October 30, 2025 • 33 mins
In the second hour of today's show, Dan Caplis lays out his plan for how Republicans can feed the needy amidst the government shutdown.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Kaplis, and welcome to today's online podcast
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
It's on to fight.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Glad you're here at five oh six two really interesting
topics and more to come. We're talking about interfaith marriages
jd Vance and.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
We played the sound we Will again with.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Just a really impressive riff on that at Old Miss
last night. He was talking with Charlie Kirk's widow at
a turning Point event and it just talked about his
own marriage with his wife being Hindu and fascinating stuff.
So just talking to you about, Okay, if you're in
one of these interfaith marriages, how do you handle it?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
How do you handle the kid thing?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
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And we're talking about the food stamps, you know, being
cut off November one, So a federal judge in Boston
probably going to enter in order tomorrow that alter direct
five billion out of a food emergency fund to help
pay for food stamp benefits in November, but that's about
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half of what's necessary, and then it's only for one month,
So we are headed toward this crisis. We're already in
a lot of food banks being overrun right now. So
what should the GOP do. Should it give into the
hostage taking Dems.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Or stand firm?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Now Standing firm means those food stamp benefits are going
to go away on November.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
First, at least half of them.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
And my belief is that the GOP cannot give into
the hostage takers. That's going to be even worse for
poor people. Long term, it's going to be far worse
for America. Cannot give into these far left hostage takers.
At the same time, can't let these people go hungry.
Just can't because they're real people and they're hungry, and
(01:52):
just can't let them go hungry. So what I'm suggesting
is short version GOP, massive, highly coordinated, well funded, well
organized effort should launch today, round the clock, led by
visible elected officials working round the clock as they would
in the stretch run of a campaign, with all their staffers,
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their family members, volunteers, etc. Just going out going door
to door gathering food getting it to food banks, raising
money online, using that money to buy food, getting it
to food banks, literally help feed the people until the
Democrats are finally forced to cave.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
That's what I think needs to happen.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
I don't think it's an option to just sit back
and say, no, we're not giving into the hostage takers,
which we should not, but just let those people go
hungry in the meantime. And I understand it's the Democrat's fault.
They're going hungry.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I get that.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
But what America needs to see is the GOP stepping up,
standing up to the hostage takers, but stepping up take
extraordinary measures to get people fed. Let's go to Steve
in Colorado Springs here on the dan Kaplis.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
She'll welcome.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Counsel capitals.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I'm living the dream. How about you, Steve?
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Well, pretty good, you know, kind of like you in
some respects. I'm married in to a Persian Iranian family, which,
if you ever want thirty years of exciting it's very
corvoce I can highly recommend, but not really anyway. She
grew up with a Muslim light background on the rough
and tumble the streets of Turan, and yet she's coming around,
(03:28):
and I don't know about Amy the blodacious fraud, but
she also will never vote for Know the Democrat, even
though she has been a lifelong Democrat because of these
Marxist policies they keep instituting in the State House. Yeah,
and one thing that we did, which I think is
helping turn things around, she actually got her convinced to
(03:50):
go to this Alpha series. And the Alpha series really
explores really deep questions of Christianity with a lot of
people that are former Abeas Sluis and then the others.
I can highly recommend.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
That Alpha right, al Pha, Alpha series correct.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
I like.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
And then on the subject of these snap benefits, I
just think, well, first of all, it's a real problem
in most communities. A lot of people advocated their role
of giving to the government, and that's really not happening
when it's all locked down. So my thought is, you know,
(04:32):
there was a Queen CR presented by the House didn't
call for any changes in spending, your issues, everything else.
Maybe just maybe they said, try a CR that does
fund the stamp benefits for at least the two months
that are going to explore discussing the rest of the
best dreamers.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Hey, let me talk to you about that for a second, Stephen,
and grateful you brought that up. And the reason I'd
respectfully disagree is once we start doing car votes right
now for anything other than the military, once we start
doing carve outs right now to the alternative of simply
the clean CR and reopening government, then where does it stop.
And then I think the hostage takers are winning. So
(05:13):
I appreciate the thoughtful approach, and maybe that's how it
will end, but I don't think it should. I think
have to stand up to the far left right now
while still making sure these people get fed won't be easy.
But I do think, my friend, that it has to happen.
I want to make sure we get everybody on here.
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Speaker 2 (05:34):
Nine A lot of texts today. I'll try to get
through the quick.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
If Amy as a family in your church that needs
a hand, I'd be happy to help them.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Hey, thank you very much for that offer.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And this text probably stems from the fact I've been
talking about the reports I get from Amy from the
feed of food banks she works at, about how their
numbers are multiplying exponentially, and so many people need help,
so many more people each and every day, and so
many more than can be helped with current resources. And
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so part of this is Goman shut down, part of
it is snap, part of it is other stuff.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
But the answer to your question is yes.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
And the food bank that she works at is called
Little Flower, and they do absolutely amazing work. And you
can just go online and just put in I think
you put in little Flower food Bank and Aurora and
you'll come up with a website where.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
You can give some money.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Quick heads up if you decide to do that, and
I got to tell you, from everything I've heard, it's
about the best money you could give. But if you
decide to do that, understand that it will take you
to the Catholic Charity's website. I'm on the board of
directors there, full disclosure, and I'm very proud of it.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
But if you want to give to Little Flower, which.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Does all this amazing food bank work, then you'll have
to go to the drop down menu. Once you put
in your amount, whether it's one dollars, five dollars, you're
going to give if you're a gazillionaire of five million
whatever you're going to give, just use the drop down
menu and hunching little Flower food Bank. That's how you
would get it there. So that's the one she works at.
(07:06):
Thank you, my friend for asking. Speaking of which, Ryan,
we heard Mike Johnston, the mayor and our newscast at
the top talking about how people should be given money
to food banks. Obviously, I don't disagree. How much has
he given? How much is Polis given? Bennett and Nick
and Luper are rich also, how much have they given?
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Oh yeah, Polus especially could give a whole lot of money.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
And maybe he is and he's just not telling people.
If that's the case, I would think if he's given,
he is telling people because that would only make sense,
right because if you're giving, it's because you want to
feed the poor, and if.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
You're the governor, or US senator or the mayor.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
You can multiply exponentially the impact of your gift if
you lead by example and you use your pulpit to
just tell people, use that platform, tell people, hey, please
do give whatever you can, and here's what I'm given.
So don't you think if they were we'd know about it?
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seven seven three nine. So uh, Texters, boy, we have
so many to Dan. At the vet, I saw people
lining up to get free umongous bags of dog food.
So but people can't buy pet food with dog food.
(08:27):
I think what we see going on right now, and
I think one of the reasons, even before this food
stamps get cut off, we see the rush on on
these food banks is people anticipating it. But also you've
got federal workers now who are out of work, some
other people suffering cut off of federal benefits, and that's
probably filtering down to the puppies here with the dog
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food stuff.
Speaker 6 (08:50):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
The majority of conservatives only have care and compassion for
their own family members, assuming they are religious, uh, and
not gay or liberal or other church members. Texture I
wish called the show because my guess is you've never
met a conservative.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
That's my guess, right, or I can't.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Get on you because when I was a Democrat for
a lot of years, that was my stereotype of Republicans,
and I feel bad about that. There was one Republican
in the whole extended family. Uncle ed really cool guy
and kind of lonely. On Thanksgiving, but a really cool guy.
