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Speaker 1 (00:00):
To night.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Michael Brown joins me here he's the Shaw host.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
Michael Brown, Brownie, No Brown, are you're doing a job?
The situation with Michael Brown? You're a political experts. On
six thirty K how Denver's Talk station. We have sown
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two hours and fifty five minutes until the end of democracy.
Welcome to Democracy, Deathwatch twenty five on John keldera in
for Michael Brown. Give me a call three or three
seven one three eight five five seven seven to one
three talk Just trying to just trying to figure out
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what what happened to the end of democracy? What what
happened to the end of America. We were promised, damn it,
we were promised if we elected this fascist democracy would end.
Because you know, when you elect the guy who got
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the most votes and he becomes president, democracy somehow ends.
It's as if they don't get it, they don't understand
why we don't trust them anymore. Them being the media, Hollywood, academia,
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you know, the pillars of our society, the ones that
kind of hold our values and transmit what we believe.
They have been for the last ten years trying to
tell us this guy, this guy is going to destroy
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our country. He didn't and he's not now. No, don't
don't get me wrong. I'm I'm not at all, not
at all saying he's a great guy. But the elitist
fear mongering is getting tiresome. In fact, it's one of
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the reasons, it's one of the reasons Trump has been
re elected. Three or three seven, one, three, eight, two
five five. Let's go to the phones. Stalk to Paul. Paul,
good morning. You're with John KELDERA glad to have you.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Good morning, John.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
So, I'm feeling really good about today.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
I think it's gonna be a great four years.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
We're not going to get everything.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
You know, the world isn't gonna be heaven on Earth
all of a sudden. It's gonna take many decades for that,
certainly not my lifetime. But I think we're gonna see
some great things in terms of international piece. However, my
big concern in that regard has to do with terrorism.
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I think we're definitely going to experience some terrorism in
the on the mainland here.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
What makes you say that, I'm not I'm not sure
I disagree, but I'm curious your reason.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah, Well, because of all the cells that are here, already,
and the support system for al Qaeda has been here
for a while, so it's just a matter of when
they activate. I have no doubt on that, no doubt whatsoever.
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There's been incredible information that has come out from legitimate
CIA sources and things of that nature that that says
that they're here. There's no doubt they're here. They've got
the funding, they're just wait biden their time. And I
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don't think that most cities are prepared for it at all.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
I don't. I don't think.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So I let me add to what Let me add
to what you said. The reason they are here, they
being terrorists is because over the last four years it
was very easy for them to walk over the border
and come here, and while we had what was going
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on in Ukraine and our assistance there, and then what
was going on in Gaza and our alliance there. Of
course they are here. Of course they walked right over.
I'll go one further, including the Venezuelan gangs, which are
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basically spot state sponsored terrorists throughout the nation. And so yes,
they are here, and I agree with you fully.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
I think we've got the Chinese cells and they're not
going to do the same kind of terrorism as like
an al Qaeda, and we've got the gangs, and then
we have idiot.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
Leadership like the mayor like Polis and Johnston and you
know who want to play this sanctuary city game and
not identify.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
The at least the hardcore criminals so we can easily
get them easier get them out. And so the police
are somewhat hamstrung, and I think we're going to be
in for a hard time. We'll see how that plays
out politically, but the logistics, it's going to be really
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hard because it's gonna take like a year for ICE
to ramp up the resources.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
They'll make some big show.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Boating in the next week or so, but an ongoing
periodically here and there, but it's gonna be really hard
to make a big, big, big dent in a very
low It will take years to get rid of even
the hard and coore criminals that shouldn't be in this country.
So I'm concerned about that now. On the positive note,
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I think Trump is gonna be making a deal with Greenland,
So I don't think they're gonna be a state, but
they could be, uh, you know, some sort of protectorate.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
There are a lot of options there.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
I have a hard time seeing seeing that happen. I
see that as seeing what happened of of Greenland becoming
a American an American territory. We already have a base there,
at least that's my under standing. We don't we don't
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need to to bring it into our system, and I
have I have a hard time. I have a hard
time seeing how that actually happens.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Well, what I'm concerned, what I want to see is
the economic development opened up there with the heavy US
population and agreements made there. I want to see the
UH very very critical, absolutely critical. Is the maritime maritime
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UH channel there being opened up with US protection and control.
That is the shipping lane there is critical for security
and economic development for both Greenland and the United States.
And then of course absolute you know, defense security further
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developed on Greenland because otherwise it's going to be China
and Russia, and we need that shipping lane. That's going
to be enormous benefit.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Well, we do. We do have that shipping lane. It's
it's not like American ships don't go through it. It's
not like America doesn't have a strong presence in Greenland.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
My spec about it. As the ice melts further, that
shipping lane uh and more for continuous time periods. That's
going to be more and more important to develop ports
along the area.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Yeah, nothing, nothing stops that. Nothing, nothing stops as a
strategic point, yes, I get it, but it's not like
we gain a whole lot. My suspicion is, you know,
Trump heard somebody talk and he liked the idea, and
in in in two weeks it will pass on to
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the next shiny object in Trump's In Trump's world, I
don't I don't believe we're going to get the Panama
I don't believe we're going to the Panama Canal back.
