think CNNT thinks people will take them seriously?
That's a hell of abobvele. And that goes back to
this sounds. Some of the most fun sounds you will
ever hear. This is on Stephen Colbert. It was not
(33:09):
intended as a laugh line, and listen to how the
audience reacted really obviously taking Colbert and the CNN anchor
by surprise.
Speaker 10 (33:18):
Trump has kind of been thrown on his heels by this,
and he's not really sure how to go after Vice
President Harris. He knew his attack lines on President Biden.
He really has struggled with how to go after someone
who's twenty years younger than him, who is a different gender,
a different right. It's kind of been this moment where
he has not been able to coal uce around a
(33:39):
single attack line.
Speaker 11 (33:40):
I know you guys are objective over there, that you
just report the news as it is.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Oh, I know a CNN makes it, and.
Speaker 10 (33:47):
I know that's supposed to be a lobline.
Speaker 6 (33:48):
I wasn't supposed to be.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
But that tells you everything, right, that tells you everything.
And again it all feeds into this belief. It's twenty
sixteen all over again. You know, we consternated about the
media lying about this and lying about that.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Do you think anybody's paying attention to that or believe
in that?
Speaker 1 (34:05):
Who isn't already voting for whoever the Democrats put up. No,
the undecides people in the middle working people in the
Swing states. They see what's true. Twenty sixteen, Oliver Agan,
great job, Brian, thank you, Kelly. Join us tomorrow
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