And yeah, that was our stereotype of Republicans. And it
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wasn't until I became a Republican and got active in
stuff that I saw I had it exactly backwards. And
there were Don't get me wrong, there are a lot
of Democrats. Ryan, Are you a registered Republican?
Speaker 6 (09:40):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Yeah, okay, have you ever been a Democrat?
Speaker 5 (09:43):
I've never been a Democrat, but I was very independent
for a long time in my younger years, and I
did vote for Democrats, including Bill Clinton in nineteen ninety
six and Barack Obama and.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Eight Yeah, my first vote at eighteen Jimmy Carter Karr.
Oh what winn you got there? Go big or go home?
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Right?
Speaker 6 (10:01):
Oh boy?
Speaker 2 (10:02):
But no, Hey.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
The point here being that I know an awful lot
of Democrats who sincerely care about the poor, et cetera,
but their party is controlled by.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
People who don't.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
They don't, whereas the GOP uniformly there is this sincere
concern for the poor and wanting people to reach their
full potential. I never would have believed that before getting
involved in the Republican Party. But what I'm what I'm
saying now is is go show it. Go show it
in the way I just described when we're in this crisis,
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and it will be a crisis very very soon.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
It is getting close. Right now, you're on the Dan
Caplas Show.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast. Michael
Jackson and Lionel Richie together. They had never worked with
each other, they had never met each other, and the
first time they get together to try to hammer out
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As Lionel painted, it.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Had to be my friend. But go ahead, what did
you get a little? We are the world in the
next boat? Goucaus Because that the proposal I've made.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Would be the very best thing to happen to the
GOP since Donald Trump. And that is right now, stand
up to the Democrats. Don't give into the hostage takers.
But you've got to feed the hungry with food stamps
being cut off because of the Dems and so round
the clock, highly organized. Right now, get out there, door
to door gathering food, talking about the highest ranking officials
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going door to door gathering food, getting it into food banks,
soliciting donations online buying food, getting it into food banks.
Show America you really care. You'll walk the talk. Literally.
I've done that before when I was in the seminary
where we went door to door through the South side
of Chicago collecting food for the hungry and then getting
it to the hungry. Be the best thing that could
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happen to the GOP because it would let you show
who you really are while at the same time standing
up to the hostage takers. Let's go to the phone
lines bills in beautiful Fort Collins, Colorado.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
You're on the Dan Kafla Show.
Speaker 6 (12:15):
Welcome, Hey Dan, how are you today?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Live in the dream?
Speaker 6 (12:18):
Thank you me too. A couple of things real quick.
I typically listen to Michael Brown in the morning Good
and he always he always says how he would use
you if he was ever been a bad deal. And
I think most of your listeners would also use you
if they were in a bad deal, because I would,
(12:39):
because I think one thing you do is your voice
is so great that you just put people underneath the
ether man, and that is why you are so.
Speaker 7 (12:48):
Good at Cordon. I ever had a problem, I'd call you,
and you.
Speaker 6 (12:52):
Are right about Trump.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Thank you. I hope you never need me. I hope
you never need me, but thank you very much.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
Yep. Okay. The other thing is I'll leave with tell
your teaser. I will tell you at the end.
Speaker 7 (13:03):
Here I got a couple of points. But the night
I drove over the Foothills Parkway, and I know you
are very familiar with them. Part way, Yeah, and so anyway,
a couple of things. Hey with the food stamps. Oh wait,
your idea is really good. Every every GOP should get
out and just hit it over the weekend, you know, just.
Speaker 6 (13:24):
Like nine News does every year. They do, you know,
great things and all that. The GOP needs to make
a statement, bring the attention to who really is.
Speaker 7 (13:33):
A problem, and then and then the other thing about
the food stamps and all that.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
You know, you pay attention.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
And over the last couple of years we have seen
the statistics show sixty to sixty five percent of Americans
are living paycheck to paychecks.
Speaker 6 (13:50):
So it is it is not just the people in
the general government. There's a lot of people there, Amen, Amen,
and Andy, and we need to finish it. They need
to do something. But you know, damn they just.
Speaker 7 (14:06):
You know, these people can't even get out of their
own way. And you know many years ago when Barock won,
you know, I just you know, these people have both
been them the same teams, Republicans and Democrats.
Speaker 6 (14:18):
And the main thing is that's.
Speaker 7 (14:20):
Why they haven't liked.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
Trump, because Trump is just just isn't one of.
Speaker 7 (14:24):
These So anyway, I would tell you the story, lou
him right here.
Speaker 6 (14:29):
So in nineteen seventy seven, Oh by the way, my
first vote was for Ronald Reagan, so you know. And
so anyway, so we need a.
Speaker 7 (14:40):
Couple of buddies went over to Boulder.
Speaker 6 (14:42):
And they knew a.
Speaker 7 (14:43):
Couple, a couple of girls from Fairview. So we're all
driving around that night and I got to laugh about
the cop that's going down to the Footbills Parkway and
there's that walkway over there that goes over the interest
or the parkway, and I gotta laugh about the night
about eleven o'clock.
Speaker 6 (15:03):
At night, the headlights go over.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
The walkway because they didn't have boards up that bought
you from driving up. So I had a little car.
Speaker 6 (15:12):
From my dad and ah, five.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
Of must drove over that bridge to the Foothills Parkway.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
So you're saying you drove off the bridge. No, okay,
got you work.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Meet Bill hey Man, Thank you for the call, really
appreciate the kind words, and truly hope you never need me.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Thank you though.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
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Texter Dan wrong, wrong, We' wrong. Not collecting food, no
food banks. You are so out of step, hungry, get
a job, can't feed your kids, give them to social services.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Jesus would not feed criminals.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Again, this is a texture is pulling our legs that
doesn't believe for a second what he's writing. Nobody who
actually believed in Jesus could say that.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I mean, I'm no biblical scholar.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
But I think we all remember the old hey for
when I was hungry, you gave me to eat. When
I was thirsty, you gave me to drink. Now entre
into the home of my father. Yeah, so now that's
just We get so many great Texters, but you got
a handful who write this inflammatory stuff and they don't
believe it for a second. We'll start the next segment
with Bill from Arvada, and then two things going on.
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We've got, of course, you know, and to our last caller,
Bill's point, so many more people, hard working people I believe,
are paycheck to paycheck than even the statistics show.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So many people living in very nice homes, so many people,
you know, living.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
In apartments, so much of America living paycheck to paycheck,
largely because of Democrat policies. The fact that we've had
this explosion in food stamps to the point where almost
any state you go to red or blue, you're going
to have at least ten percent on food stamps. Almost
all that's traceable back to Democrat policies.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
What should the GOP now do? Now got a plan?