I don't believe we're going to turn Canada into the
fifty first state. There is more likelihood about Greenland somehow
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getting a better treaty with the United States. Great spectacular,
but that's that's about as far as I see that
it is. It makes me wonder is Trump crazy or
is he crazy like a fox? And I think sometimes
it's one or the other and not always just one.
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You know, when he when he spouts off about using
the military to get back the Panama Canal, what I
don't know if America is really gonna put up with
a military action to take over a canal, But could
it bring a better agreement for American shipping to go
through Panama? It could? You know, It's not kind of
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that kind of thing that that is the magic of
Trump or the craziness of Trump, depending upon your point
of view.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
I'm not considered. You and I both know and most
of the listeners to the show know too how to
take in Trump's rhetoric. No, Canada is not becoming a
fifty first day That's that's nor would we want it, right,
I certainly would. It serves its purpose though, having that that,
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those crazy tweets go out and it serves its purpose
and it will continue to serve its its purpose. Now
as far as Panama concerned, we would not get of course,
we're I mean, first of all, legally we can do
use military, but we're not going to the point there
was to exercise our power, our influence to make sure
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China is involvement with Panama Canal is not there. That
was the purpose of that, and I'm all supportive of that,
and the same thing with Greenland. I disagree with you,
and we can agree to disagree on the Greenland thing.
I don't think it's becoming a state. It may or
may not become a territory. I don't care what the
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the the logistics are of it.
Speaker 6 (11:18):
But the significant influence and control over key elements of
the development for Greenland and security areas aspects.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Of Greenland is going to be within the United States wheelhouse.
And I'm very thankful for that.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Come point, I tell you what, I'm gonna grab a
couple more of these calls. Paul, thank you so much.
I appreciate it, having yourself a great morning. Three oh
three seven, one, three eight, two five five. Let's chat
with Don. Don you're with John Calberrow.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Welcome, good morning. And I was going to say that basically,
you know, I think the left is kind of keeping
a low profile on this inauguration because when they talk
about democracy, all they talk about is them advancing their agenda.
It's all about how the left.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Can get what I mean, it's not actually about democracy.
When they said democracy was going.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
To end, it was all about the left and getting
getting more and more power. That's the company received. As
long as the left wins, democracy is alive and well.
But that even that is a disillusion because I think
the more and more I look at it, deep down,
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many of these people on the left are really Marxists
and communists, and basically all they want to do is
just when any chance they get, you know, is to
take to the streets and burn things down like they
did in the Soviet Union. It's this is the kind
of stuff that basically empowers government to restrict and limit
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people's freedoms and abilities, using these very people to keep
the revolution going, because it's always been about the revolution,
the revolution that never ends. Once you understand that from
the people that have been saying this, then you'll understand
their program.
Speaker 7 (13:22):
Well.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
It's also interesting for us to note just how how
we no longer buy the lie of the fake news,
and how little trust the news and media and the
elites have any longer. And I've been having this discussion
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with a lot of journalists. I know that over the
last forty years, trust in Congress, trust in media, trust
and institutions have have basically collapsed. Forty years ago, about
eighty percent of even Republicans had trust in mainstream legacy media.
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Now only twelve percent of Republicans trust the media. And
when I talked to folks about that why.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
It was really you know, you know who's really hurting.
It's not ABC, NBC, at CBS. The ones that are
really hurting are the local news people that at the
local level. I mean, you know, scripts is cut back.
I mean, you know allan Media Byron Allen, who hosted
with one of the codes of real people, he's looking
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at firing almost all the meteorologists that worked for his
company and warehousing that to the Weather Channel. I mean,
you know, it's it's it's affected them more than at
the local level and than it is that you know
with the networks.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
What has been frustrating. Let me let me get this
thought out. What has been remarkably frustrating for me. And
I can give you three different examples, well which I
because they're private conversations, but talking to friends and colleagues
who are journalists and passion journalists, when I ask them
why America has lost trust, why particularly Republicans have independence
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as well, have lost trust, they never point to themselves.
They point to Donald Trump. They point to a twenty
year campaign to take away their credibility. None of them
ever say it's because we are so unbalanced and we
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are in such a bubble that we only promote one
point of view and people have had enough of our crap,
and I would be so what surprises me, what boggles
my mind, is that every journalist I know, by their
nature are very very curious people, and they are curious reporters,
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but they have no curiosity. What's so on whatsoever to
ask why people have lost faith in them? They have
no curiosity. It is the weirdest thing I've ever seen.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
It's only when they retire from the business that they
finally take a look in the mirror and admit to
the world who they are. Look at Walter Cronkite. He
came in at a time when there was a fairness doctrine,
when you know, the left had their equal time, more control,
and you know, he had the charm, in the charisma
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and the body language to herd America into the direction
that it did, especially in the nineteen seventies when you know,
you had so many progressive movements on the move, especially
the feminists and the push with Era, which wasn't getting
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any pushback until Phylish Laughley came around. That's just one
example of that. But they just cannot come out of
the closet and say, Hey, we're liberal, we'll progress this.