Speaker 5 (17:07):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Help people who deserve it? I think that's the way
we're created. Obviously we're in a very polarized political time,
but there is an opportunity here for the GOP, a
tremendous opportunity to do well by doing good. And you've
got these far left hostage takers who will not reopen
the government, and the Democratic Party is willing to starve
these people who are about to lose their benefits. GOP
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cannot give in to those hostage taking democrats. But you
got to feed the people. You can't just let the
people go hungry. So this GOP is so great now
at organizing, so great at building these networks, so great
at online fundraising. But above all, organize right now. Have
it rolling by this weekend, and that the most visible
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GOP figures at every level, all sorts of U, huge
throngs of GOP going door to door, collecting food, getting
it to food banks, delivering to food banks, raising money online,
tens of millions online, getting that food to food banks.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Showing America really do care. And that's what will dominate.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
And if you can't get that the mainstream news coverage
because they're trying to censor that, then you buy stuff
and you show people.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
What you're doing.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Yeah, that's what the GOP needs to be doing. Don't
give into the hostage takers. That'll make it worse for
the poor and worse for all of America. But also
make sure you feed the poor. Three all three seven,
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Speaker 2 (18:40):
So many texts want to work. Some in DAN.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Over forty two million people on snap I think local
food banks should replace government programs altogether. By the way,
how many do you think we're on food stamps? Rying
in the year two thousand, we have forty two million. Now,
what do you think in twenty.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Forty two million nationally? Right now? You said yeah, and
back then in two thousand, I would SA twenty seven million.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Huh close seventeen seventeen. Yeah, And you can see what
the left's doing, right, I've said it before. Should trademarkt
the fighting for scraps party? That's that's what they want
in America, more and more dependent on government.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
This text says, I believe every word.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Not playing you. Now, how about the Nuggets tickets? I
already told you just yeah, we'll get your Nuggets ticket. Dan,
you should be able to describe. I don't even understand
this text. Sorry, I'd be wasting your time. Apologies to
the texture. Give another shot, please, Dan. What would be
a good idea if he cared, is for polist to
offer a million to match an equal amount of public
donations or a larger amount of public donations. I think
(19:41):
that's a brilliant point, and I've been asking for a
while now. You know, Democrats are always wanting.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
To take your money.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
We got a bunch of really wealthy Democrat office holders,
and if they're all asking you give money to food banks,
how about them? What's Polist giving? Bennett, Hick and Looper?
These are wealthy guys. I'm not sure Johnston's finances, but
he's asking you give money to a food bank.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
What's he given?
Speaker 1 (20:04):
And I think it'd be great for them to come out,
make big donations and then lead by example, and they'll
probably get exponentially more because they showed people they're leading
by example. Maybe they're given big contributions that they're not
telling people about because they want to be modest about it. Well,
if that's the case, good on you. But wouldn't you
want to raise a lot more money for the hungary
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by letting people know what you're giving. So yeah, let's
see if they are Dan you hit it right on
the head, like you said, we get a massive food
drive going in, then we could show the world how
Republicans and just go honest, hard working people can take
care of the needy and you don't need government to
do it. Here's just another example of how your thought
process goes and how.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
You need to run for governor.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Thank you, and be the next governor of Colorado. This
is Glenn, Thank you, Glenn. Not about me, but this
is the kind of creativity the GOP needs. And I
know it sounds like Chamber of Commerce garbage, but I'm
telling you the truth. Before I became a Republican, I
never would have believed this was true of Conservatives. But
it is Republicans. It is Conservatives. It is the party
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that really does care about the poor and the truly
needy and wants to lift them up. I know a
lot of Democrats do too, but their party doesn't. So yeah, GOP,
here's a chance to show it. Get creative, you know,
get the sweats on, get the genes on. It's going
to be warm this weekend, throw the shorts on. But
massive action right now. Three oh three seven, three eight
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two five five the number.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Let's go to.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Eric from Chicago. You're on the dan Kaplis so I
guess he's from Castle Rock. Now, good move, my friend.
What are you thinking?
Speaker 6 (21:43):
Uh O, Well, it used to be a good move
when I came.
Speaker 4 (21:46):
Back here in ninety six, but I feel like I'm
at a place that's equally as bad with Denver Pine,
like Chicago. Now it's sad.
Speaker 6 (21:53):
It was great when I moved here.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
But anyway, yeah, it's uh.
Speaker 6 (21:56):
You know. My problem is I'm sick.
Speaker 4 (21:58):
And tired of the uh you know that the system
and the way it's being used. I'm all for helping people.
Speaker 6 (22:03):
I've done a lot of help through my own.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Money, helping people families that needed.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
It, But I do not buy for the life of meet.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
We got forty two million people that if it weren't
for these programs, couldn't supply food for themselves.
Speaker 6 (22:18):
And again I think, you know, you look at the
unemployed where the pages indeed and all these apps looking
for people as far as work goes is number one.
But number two, I'm pretty sure all these people have
cell phones, probably have cable dish network or driving Cadillacs.
We all saw that in Chicagoland area, and the rule
was the more kids you have, the more money you
get from the government. So yes, I'm for.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
Helping people temporarily helping people.
Speaker 6 (22:41):
But number two, good lord, We've got to vet these
people that.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
Are milking these systems wrongfully.
Speaker 6 (22:48):
Not all of them, but they're a.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
Good majority I believe are wrongfully milking the system off
of our taxpayers dollars because they.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Can Yeah, well, listen, any human program right now. I
don't know the foods and program well enough to know
how much fraud is in there, but we know any
human endeavor, there's going to be fraud in there, right
so correct.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
But you also don't question, and I don't.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Question that there are also going to be an awful
lot of people, particularly kids, because about half the beneficiaries
are kids who, through no fault to their own, are
in fact going to go hungry without these benefits.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
So what do we do? Eric's short term?
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Because do you cave to the Democrats and do a
carve out for food stamps?
Speaker 2 (23:25):
What do you do?
Speaker 6 (23:29):
The very good question, I mean short term. I would
not chase No. I hate to say it, no, because
I think it's sets a precedent, and it's a frightening precedent.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
They're going to try to twist this against politicians, saying well,
it's your fault now people aren't getting fed.
Speaker 6 (23:45):
I hate to say, but I think you've got to.
Speaker 4 (23:47):
Stand this ground and say.
Speaker 6 (23:48):
Look, it's the Democrats that are holding the cry from
the beginning from continuing on, So you got.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
To stand your round.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Oh, Eric, didn't mean to cut you off. I thought
you finished. Yeah. I agree with Eric, You've got to
stand your ground.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Would be worse for poor people and everybody, and there'll
be a lot more poor people if you don't stand
your ground to these hostage takers. But you also have
to feed the poor. So this is a testing point
right now for the GOP. How are you going to
do both? You got to get creative, You got to
roll up your sleeves, You got to take action, because
neither is an option.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Neither is an option.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
You cannot cave to these hostage takers on the left,
but you cannot let these hungry people, especially the kids,
go hungry.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
So what do you do?
Speaker 1 (24:29):
I think I'm my idea is the best I've heard.
I haven't even heard another one. Eric and Golden you're
on the Dan Kaplis you'll welcome.
Speaker 8 (24:38):
Hey, Dan, I just got a question for you. So
when Ted Creues shut down the government, who did you
hold responsible for that shutdown?
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Whether it the.
Speaker 8 (24:47):
Democrats who are in charge and power or was it Republicans?
And as a follow up, and Republicans pass a clean
resolution right now?
Speaker 4 (24:57):
Yes or now?
Speaker 8 (24:59):
And I think it gives you insight as to who's.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Responsible for this shows I have Well, are you going
to stay here? Are you going to go?
Speaker 8 (25:08):
I mean, I'm happy to discuss it with. You can
pass a Republicans can pass a clean resolution right now.
All they have to do is they have they could
temporarily suspend the sixty limit rule.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Oh yeah, yeah, and let's start with that.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Major for fifty fifty votes, but simple.
Speaker 6 (25:27):
So that they they're responsible.
Speaker 8 (25:29):
And then the other question is that you say that
Democrats are responsible, where is Trump and where are the
Republicans to negotiate on these issues that Democrats are raising
that are super serious of healthcare costs increase.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
Do you want to have a conversation because I'd love to,
or is you just going to fill a buster which
you're going to hijack the conversation?
Speaker 8 (25:53):
Make your point, get many words as I can.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Well, why don't we do this? Why don't we have
a nice back and forth? You just tell me, do
you want to have it back and forth?
Speaker 6 (26:04):
Well? No, it's like you got it all right.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
Thanks, thanks for being honest. It's not a discussion. It's
not a discussion.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
It's not because Eric knows what would happen next, which
is I would blow him away with the facts. So
he doesn't want to stay around for that. So let
me take it in order. First of all, No, you
don't suspend the filibuster for this. That would be an
extremely dangerous precedent. And the Democrats will have the Senate
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at some point. I don't think they're going to have
the White House for a long time unless the GOP
screws up big time, but they're going to have the Senate.
We don't want to set the precedent of suspending the
filibuster and then having all this goofy lefty stuff happening
with fifty one votes No.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
No.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
And then the second part, well, why won't Trump negotiate
on this other stuff?
Speaker 2 (26:51):
He shouldn't.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
He shouldn't You get a clean cr and then you
move forward. And then if the Democrats can win enough
elections to get their goofy ideas through, they get their
goofy ideas through.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
So you don't do that.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
No, the GOP has to stand firm, but they also
have to feed the poor.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
The Ted Kruz stuff he's talking about.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
If he'd hung around long enough, I would ask him
which shutdown he's talking about. And then we look at
that one on its merits. You're on the Dankaplas Show.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Food stamps being cut off come Saturday? Should the GOP
cave to the hostage taking dems? But the answer is
a clear no, right. The consequence to that would be horrible.
So what should the GOP do to feed the poor?
I've come up with the concrete idea that'll be great
for the poor, great for the GOP. Hopefully it will happen.
If you want the details grabbing off the podcast, I'm
(27:52):
sure we'll talk about it tomorrow. Text or Dan along
with your mantra, what would Jesus do? He says to
take care of the widows and orphans, feed the hungry.
This was his charge for the church, not the government.
Or Linda from Canyon City, thank you for your great
text or Linda, I think that's a cop out personally,
it's the charge for each of us right individually. But
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when we have an opportunity through our vote to make
sure that there are sound public policies that give the
poor fair opportunity, I think we have that obligation. I
think it's another form of our action, just as you know,
you've got a poor person sitting in front of you,
do you give them something neat or not? Well, part
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of our action is who we decide to vote for
and what policies they're going to pursue. Now, the beautiful
thing is what I'm recommending is is a beautiful mix
of the two. On the policy level, you stand up
to the secular left who don't respect human life, hostage
taking Dems who are about to cut off food stamps
by not opening the government. You stand up to them.
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You can't cave to them. But at the same time.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
You go out, you roll up your sleeves and your food.
Feed the poor.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Use all this great organizational ability nationwide, all the most
visible GOP.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
People leading it.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
You raise money online, but above all, you're going door
to door and you're asking people, hey, do you have
any cans of food? You have any bags of food?
And then you're taking that food to the food banks,
and you're making sure everybody in America sees it, so
they participate and they see you leading by example.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
It's a win win.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
Because you are feeding the poor in a very tangible way,
not just passing laws. And it also shows the people
the heart of the GOP, which Ryan, I am telling you,
I never would have believed as a Democrat that it's
actually Republicans who care deeply for the poor and the
underprivileged and the weak and defenseless and they want to
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help them rise up. I never would have believed that
until I started going to GOP stuff.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
So this is a moment for the GOP. You think
we'll see anything like this, my friend.
Speaker 5 (29:55):
No, And it's a losing hand. And we haven't had
a chance to get to the sound today, but repeatedly
the polling is showing Harry Inton on CNN is illuminating
the mainstream media viewers that GEOP approval is actually going up.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Tremendo shutdown to my friend, you should produce a radio
Well that was.
Speaker 5 (30:12):
Off your goblin.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
How does the shutdown seem to have affected their political standing?
Speaker 9 (30:17):
You might think, given that the Republicans are in charge
of both the House and the Senate, that a government
shutdown might actually hurt the Republican brand, But in.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Fact it hasn't.
Speaker 9 (30:25):
If anything, it's been helped a little bit. Take a
look here the shift in net popularity versus pre shutdown
among the g When we're looking at the Republican Party overall,
that brand actually up two points, that's within the margin vera.
But clearly it hasn't dropped. Come over this side of
the screen, look at the net approval ratings for Republicans
in Congress.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
It's actually up five points since pre shutdown. So what
we're seeing here.
Speaker 9 (30:46):
Is the Republican brand in Congress has actually improved somewhat
compared to where we were a pre shutdown, despite the
fact the Republicans' control. And that's the mat that John
Thune and Mike Johnson are looking at is, Hey, why
should we give an electorally speaking, when our.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Brand is improve a little bit?
Speaker 1 (31:01):
Well, right, you don't give because, first of all, it'd
be wrong to give it.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
It'd be wrong for the country to give.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
And doing the right thing is always good politics, as
my mom always used to say, whether it's short term
or long term, right Ryan, But doesn't that just reinforce
that the fact that GOP should be doing what I'm saying,
because then America can see how your standing up so
left that's the right plan. But then you really do
care and you're out there rolling up your sleeves to
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literally feed the poor.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
Yeah, I wish we'd see the GOP do it. My friend.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
One thing I've been recommending for years in Colorado, and
I know it's easy to just talk in a microphone,
but it's a good idea is the Colorado GOP should
have started it a while ago. Should definitely start it now.
Open up offices, Open up offices in the poorest areas
of Colorado and areas that probably tend to vote Democrat.
(31:59):
And then just serve. Yeah, you can have materials up
there and everything else.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
But you know, just serve. People come in and they
have needs.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Then you try to connect them with the different government
benefits or different places they can go for help. Just
serve the people. People don't care what you know until
they know that you care. And it's the stereotype of
the GOP that it doesn't care, which is backwards, but
that's the stereotype.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Young Ryan.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
You know what we're going to do tomorrow in part
of my friend, we are going to take listener suggestions
for this prime radio morning drive opening in Denver on
six thirty KCHW and Michael Brown does a great show.
There is going to be going over to our sister
station KOA, and so we're going to be taking listener
(32:49):
suggestions for who should fill that time side. And this
isn't some like two am to four am thing now,
this is morning drive on a major station, six thirty
Kit of you, So I want to get folks suggestions
on that.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Have a great evening, catch you tomorrow. Thank you,
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
It's on to fight.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
Glad you're here at five oh six two really interesting
topics and more to come. We're talking about interfaith marriages
jd Vance and.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
We played the sound we Will again with.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Just a really impressive riff on that at Old Miss
last night. He was talking with Charlie Kirk's widow at
a turning Point event and it just talked about his
own marriage with his wife being Hindu and fascinating stuff.