This is our worldview. They want to be seen as neutral.
I mean they actually you can you can only be objective.
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You can only be objective. And it's either that they're
stupid or they just wanted to lie to their audiences
and now they're finally paying.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
For it, and they they honestly believe they are objective.
They're like an alcoholic who doesn't see it. Hey, thanks
for the call. I appreciate it. YouTube three o three
seven one three eight two five five. As we speak,
President elect Trump and his wife are leaving Saint John's
Episcopal Church for their next for their next stop, which
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I believe is the White House for what has got
to be one of the most awkward cups of coffee
in American history. Trump Trump didn't do this when he
was president. He did not have a nice cup of
coffee with Biden when Biden took over as president. But
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the Bidens are hosting him for a cup of coffee
at the White House. And if I've got this right,
I believe Kamala Harris and her husband are waiting at
the White House. JD. Vance left the church and he's
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heading down there as well, it's kind of a weird,
weird day of traditions. And you know, the only tradition
that matters is the oath of office. Everything else is
just made for us. Nothing else matters. When was the
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first time, and perhaps the only time, a woman has
presided over the oath of office? Anyone? Anyone? Yes? You in
the back? That's right. When LBJ was sworn in after
Kennedy's assassination, it happened on Air Force one in a
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local federal judge and I'm blanking out on her name?
Did the oath of office on Air Force one? It
was someone that Johnson himself helped get into that position.
All right, we have three hours? Oh only two? Is
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it only two hours? Two hours and thirty five minutes
until democracy ends? Stated the end with us. I'm John
Caldera and for Michael Brown, you're in k how Eldera
as we are on the Democracy death Walk twenty five.
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Democracy ends in just about two and a half hours.
What a shame, right, and our very own Ryan Schuling
went out to Washington to give us some up close
and personalized We're waiting for the President to arrive at
the White House for that very awkward cup of coffee
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with the Bidens. He'll be the motorcade is making its
way to the White House. Now, Hey, Ryan Sholing, thanks
for joining us. I know you must be upset that
this thing has been moved inside where you're not freezing
to death.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
It was kind of a devil's bargain, John, they're showing it.
You're going to hear the reaction. I am the man
in the arena literally here Teddy Rosevelt style about quarter
full of Capital one arena, and we are watching exactly
what you're seeing and describing on your television set in
the arena on the monitor as President Trump is part
of the motorcade here, like you mentioned, he's going to
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be kind of executing the handoff with now former President
Biden as of later today. Thank god.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
Yeah for about I was inlying for about four hours
from five twenty am Eastern time to about nine twenty
am Eastern time.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Got through security. Was a very disjointed process, but you're right.
I'm in a warm arena right now.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
I'm sawing out right now watching as Vice President Harris
and her husband are going to be greeting JD. Vance
and his wife. JD's coming out of the motorcade right now,
and they're smiling and being polite. God, this has got
to be so awkward. It's wonderful to watch it and
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not be there.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Yeah, the chance of JD erupting here at a Capital
one arena that I'm sure we'll be full with at
about an hour or two time by when they're sworn in,
And as you know, John, they're being sworn in the rotunda,
and there was just no way that unless you were
a dignitary of the highest level of vip et cetera,
that anyone's going to get in there. It takes away
an opportunity. Although it is a cold day here, it's
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not as cold as it is there in Denver, as
I just heard in the weather forecast, I have eight there,
it's about twenty two degrees here. I have twenty six expected.
And they took down the jumbotrons that were supposed to
be featured on the mall between the US Capitol and
the Washington Monuments. So even if you did attend, they're
in person outdoors, you wouldn't be able to see anything.
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So they're diverting people away from that, and unless you
get into Capitol One Arena really you're on your own
and you're left up to your own devices as to
where and how to watch the actual inauguration itself.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
So I'm just I'm curious. I mean, you've made this
hall all the way out there, and it's got to
be bittersweet that it's been canceled, but only because how
cold it is in DC. Cold for those people who
don't know d see, DC cold is a different type
of brutal cold. Colorado might have a lower temperature, but
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I would rather have minus eight in Colorado than ten
plus in DC. So were you disappointed that that was
moved inside?
Speaker 2 (23:23):
I was only because I was looking forward to all
the ambiance and the pomp and circumstance of everything that
was supposed to happen outdoors, John with regard to the
parade and the people on the mall, getting to see
the sites and sounds, meet the faces. And I did
do that in line to a degree, and there will
be some interviews that I posted online through my Twitter
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account and also over on KOA. But yeah, I think
it took a little bit away from what I was
hoping to experience. But it's kind of one of those
you got handed lemons, You got to make lemonade. So
I just developed a plan to try to get into
the arena. I accomplished that to this point.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
How did you, by the way, have you do that?