So just talking to you about, Okay, if you're in
one of these interfaith marriages, how do you handle it?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
How do you handle the kid thing?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
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the number text d A N five seven seven three nine.
And we're talking about the food stamps, you know, being
cut off November one, So a federal judge in Boston
probably going to enter in order tomorrow that alter direct
five billion out of a food emergency fund to help
pay for food stamp benefits in November, but that's about
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half of what's necessary, and then it's only for one month,
So we are headed toward this crisis. We're already in
a lot of food banks being overrun right now. So
what should the GOP do. Should it give into the
hostage taking Dems.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Or stand firm?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Now Standing firm means those food stamp benefits are going
to go away on November.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
First, at least half of them.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
And my belief is that the GOP cannot give into
the hostage takers. That's going to be even worse for
poor people. Long term, it's going to be far worse
for America. Cannot give into these far left hostage takers.
At the same time, can't let these people go hungry.
Just can't because they're real people and they're hungry, and
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just can't let them go hungry. So what I'm suggesting
is short version GOP, massive, highly coordinated, well funded, well
organized effort should launch today, round the clock, led by
visible elected officials working round the clock as they would
in the stretch run of a campaign, with all their staffers,
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their family members, volunteers, etc. Just going out going door
to door gathering food getting it to food banks, raising
money online, using that money to buy food, getting it
to food banks, literally help feed the people until the
Democrats are finally forced to cave.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
That's what I think needs to happen.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
I don't think it's an option to just sit back
and say, no, we're not giving into the hostage takers,
which we should not, but just let those people go
hungry in the meantime. And I understand it's the Democrat's fault.
They're going hungry.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I get that.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
But what America needs to see is the GOP stepping up,
standing up to the hostage takers, but stepping up take
extraordinary measures to get people fed. Let's go to Steve
in Colorado Springs here on the dan Kaplis.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
She'll welcome.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Counsel capitals.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I'm living the dream. How about you, Steve?
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Well, pretty good, you know, kind of like you in
some respects. I'm married in to a Persian Iranian family, which,
if you ever want thirty years of exciting it's very
corvoce I can highly recommend, but not really anyway. She
grew up with a Muslim light background on the rough
and tumble the streets of Turan, and yet she's coming around,
(03:28):
and I don't know about Amy the blodacious fraud, but
she also will never vote for Know the Democrat, even
though she has been a lifelong Democrat because of these
Marxist policies they keep instituting in the State House. Yeah,
and one thing that we did, which I think is
helping turn things around, she actually got her convinced to
(03:50):
go to this Alpha series. And the Alpha series really
explores really deep questions of Christianity with a lot of
people that are former Abeas Sluis and then the others.
I can highly recommend.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
That Alpha right, al Pha, Alpha series correct.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
I like.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
And then on the subject of these snap benefits, I
just think, well, first of all, it's a real problem
in most communities. A lot of people advocated their role
of giving to the government, and that's really not happening
when it's all locked down. So my thought is, you know,
(04:32):
there was a Queen CR presented by the House didn't
call for any changes in spending, your issues, everything else.
Maybe just maybe they said, try a CR that does
fund the stamp benefits for at least the two months
that are going to explore discussing the rest of the
best dreamers.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Hey, let me talk to you about that for a second, Stephen,
and grateful you brought that up. And the reason I'd
respectfully disagree is once we start doing car votes right
now for anything other than the military, once we start
doing carve outs right now to the alternative of simply
the clean CR and reopening government, then where does it stop.
And then I think the hostage takers are winning. So
(05:13):
I appreciate the thoughtful approach, and maybe that's how it
will end, but I don't think it should. I think
have to stand up to the far left right now
while still making sure these people get fed won't be easy.
But I do think, my friend, that it has to happen.
I want to make sure we get everybody on here.
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Speaker 2 (05:34):
Nine A lot of texts today. I'll try to get
through the quick.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
If Amy as a family in your church that needs
a hand, I'd be happy to help them.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Hey, thank you very much for that offer.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And this text probably stems from the fact I've been
talking about the reports I get from Amy from the
feed of food banks she works at, about how their
numbers are multiplying exponentially, and so many people need help,
so many more people each and every day, and so
many more than can be helped with current resources. And
(06:05):
so part of this is Goman shut down, part of
it is snap, part of it is other stuff.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
But the answer to your question is yes.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
And the food bank that she works at is called
Little Flower, and they do absolutely amazing work. And you
can just go online and just put in I think
you put in little Flower food Bank and Aurora and
you'll come up with a website where.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
You can give some money.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Quick heads up if you decide to do that, and
I got to tell you, from everything I've heard, it's
about the best money you could give. But if you
decide to do that, understand that it will take you
to the Catholic Charity's website. I'm on the board of
directors there, full disclosure, and I'm very proud of it.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
But if you want to give to Little Flower, which.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Does all this amazing food bank work, then you'll have
to go to the drop down menu. Once you put
in your amount, whether it's one dollars, five dollars, you're
going to give if you're a gazillionaire of five million
whatever you're going to give, just use the drop down
menu and hunching little Flower food Bank. That's how you
would get it there. So that's the one she works at.
(07:06):
Thank you, my friend for asking. Speaking of which, Ryan,
we heard Mike Johnston, the mayor and our newscast at
the top talking about how people should be given money
to food banks. Obviously, I don't disagree. How much has
he given? How much is Polis given? Bennett and Nick
and Luper are rich also, how much have they given?
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Oh yeah, Polus especially could give a whole lot of money.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
And maybe he is and he's just not telling people.
If that's the case, I would think if he's given,
he is telling people because that would only make sense,
right because if you're giving, it's because you want to
feed the poor, and if.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
You're the governor, or US senator or the mayor.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
You can multiply exponentially the impact of your gift if
you lead by example and you use your pulpit to
just tell people, use that platform, tell people, hey, please
do give whatever you can, and here's what I'm given.
So don't you think if they were we'd know about it?
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I think so three all three seven one three eight
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seven seven three nine. So uh, Texters, boy, we have
so many to Dan. At the vet, I saw people
lining up to get free umongous bags of dog food.
So but people can't buy pet food with dog food.
(08:27):
I think what we see going on right now, and
I think one of the reasons, even before this food
stamps get cut off, we see the rush on on
these food banks is people anticipating it. But also you've
got federal workers now who are out of work, some
other people suffering cut off of federal benefits, and that's
probably filtering down to the puppies here with the dog
(08:49):
food stuff.
Speaker 6 (08:50):
Dan.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
The majority of conservatives only have care and compassion for
their own family members, assuming they are religious, uh, and
not gay or liberal or other church members. Texture I
wish called the show because my guess is you've never
met a conservative.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
That's my guess, right, or I can't.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Get on you because when I was a Democrat for
a lot of years, that was my stereotype of Republicans,
and I feel bad about that. There was one Republican
in the whole extended family. Uncle ed really cool guy
and kind of lonely. On Thanksgiving, but a really cool guy.
And yeah, that was our stereotype of Republicans. And it
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wasn't until I became a Republican and got active in
stuff that I saw I had it exactly backwards. And
there were Don't get me wrong, there are a lot
of Democrats. Ryan, Are you a registered Republican?
Speaker 6 (09:40):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Yeah, okay, have you ever been a Democrat?