Because you know, with hundreds of thousands watching on the
mall and watching from the west steps of the Capitol,
compared to only twenty thousand tops who can get into
Capital One arena, you getting in, even though you're a
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member of the media is by no means assured.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
It wasn't and me being a member of media didn't
matter one wit. I mean, there was a kind of
an informal ticketing process for what would have been outside,
but as far as what was going on in the
arena here after they moved the inauguration inside, it was
first come, first servant, John, There were many hundreds That
leaves people in front of me in line who had
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spent the night, if not several nights outdoors outside of
the arena waiting in line. I got there and I
still had to wait four hours standing in line, and
the brutal toll that you're talking about, and I, like
I said, the arena right now, looking around, it's maybe
a quarter fall at this point, and I anticipated, like
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you said, it'll be totally false, but yeah, it was
an arduous pass. I got to the Shady Grove Red
Line stop, which is the terminal stop, the very first
one on the Metro for the DC public transit system,
and that I had to take an uber too from
where I'm staying in Germantown, Maryland. So I got on
the very first train, got all the way down here,
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hustle to the back of the line, waited my turn.
Four hours later, I'm in Capitol One Arena four hours later.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
I remember when Obama was having his coronation here. The
DNC was in Denver and I broadcast every day from
the Pepsi Center what it was called then. The last
day was at Mile High and it was six or
seven hours to get in to Mile High. I almost
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lost the last bit of sanity I had. So you
are a better man than I.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Well, thank you, John, But yeah, it was It was brutal.
The people that were in line were very dedicated to
the cause, though, as you might imagine, very fervent Trump supporters,
they were willing to wait as long as it took.
I know, they were very enthusiastic, very excited when they
got in along with me. The security process was very detailed,
no stone unturned when it comes to the safety of
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the people in this arena or the president or jd
Vance who planned to come in and address those that
assembled here in the arena after they're sworn in at
the rotunda.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
So I'm curious what you saw in the way of protests.
If you remember eight years ago, that town was on
fire with people wearing a little kiddy cat hats and
the end is near and this was awful. And then,
of course four years later it wasn't that much better
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between COVID and protests. It was a very different scene.
Have you have you seen any protests, any sizeable protests.
Is there anyone inside Capital One who, let's just say,
plays for the other team, not Trump's team John?
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Absolutely nothing along those lines today. Now, there were some
protesters over the last couple of days, but there's been
some brutal weather here. You may have been following the
forecast in the DC area, and when I landed at
Dulles yesterday it was a freezing rain, sleep pellets. There
were several cars spun out as my Uber driver took
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me from Dulles to my Germantown, Maryland hotel. There were
some protests on the.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
Mall and what hotel is that? And what room number
are you in?
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Well, I'm not gonna be any more detail than that, and.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
What's your home address? And I need your mother's maiden
name as well, just just for the news story.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Now I'll pass on that. But surprisingly, John, I was
expecting maybe some protests, there have been none. It has
been all positive, very peaceful, mostly peaceful, very peaceful, and
everybody's in a really good, move fast spirit.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
How can that be, I asked you, Ryan Schuling, how
can that be when democracy is going to end in
two hours and nineteen minutes.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Well, ironically, John, to me, from the looks of it
inside this arena, it looks like democracy is about to
begin again, rather than.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
I don't understand it. I are you telling me we
were lied to.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
We were very much lied to. Everybody's having fun.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Here, that's incredible. So spirits are high. People are still
coming in. It will get very very crowded in the
next couple hours. Where you are, it'll get packed, people
will be turned away. Although we kind of live in
a video society now, where the last inaugural was largely
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video because of COVID, and this one is it's just cold,
not COVID keeping people away. All in all, he's still
glad that you made the trip.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
I am John, and it feels very fortunate to be
included among the people that are in attendance here today.
You mentioned that the last inauguration was affected by COVID.
My friend Steve Gruber who works in Michigan radio. He
does some national reporting for Right Side Broadcast a couple
other outlets, and he had an interesting theory that because
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of what we saw happen in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the
level of security and the doubts maybe still all about
the Secret Service, that he wonders if we'll ever see
a traditional outdoor inauguration again. And I think he might
have a point.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Although they're behind now bullet proof shields and other things. Yeah,
you know, I think, you know, Washington, I think is
pretty secure. But let's remember this is a president who
has survived two assassination attempts, one that shot Hi. This
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is this is really unprecedented. It is easily the greatest
political comeback in American history, and we are all witnessed
to it. These are fascinating, fascinating times. Ryan, can we
grab you sometime later on. I know you've got lots
to do and lots to report, and other people want
to talk with you, but I'd love to check in
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with you again.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Yeah, definitely. I'll let Jesse know, and I should be
here throughout the duration of the event. I'm just worried
about my phone battery, but I'll be turning my phone office.
Who's I'm done talking to you and doing a report for.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
KOA spectacular Ryan schuling. Of course, you can listen to
him every day here on six thirty K from two
to four our eyes and ears inside the Capitol one Building. Ryan,
have yourself a great day. I'm kind of jealous and
kind of glad I'm not you.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
Well, thanks, John, I'm here so you don't have to
be take care.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
My friend, all right? Three or three seven to one,
three eight, two five. Ryan is in Capital one Arena.