Speaker 5 (09:43):
I've never been a Democrat, but I was very independent
for a long time in my younger years, and I
did vote for Democrats, including Bill Clinton in nineteen ninety
six and Barack Obama and.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Eight Yeah, my first vote at eighteen Jimmy Carter Karr.
Oh what winn you got there? Go big or go home?
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Right?
Speaker 6 (10:01):
Oh boy?
Speaker 2 (10:02):
But no, Hey.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
The point here being that I know an awful lot
of Democrats who sincerely care about the poor, et cetera,
but their party is controlled by.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
People who don't.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
They don't, whereas the GOP uniformly there is this sincere
concern for the poor and wanting people to reach their
full potential. I never would have believed that before getting
involved in the Republican Party. But what I'm what I'm
saying now is is go show it. Go show it
in the way I just described when we're in this crisis,
(10:35):
and it will be a crisis very very soon.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
It is getting close. Right now, you're on the Dan
Caplas Show.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast. Michael
Jackson and Lionel Richie together. They had never worked with
each other, they had never met each other, and the
first time they get together to try to hammer out
this song. They're both brilliant songwriters. Actually, Lionel he wrote
songs for Kenny Rodgers many others too. He met Bubbles,
oh the Chi chimpanzee, and it was a really strange scene.
(11:08):
As Lionel painted, it.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Had to be my friend. But go ahead, what did
you get a little? We are the world in the
next boat? Goucaus Because that the proposal I've made.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Would be the very best thing to happen to the
GOP since Donald Trump. And that is right now, stand
up to the Democrats. Don't give into the hostage takers.
But you've got to feed the hungry with food stamps
being cut off because of the Dems and so round
the clock, highly organized. Right now, get out there, door
to door gathering food, talking about the highest ranking officials
(11:41):
going door to door gathering food, getting it into food banks,
soliciting donations online buying food, getting it into food banks.
Show America you really care. You'll walk the talk. Literally.
I've done that before when I was in the seminary
where we went door to door through the South side
of Chicago collecting food for the hungry and then getting
it to the hungry. Be the best thing that could
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happen to the GOP because it would let you show
who you really are while at the same time standing
up to the hostage takers. Let's go to the phone
lines bills in beautiful Fort Collins, Colorado.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
You're on the Dan Kafla Show.
Speaker 6 (12:15):
Welcome, Hey Dan, how are you today?
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Live in the dream?
Speaker 6 (12:18):
Thank you me too. A couple of things real quick.
I typically listen to Michael Brown in the morning Good
and he always he always says how he would use
you if he was ever been a bad deal. And
I think most of your listeners would also use you
if they were in a bad deal, because I would,
(12:39):
because I think one thing you do is your voice
is so great that you just put people underneath the
ether man, and that is why you are so.
Speaker 7 (12:48):
Good at Cordon. I ever had a problem, I'd call you,
and you.
Speaker 6 (12:52):
Are right about Trump.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Thank you. I hope you never need me. I hope
you never need me, but thank you very much.
Speaker 6 (12:57):
Yep. Okay. The other thing is I'll leave with tell
your teaser. I will tell you at the end.
Speaker 7 (13:03):
Here I got a couple of points. But the night
I drove over the Foothills Parkway, and I know you
are very familiar with them. Part way, Yeah, and so anyway,
a couple of things. Hey with the food stamps. Oh wait,
your idea is really good. Every every GOP should get
out and just hit it over the weekend, you know, just.
Speaker 6 (13:24):
Like nine News does every year. They do, you know,
great things and all that. The GOP needs to make
a statement, bring the attention to who really is.
Speaker 7 (13:33):
A problem, and then and then the other thing about
the food stamps and all that.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
You know, you pay attention.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
And over the last couple of years we have seen
the statistics show sixty to sixty five percent of Americans
are living paycheck to paychecks.
Speaker 6 (13:50):
So it is it is not just the people in
the general government. There's a lot of people there, Amen, Amen,
and Andy, and we need to finish it. They need
to do something. But you know, damn they just.
Speaker 7 (14:06):
You know, these people can't even get out of their
own way. And you know many years ago when Barock won,
you know, I just you know, these people have both
been them the same teams, Republicans and Democrats.
Speaker 6 (14:18):
And the main thing is that's.
Speaker 7 (14:20):
Why they haven't liked.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
Trump, because Trump is just just isn't one of.
Speaker 7 (14:24):
These So anyway, I would tell you the story, lou
him right here.
Speaker 6 (14:29):
So in nineteen seventy seven, Oh by the way, my
first vote was for Ronald Reagan, so you know. And
so anyway, so we need a.
Speaker 7 (14:40):
Couple of buddies went over to Boulder.
Speaker 6 (14:42):
And they knew a.
Speaker 7 (14:43):
Couple, a couple of girls from Fairview. So we're all
driving around that night and I got to laugh about
the cop that's going down to the Footbills Parkway and
there's that walkway over there that goes over the interest
or the parkway, and I gotta laugh about the night
about eleven o'clock.
Speaker 6 (15:03):
At night, the headlights go over.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
The walkway because they didn't have boards up that bought
you from driving up. So I had a little car.
Speaker 6 (15:12):
From my dad and ah, five.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
Of must drove over that bridge to the Foothills Parkway.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
So you're saying you drove off the bridge. No, okay,
got you work.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Meet Bill hey Man, Thank you for the call, really
appreciate the kind words, and truly hope you never need me.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Thank you though.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Three out three seven one three eight two five five
text d A N five seven seven three nine. Uh
Texter Dan wrong, wrong, We' wrong. Not collecting food, no
food banks. You are so out of step, hungry, get
a job, can't feed your kids, give them to social services.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Jesus would not feed criminals.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Again, this is a texture is pulling our legs that
doesn't believe for a second what he's writing. Nobody who
actually believed in Jesus could say that.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I mean, I'm no biblical scholar.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
But I think we all remember the old hey for
when I was hungry, you gave me to eat. When
I was thirsty, you gave me to drink. Now entre
into the home of my father. Yeah, so now that's
just We get so many great Texters, but you got
a handful who write this inflammatory stuff and they don't
believe it for a second. We'll start the next segment
with Bill from Arvada, and then two things going on.
(16:25):
We've got, of course, you know, and to our last caller,
Bill's point, so many more people, hard working people I believe,
are paycheck to paycheck than even the statistics show.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So many people living in very nice homes, so many people,
you know, living.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
In apartments, so much of America living paycheck to paycheck,
largely because of Democrat policies. The fact that we've had
this explosion in food stamps to the point where almost
any state you go to red or blue, you're going
to have at least ten percent on food stamps. Almost
all that's traceable back to Democrat policies.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
What should the GOP now do? Now got a plan?