I'm seeing some video footage of that. It's a lot
of maga hats and people waiting. I can't believe he
waited four hours. You ought to listen to Ryan's show
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in the afternoon, just because the man is willing to
wait four hours to get in the president. I know
the jd Vance has made it in. I'm not certain
if if Trump and Millenia have made it to the
White House just yet. It's amazing, you know, the White
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House was one of the first structures built in a
city that was designed to be the nation's capital. I
believe it was Jefferson who who finally made the okay
of the location of Washington, DC, carved out of a
couple of different states. And it's really amazing that so
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many years later that that building is still still the
seat of power. All right, three oh three seven one
three eight two five five. A quick breather. I'm John
Caldera in for Michael Brown. Keep it right here. You're
on six thirty K. You have two hours and ten
minutes until democracy ends. Welcome to Democracy death Watch with
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John Caldera in for Michael Brown. Give me a call.
Three or three seven one three eight two five five.
What do you expect out of the first one hundred days?
What do you expect afterwards? And I am still asking
a question of where's the freak out? If in fact
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democracy was going to end, If in fact this was
going to bring in a brand new era of fascism
to our nation. Man, the the nation's pretty darn quiet
about it, you would, I think, if if democracy is
on the line, and remember that's what we were told
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not only by President Biden, but by academia, by the media,
by entertainment, they seem very comfortable with the end of democracy.
What a shame that the people who are pimping the
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end of democracy don't seem to be acting like democracy
is actually ending. Why is that? If you have an
answer threezho three seven to one three eight two five
five seven one three talk for me. What is most
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fascinating is simply how how we don't trust these institutions
any longer. And this is a perfect example why I
wrote a column. By the way, if you're not familiar
with my work, I run the Independence Institute, and please
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go to thinkfreedom dot org, thinkfreedom dot org, sign up
for a newsletter. At the very least, I write a
column for the gazettes. You can read to me in
complete Colorado dot com that one stops shopping for all
news Colorado without a paywall. And one of my columns
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that got a lot of traction recently was was talking
about the media, particularly the news media legacy media what
some are now calling regime media. Why is it that
forty years ago, according to Gallop polls, which are done regularly,
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over eighty percent eighty five eighty whatever plus percent of
Americans trusted the news media forty years ago even Republicans
and unaffiliateds now only twenty seven Only twenty seven percent
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of unaffiliateds trust legacy media. And get this, only twelve
percent of Republicans trust the legacy media. That is it?
That is it now. I've got a lot of friends
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who are reporters. I know a lot of people in journalism.
I find them to be fascinating, fascinating, fun, curious people.
But it blows my ever loving mind the lack of
curiosity they have about why they're so mistrusted. And what
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I find so to be honest sad is when I
pushed them on this subject and I go, why is
it that only twelve percent of Republicans, only twenty seven
percent of independence and now only fifty four percent of Democrats.
Barely a majority of Democrats trust you? And I've always
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gotten the same answer, the first one, Well, you know, Trump,
you know it's hard to be trusted when the President
of the United States is telling you you're the enemy. Really,
so it's not your You have no no fault in
this whatsoever. You're just a victim. And I've also heard about, well,
you know, for twenty years, the right has attacked the media.
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Wait a second, Republicans used to love the media. Eighty
something percent of Republicans forty years ago trusted you, guys,
trusted you. Why in the world do they not now?
And according to the folks I know in the media,
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it's not their fault. And that's how blind they are,
that is how inside their own bubble, so busy smelling
their own flatulence, that they have no idea why they
are mistrusted because they are active parts of a political machinery,
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not of a media machinery. And the fact that they
told us democracy was ending today in two hours and
five minutes, it's no wonder we've lost all trust in
them because they're not observers, they're political activists. President like
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Trump is arriving at the White House for the most
uncomfortable coffee of the year. And we'll keep you covered
right here. Kow
To night.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Michael Brown joins me here he's the Shaw host.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
Michael Brown, Brownie, No Brown, are you're doing a job?
The situation with Michael Brown? You're a political experts. On
six thirty K how Denver's Talk station. We have sown
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two hours and fifty five minutes until the end of democracy.
Welcome to Democracy, Deathwatch twenty five on John keldera in
for Michael Brown. Give me a call three or three
seven one three eight five five seven seven to one
three talk Just trying to just trying to figure out
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what what happened to the end of democracy? What what
happened to the end of America. We were promised, damn it,
we were promised if we elected this fascist democracy would end.
Because you know, when you elect the guy who got
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the most votes and he becomes president, democracy somehow ends.
It's as if they don't get it, they don't understand
why we don't trust them anymore. Them being the media, Hollywood, academia,
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you know, the pillars of our society, the ones that
kind of hold our values and transmit what we believe.