Speaker 5 (17:07):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
Help people who deserve it? I think that's the way
we're created. Obviously we're in a very polarized political time,
but there is an opportunity here for the GOP, a
tremendous opportunity to do well by doing good. And you've
got these far left hostage takers who will not reopen
the government, and the Democratic Party is willing to starve
these people who are about to lose their benefits. GOP
(17:34):
cannot give in to those hostage taking democrats. But you
got to feed the people. You can't just let the
people go hungry. So this GOP is so great now
at organizing, so great at building these networks, so great
at online fundraising. But above all, organize right now. Have
it rolling by this weekend, and that the most visible
(17:56):
GOP figures at every level, all sorts of U, huge
throngs of GOP going door to door, collecting food, getting
it to food banks, delivering to food banks, raising money online,
tens of millions online, getting that food to food banks.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Showing America really do care. And that's what will dominate.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
And if you can't get that the mainstream news coverage
because they're trying to censor that, then you buy stuff
and you show people.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
What you're doing.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Yeah, that's what the GOP needs to be doing. Don't
give into the hostage takers. That'll make it worse for
the poor and worse for all of America. But also
make sure you feed the poor. Three all three seven,
one three eight two five five texts DAN five seven
seven three nine get to the phone lines in a second.
Speaker 2 (18:40):
So many texts want to work. Some in DAN.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Over forty two million people on snap I think local
food banks should replace government programs altogether. By the way,
how many do you think we're on food stamps? Rying
in the year two thousand, we have forty two million. Now,
what do you think in twenty.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Forty two million nationally? Right now? You said yeah, and
back then in two thousand, I would SA twenty seven million.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
Huh close seventeen seventeen. Yeah, And you can see what
the left's doing, right, I've said it before. Should trademarkt
the fighting for scraps party? That's that's what they want
in America, more and more dependent on government.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
This text says, I believe every word.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Not playing you. Now, how about the Nuggets tickets? I
already told you just yeah, we'll get your Nuggets ticket. Dan,
you should be able to describe. I don't even understand
this text. Sorry, I'd be wasting your time. Apologies to
the texture. Give another shot, please, Dan. What would be
a good idea if he cared, is for polist to
offer a million to match an equal amount of public
donations or a larger amount of public donations. I think
(19:41):
that's a brilliant point, and I've been asking for a
while now. You know, Democrats are always wanting.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
To take your money.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
We got a bunch of really wealthy Democrat office holders,
and if they're all asking you give money to food banks,
how about them? What's Polist giving? Bennett, Hick and Looper?
These are wealthy guys. I'm not sure Johnston's finances, but
he's asking you give money to a food bank.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
What's he given?
Speaker 1 (20:04):
And I think it'd be great for them to come out,
make big donations and then lead by example, and they'll
probably get exponentially more because they showed people they're leading
by example. Maybe they're given big contributions that they're not
telling people about because they want to be modest about it. Well,
if that's the case, good on you. But wouldn't you
want to raise a lot more money for the hungary
(20:27):
by letting people know what you're giving. So yeah, let's
see if they are Dan you hit it right on
the head, like you said, we get a massive food
drive going in, then we could show the world how
Republicans and just go honest, hard working people can take
care of the needy and you don't need government to
do it. Here's just another example of how your thought
process goes and how.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
You need to run for governor.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
Thank you, and be the next governor of Colorado. This
is Glenn, Thank you, Glenn. Not about me, but this
is the kind of creativity the GOP needs. And I
know it sounds like Chamber of Commerce garbage, but I'm
telling you the truth. Before I became a Republican, I
never would have believed this was true of Conservatives. But
it is Republicans. It is Conservatives. It is the party
(21:11):
that really does care about the poor and the truly
needy and wants to lift them up. I know a
lot of Democrats do too, but their party doesn't. So yeah, GOP,
here's a chance to show it. Get creative, you know,
get the sweats on, get the genes on. It's going
to be warm this weekend, throw the shorts on. But
massive action right now. Three oh three seven, three eight
(21:34):
two five five the number.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Let's go to.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Eric from Chicago. You're on the dan Kaplis so I
guess he's from Castle Rock. Now, good move, my friend.
What are you thinking?
Speaker 6 (21:43):
Uh O, Well, it used to be a good move
when I came.
Speaker 4 (21:46):
Back here in ninety six, but I feel like I'm
at a place that's equally as bad with Denver Pine,
like Chicago. Now it's sad.
Speaker 6 (21:53):
It was great when I moved here.
Speaker 4 (21:54):
But anyway, yeah, it's uh.
Speaker 6 (21:56):
You know. My problem is I'm sick.
Speaker 4 (21:58):
And tired of the uh you know that the system
and the way it's being used. I'm all for helping people.
Speaker 6 (22:03):
I've done a lot of help through my own.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Money, helping people families that needed.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
It, But I do not buy for the life of meet.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
We got forty two million people that if it weren't
for these programs, couldn't supply food for themselves.
Speaker 6 (22:18):
And again I think, you know, you look at the
unemployed where the pages indeed and all these apps looking
for people as far as work goes is number one.
But number two, I'm pretty sure all these people have
cell phones, probably have cable dish network or driving Cadillacs.
We all saw that in Chicagoland area, and the rule
was the more kids you have, the more money you
get from the government. So yes, I'm for.
Speaker 4 (22:38):
Helping people temporarily helping people.
Speaker 6 (22:41):
But number two, good lord, We've got to vet these
people that.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
Are milking these systems wrongfully.
Speaker 6 (22:48):
Not all of them, but they're a.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
Good majority I believe are wrongfully milking the system off
of our taxpayers dollars because they.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Can Yeah, well, listen, any human program right now. I
don't know the foods and program well enough to know
how much fraud is in there, but we know any
human endeavor, there's going to be fraud in there, right
so correct.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
But you also don't question, and I don't.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Question that there are also going to be an awful
lot of people, particularly kids, because about half the beneficiaries
are kids who, through no fault to their own, are
in fact going to go hungry without these benefits.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
So what do we do? Eric's short term?
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Because do you cave to the Democrats and do a
carve out for food stamps?
Speaker 2 (23:25):
What do you do?
Speaker 6 (23:29):
The very good question, I mean short term. I would
not chase No. I hate to say it, no, because
I think it's sets a precedent, and it's a frightening precedent.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
They're going to try to twist this against politicians, saying well,
it's your fault now people aren't getting fed.
Speaker 6 (23:45):
I hate to say, but I think you've got to.
Speaker 4 (23:47):
Stand this ground and say.
Speaker 6 (23:48):
Look, it's the Democrats that are holding the cry from
the beginning from continuing on, So you got.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
To stand your round.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Oh, Eric, didn't mean to cut you off. I thought
you finished. Yeah. I agree with Eric, You've got to
stand your ground.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Would be worse for poor people and everybody, and there'll
be a lot more poor people if you don't stand
your ground to these hostage takers. But you also have
to feed the poor. So this is a testing point
right now for the GOP. How are you going to
do both? You got to get creative, You got to
roll up your sleeves, You got to take action, because
neither is an option.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Neither is an option.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
You cannot cave to these hostage takers on the left,
but you cannot let these hungry people, especially the kids,
go hungry.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
So what do you do?
Speaker 1 (24:29):
I think I'm my idea is the best I've heard.
I haven't even heard another one. Eric and Golden you're
on the Dan Kaplis you'll welcome.
Speaker 8 (24:38):
Hey, Dan, I just got a question for you. So
when Ted Creues shut down the government, who did you
hold responsible for that shutdown?
Speaker 4 (24:46):
Whether it the.
Speaker 8 (24:47):
Democrats who are in charge and power or was it Republicans?
And as a follow up, and Republicans pass a clean
resolution right now?
Speaker 4 (24:57):
Yes or now?
Speaker 8 (24:59):
And I think it gives you insight as to who's.