They have been for the last ten years trying to
tell us this guy, this guy is going to destroy
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our country. He didn't and he's not now. No, don't
don't get me wrong. I'm I'm not at all, not
at all saying he's a great guy. But the elitist
fear mongering is getting tiresome. In fact, it's one of
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the reasons, it's one of the reasons Trump has been
re elected. Three or three seven, one, three, eight, two
five five. Let's go to the phones. Stalk to Paul. Paul,
good morning. You're with John KELDERA glad to have you.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Good morning, John.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
So, I'm feeling really good about today.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
I think it's gonna be a great four years.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
We're not going to get everything.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
You know, the world isn't gonna be heaven on Earth
all of a sudden. It's gonna take many decades for that,
certainly not my lifetime. But I think we're gonna see
some great things in terms of international piece. However, my
big concern in that regard has to do with terrorism.
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I think we're definitely going to experience some terrorism in
the on the mainland here.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
What makes you say that, I'm not I'm not sure
I disagree, but I'm curious your reason.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Yeah, Well, because of all the cells that are here, already,
and the support system for al Qaeda has been here
for a while, so it's just a matter of when
they activate. I have no doubt on that, no doubt whatsoever.
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There's been incredible information that has come out from legitimate
CIA sources and things of that nature that that says
that they're here. There's no doubt they're here. They've got
the funding, they're just wait biden their time. And I
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don't think that most cities are prepared for it at all.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
I don't. I don't think.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So I let me add to what Let me add
to what you said. The reason they are here, they
being terrorists is because over the last four years it
was very easy for them to walk over the border
and come here, and while we had what was going
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on in Ukraine and our assistance there, and then what
was going on in Gaza and our alliance there. Of
course they are here. Of course they walked right over.
I'll go one further, including the Venezuelan gangs, which are
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basically spot state sponsored terrorists throughout the nation. And so yes,
they are here, and I agree with you fully.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
I think we've got the Chinese cells and they're not
going to do the same kind of terrorism as like
an al Qaeda, and we've got the gangs, and then
we have idiot.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
Leadership like the mayor like Polis and Johnston and you
know who want to play this sanctuary city game and
not identify.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
The at least the hardcore criminals so we can easily
get them easier get them out. And so the police
are somewhat hamstrung, and I think we're going to be
in for a hard time. We'll see how that plays
out politically, but the logistics, it's going to be really
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hard because it's gonna take like a year for ICE
to ramp up the resources.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
They'll make some big show.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Boating in the next week or so, but an ongoing
periodically here and there, but it's gonna be really hard
to make a big, big, big dent in a very
low It will take years to get rid of even
the hard and coore criminals that shouldn't be in this country.
So I'm concerned about that now. On the positive note,
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I think Trump is gonna be making a deal with Greenland,
So I don't think they're gonna be a state, but
they could be, uh, you know, some sort of protectorate.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
There are a lot of options there.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
I have a hard time seeing seeing that happen. I
see that as seeing what happened of of Greenland becoming
a American an American territory. We already have a base there,
at least that's my under standing. We don't we don't
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need to to bring it into our system, and I
have I have a hard time. I have a hard
time seeing how that actually happens.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Well, what I'm concerned, what I want to see is
the economic development opened up there with the heavy US
population and agreements made there. I want to see the
UH very very critical, absolutely critical. Is the maritime maritime
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UH channel there being opened up with US protection and control.
That is the shipping lane there is critical for security
and economic development for both Greenland and the United States.
And then of course absolute you know, defense security further
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developed on Greenland because otherwise it's going to be China
and Russia, and we need that shipping lane. That's going
to be enormous benefit.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Well, we do. We do have that shipping lane. It's
it's not like American ships don't go through it. It's
not like America doesn't have a strong presence in Greenland.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
My spec about it. As the ice melts further, that
shipping lane uh and more for continuous time periods. That's
going to be more and more important to develop ports
along the area.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Yeah, nothing, nothing stops that. Nothing, nothing stops as a
strategic point, yes, I get it, but it's not like
we gain a whole lot. My suspicion is, you know,
Trump heard somebody talk and he liked the idea, and
in in in two weeks it will pass on to
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the next shiny object in Trump's In Trump's world, I
don't I don't believe we're going to get the Panama
I don't believe we're going to the Panama Canal back.
I don't believe we're going to turn Canada into the
fifty first state. There is more likelihood about Greenland somehow
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getting a better treaty with the United States. Great spectacular,
but that's that's about as far as I see that
it is. It makes me wonder is Trump crazy or
is he crazy like a fox? And I think sometimes
it's one or the other and not always just one.
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You know, when he when he spouts off about using
the military to get back the Panama Canal, what I
don't know if America is really gonna put up with
a military action to take over a canal, But could
it bring a better agreement for American shipping to go
through Panama? It could? You know, It's not kind of
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that kind of thing that that is the magic of
Trump or the craziness of Trump, depending upon your point
of view.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
I'm not considered. You and I both know and most
of the listeners to the show know too how to
take in Trump's rhetoric. No, Canada is not becoming a
fifty first day That's that's nor would we want it, right,
I certainly would. It serves its purpose though, having that that,
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those crazy tweets go out and it serves its purpose
and it will continue to serve its its purpose. Now
as far as Panama concerned, we would not get of course,
we're I mean, first of all, legally we can do
use military, but we're not going to the point there
was to exercise our power, our influence to make sure
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China is involvement with Panama Canal is not there. That
was the purpose of that, and I'm all supportive of that,
and the same thing with Greenland. I disagree with you,
and we can agree to disagree on the Greenland thing.
I don't think it's becoming a state. It may or
may not become a territory. I don't care what the
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the the logistics are of it.
Speaker 6 (11:18):
But the significant influence and control over key elements of
the development for Greenland and security areas aspects.
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Of Greenland is going to be within the United States wheelhouse.
And I'm very thankful for that.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Come point, I tell you what, I'm gonna grab a
couple more of these calls. Paul, thank you so much.
I appreciate it, having yourself a great morning. Three oh
three seven, one, three eight, two five five. Let's chat
with Don. Don you're with John Calberrow.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Welcome, good morning. And I was going to say that basically,
you know, I think the left is kind of keeping
a low profile on this inauguration because when they talk
about democracy, all they talk about is them advancing their agenda.
It's all about how the left.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Can get what I mean, it's not actually about democracy.
When they said democracy was going.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
To end, it was all about the left and getting
getting more and more power. That's the company received. As
long as the left wins, democracy is alive and well.
But that even that is a disillusion because I think
the more and more I look at it, deep down,
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many of these people on the left are really Marxists
and communists, and basically all they want to do is
just when any chance they get, you know, is to
take to the streets and burn things down like they
did in the Soviet Union. It's this is the kind
of stuff that basically empowers government to restrict and limit
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people's freedoms and abilities, using these very people to keep
the revolution going, because it's always been about the revolution,
the revolution that never ends. Once you understand that from
the people that have been saying this, then you'll understand
their program.
Speaker 7 (13:22):
Well.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
It's also interesting for us to note just how how
we no longer buy the lie of the fake news,
and how little trust the news and media and the
elites have any longer. And I've been having this discussion
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with a lot of journalists. I know that over the
last forty years, trust in Congress, trust in media, trust
and institutions have have basically collapsed. Forty years ago, about
eighty percent of even Republicans had trust in mainstream legacy media.
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Now only twelve percent of Republicans trust the media. And
when I talked to folks about that why.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
It was really you know, you know who's really hurting.
It's not ABC, NBC, at CBS. The ones that are
really hurting are the local news people that at the
local level. I mean, you know, scripts is cut back.
I mean, you know allan Media Byron Allen, who hosted
with one of the codes of real people, he's looking
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at firing almost all the meteorologists that worked for his
company and warehousing that to the Weather Channel. I mean,
you know, it's it's it's affected them more than at
the local level and than it is that you know
with the networks.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
What has been frustrating. Let me let me get this
thought out. What has been remarkably frustrating for me. And
I can give you three different examples, well which I
because they're private conversations, but talking to friends and colleagues
who are journalists and passion journalists, when I ask them
why America has lost trust, why particularly Republicans have independence
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as well, have lost trust, they never point to themselves.
They point to Donald Trump. They point to a twenty
year campaign to take away their credibility. None of them
ever say it's because we are so unbalanced and we
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are in such a bubble that we only promote one
point of view and people have had enough of our crap,
and I would be so what surprises me, what boggles
my mind, is that every journalist I know, by their
nature are very very curious people, and they are curious reporters,
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but they have no curiosity. What's so on whatsoever to
ask why people have lost faith in them? They have
no curiosity. It is the weirdest thing I've ever seen.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
It's only when they retire from the business that they
finally take a look in the mirror and admit to
the world who they are. Look at Walter Cronkite. He
came in at a time when there was a fairness doctrine,
when you know, the left had their equal time, more control,
and you know, he had the charm, in the charisma
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and the body language to herd America into the direction
that it did, especially in the nineteen seventies when you know,
you had so many progressive movements on the move, especially
the feminists and the push with Era, which wasn't getting
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any pushback until Phylish Laughley came around. That's just one
example of that. But they just cannot come out of
the closet and say, Hey, we're liberal, we'll progress this.
This is our worldview. They want to be seen as neutral.
I mean they actually you can you can only be objective.
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You can only be objective. And it's either that they're
stupid or they just wanted to lie to their audiences
and now they're finally paying.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
For it, and they they honestly believe they are objective.
They're like an alcoholic who doesn't see it. Hey, thanks
for the call. I appreciate it. YouTube three o three
seven one three eight two five five. As we speak,
President elect Trump and his wife are leaving Saint John's
Episcopal Church for their next for their next stop, which
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I believe is the White House for what has got
to be one of the most awkward cups of coffee
in American history. Trump Trump didn't do this when he
was president. He did not have a nice cup of
coffee with Biden when Biden took over as president. But
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the Bidens are hosting him for a cup of coffee
at the White House. And if I've got this right,
I believe Kamala Harris and her husband are waiting at
the White House. JD. Vance left the church and he's
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heading down there as well, it's kind of a weird,
weird day of traditions. And you know, the only tradition
that matters is the oath of office. Everything else is
just made for us. Nothing else matters. When was the
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first time, and perhaps the only time, a woman has
presided over the oath of office? Anyone? Anyone? Yes? You in
the back? That's right. When LBJ was sworn in after
Kennedy's assassination, it happened on Air Force one in a
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local federal judge and I'm blanking out on her name?