Speaker 2 (25:02):
Responsible for this shows I have Well, are you going
to stay here? Are you going to go?
Speaker 8 (25:08):
I mean, I'm happy to discuss it with. You can
pass a Republicans can pass a clean resolution right now.
All they have to do is they have they could
temporarily suspend the sixty limit rule.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Oh yeah, yeah, and let's start with that.
Speaker 4 (25:23):
Major for fifty fifty votes, but simple.
Speaker 6 (25:27):
So that they they're responsible.
Speaker 8 (25:29):
And then the other question is that you say that
Democrats are responsible, where is Trump and where are the
Republicans to negotiate on these issues that Democrats are raising
that are super serious of healthcare costs increase.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
Do you want to have a conversation because I'd love to,
or is you just going to fill a buster which
you're going to hijack the conversation?
Speaker 8 (25:53):
Make your point, get many words as I can.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Well, why don't we do this? Why don't we have
a nice back and forth? You just tell me, do
you want to have it back and forth?
Speaker 6 (26:04):
Well? No, it's like you got it all right.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
Thanks, thanks for being honest. It's not a discussion. It's
not a discussion.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
It's not because Eric knows what would happen next, which
is I would blow him away with the facts. So
he doesn't want to stay around for that. So let
me take it in order. First of all, No, you
don't suspend the filibuster for this. That would be an
extremely dangerous precedent. And the Democrats will have the Senate
(26:32):
at some point. I don't think they're going to have
the White House for a long time unless the GOP
screws up big time, but they're going to have the Senate.
We don't want to set the precedent of suspending the
filibuster and then having all this goofy lefty stuff happening
with fifty one votes No.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
No.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
And then the second part, well, why won't Trump negotiate
on this other stuff?
Speaker 2 (26:51):
He shouldn't.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
He shouldn't You get a clean cr and then you
move forward. And then if the Democrats can win enough
elections to get their goofy ideas through, they get their
goofy ideas through.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
So you don't do that.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
No, the GOP has to stand firm, but they also
have to feed the poor.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
The Ted Kruz stuff he's talking about.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
If he'd hung around long enough, I would ask him
which shutdown he's talking about. And then we look at
that one on its merits. You're on the Dankaplas Show.
Speaker 5 (27:27):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Food stamps being cut off come Saturday? Should the GOP
cave to the hostage taking dems? But the answer is
a clear no, right. The consequence to that would be horrible.
So what should the GOP do to feed the poor?
I've come up with the concrete idea that'll be great
for the poor, great for the GOP. Hopefully it will happen.
If you want the details grabbing off the podcast, I'm
(27:52):
sure we'll talk about it tomorrow. Text or Dan along
with your mantra, what would Jesus do? He says to
take care of the widows and orphans, feed the hungry.
This was his charge for the church, not the government.
Or Linda from Canyon City, thank you for your great
text or Linda, I think that's a cop out personally,
it's the charge for each of us right individually. But
(28:13):
when we have an opportunity through our vote to make
sure that there are sound public policies that give the
poor fair opportunity, I think we have that obligation. I
think it's another form of our action, just as you know,
you've got a poor person sitting in front of you,
do you give them something neat or not? Well, part
(28:34):
of our action is who we decide to vote for
and what policies they're going to pursue. Now, the beautiful
thing is what I'm recommending is is a beautiful mix
of the two. On the policy level, you stand up
to the secular left who don't respect human life, hostage
taking Dems who are about to cut off food stamps
by not opening the government. You stand up to them.
(28:55):
You can't cave to them. But at the same time.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
You go out, you roll up your sleeves and your food.
Feed the poor.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Use all this great organizational ability nationwide, all the most
visible GOP.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
People leading it.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
You raise money online, but above all, you're going door
to door and you're asking people, hey, do you have
any cans of food? You have any bags of food?
And then you're taking that food to the food banks,
and you're making sure everybody in America sees it, so
they participate and they see you leading by example.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
It's a win win.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
Because you are feeding the poor in a very tangible way,
not just passing laws. And it also shows the people
the heart of the GOP, which Ryan, I am telling you,
I never would have believed as a Democrat that it's
actually Republicans who care deeply for the poor and the
underprivileged and the weak and defenseless and they want to
(29:45):
help them rise up. I never would have believed that
until I started going to GOP stuff.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
So this is a moment for the GOP. You think
we'll see anything like this, my friend.
Speaker 5 (29:55):
No, And it's a losing hand. And we haven't had
a chance to get to the sound today, but repeatedly
the polling is showing Harry Inton on CNN is illuminating
the mainstream media viewers that GEOP approval is actually going up.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Tremendo shutdown to my friend, you should produce a radio
Well that was.
Speaker 5 (30:12):
Off your goblin.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
How does the shutdown seem to have affected their political standing?
Speaker 9 (30:17):
You might think, given that the Republicans are in charge
of both the House and the Senate, that a government
shutdown might actually hurt the Republican brand, But in.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Fact it hasn't.
Speaker 9 (30:25):
If anything, it's been helped a little bit. Take a
look here the shift in net popularity versus pre shutdown
among the g When we're looking at the Republican Party overall,
that brand actually up two points, that's within the margin vera.
But clearly it hasn't dropped. Come over this side of
the screen, look at the net approval ratings for Republicans
in Congress.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
It's actually up five points since pre shutdown. So what
we're seeing here.
Speaker 9 (30:46):
Is the Republican brand in Congress has actually improved somewhat
compared to where we were a pre shutdown, despite the
fact the Republicans' control. And that's the mat that John
Thune and Mike Johnson are looking at is, Hey, why
should we give an electorally speaking, when our.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Brand is improve a little bit?
Speaker 1 (31:01):
Well, right, you don't give because, first of all, it'd
be wrong to give it.
Speaker 2 (31:06):
It'd be wrong for the country to give.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
And doing the right thing is always good politics, as
my mom always used to say, whether it's short term
or long term, right Ryan, But doesn't that just reinforce
that the fact that GOP should be doing what I'm saying,
because then America can see how your standing up so
left that's the right plan. But then you really do
care and you're out there rolling up your sleeves to
(31:30):
literally feed the poor.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
Yeah, I wish we'd see the GOP do it. My friend.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
One thing I've been recommending for years in Colorado, and
I know it's easy to just talk in a microphone,
but it's a good idea is the Colorado GOP should
have started it a while ago. Should definitely start it now.
Open up offices, Open up offices in the poorest areas
of Colorado and areas that probably tend to vote Democrat.
(31:59):
And then just serve. Yeah, you can have materials up
there and everything else.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
But you know, just serve. People come in and they
have needs.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Then you try to connect them with the different government
benefits or different places they can go for help. Just
serve the people. People don't care what you know until
they know that you care. And it's the stereotype of
the GOP that it doesn't care, which is backwards, but
that's the stereotype.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Young Ryan.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
You know what we're going to do tomorrow in part
of my friend, we are going to take listener suggestions
for this prime radio morning drive opening in Denver on
six thirty KCHW and Michael Brown does a great show.
There is going to be going over to our sister
station KOA, and so we're going to be taking listener
(32:49):
suggestions for who should fill that time side. And this
isn't some like two am to four am thing now,
this is morning drive on a major station, six thirty
Kit of you, So I want to get folks suggestions
on that.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Have a great evening, catch you tomorrow. Thank you,
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