Did the oath of office on Air Force one? It
was someone that Johnson himself helped get into that position.
All right, we have three hours? Oh only two? Is
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it only two hours? Two hours and thirty five minutes
until democracy ends? Stated the end with us. I'm John
Caldera and for Michael Brown, you're in k how Eldera
as we are on the Democracy death Walk twenty five.
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Democracy ends in just about two and a half hours.
What a shame, right, and our very own Ryan Schuling
went out to Washington to give us some up close
and personalized We're waiting for the President to arrive at
the White House for that very awkward cup of coffee
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with the Bidens. He'll be the motorcade is making its
way to the White House. Now, Hey, Ryan Sholing, thanks
for joining us. I know you must be upset that
this thing has been moved inside where you're not freezing
to death.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
It was kind of a devil's bargain, John, they're showing it.
You're going to hear the reaction. I am the man
in the arena literally here Teddy Rosevelt style about quarter
full of Capital one arena, and we are watching exactly
what you're seeing and describing on your television set in
the arena on the monitor as President Trump is part
of the motorcade here, like you mentioned, he's going to
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be kind of executing the handoff with now former President
Biden as of later today. Thank god.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
Yeah for about I was inlying for about four hours
from five twenty am Eastern time to about nine twenty
am Eastern time.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Got through security. Was a very disjointed process, but you're right.
I'm in a warm arena right now.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
I'm sawing out right now watching as Vice President Harris
and her husband are going to be greeting JD. Vance
and his wife. JD's coming out of the motorcade right now,
and they're smiling and being polite. God, this has got
to be so awkward. It's wonderful to watch it and
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not be there.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Yeah, the chance of JD erupting here at a Capital
one arena that I'm sure we'll be full with at
about an hour or two time by when they're sworn in,
And as you know, John, they're being sworn in the rotunda,
and there was just no way that unless you were
a dignitary of the highest level of vip et cetera,
that anyone's going to get in there. It takes away
an opportunity. Although it is a cold day here, it's
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not as cold as it is there in Denver, as
I just heard in the weather forecast, I have eight there,
it's about twenty two degrees here. I have twenty six expected.
And they took down the jumbotrons that were supposed to
be featured on the mall between the US Capitol and
the Washington Monuments. So even if you did attend, they're
in person outdoors, you wouldn't be able to see anything.
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So they're diverting people away from that, and unless you
get into Capitol One Arena really you're on your own
and you're left up to your own devices as to
where and how to watch the actual inauguration itself.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
So I'm just I'm curious. I mean, you've made this
hall all the way out there, and it's got to
be bittersweet that it's been canceled, but only because how
cold it is in DC. Cold for those people who
don't know d see, DC cold is a different type
of brutal cold. Colorado might have a lower temperature, but
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I would rather have minus eight in Colorado than ten
plus in DC. So were you disappointed that that was
moved inside?
Speaker 2 (23:23):
I was only because I was looking forward to all
the ambiance and the pomp and circumstance of everything that
was supposed to happen outdoors, John with regard to the
parade and the people on the mall, getting to see
the sites and sounds, meet the faces. And I did
do that in line to a degree, and there will
be some interviews that I posted online through my Twitter
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account and also over on KOA. But yeah, I think
it took a little bit away from what I was
hoping to experience. But it's kind of one of those
you got handed lemons, You got to make lemonade. So
I just developed a plan to try to get into
the arena. I accomplished that to this point.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
How did you, by the way, have you do that?
Because you know, with hundreds of thousands watching on the
mall and watching from the west steps of the Capitol,
compared to only twenty thousand tops who can get into
Capital One arena, you getting in, even though you're a
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member of the media is by no means assured.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
It wasn't and me being a member of media didn't
matter one wit. I mean, there was a kind of
an informal ticketing process for what would have been outside,
but as far as what was going on in the
arena here after they moved the inauguration inside, it was
first come, first servant, John, There were many hundreds That
leaves people in front of me in line who had
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spent the night, if not several nights outdoors outside of
the arena waiting in line. I got there and I
still had to wait four hours standing in line, and
the brutal toll that you're talking about, and I, like
I said, the arena right now, looking around, it's maybe
a quarter fall at this point, and I anticipated, like
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you said, it'll be totally false, but yeah, it was
an arduous pass. I got to the Shady Grove Red
Line stop, which is the terminal stop, the very first
one on the Metro for the DC public transit system,
and that I had to take an uber too from
where I'm staying in Germantown, Maryland. So I got on
the very first train, got all the way down here,
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hustle to the back of the line, waited my turn.
Four hours later, I'm in Capitol One Arena four hours later.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
I remember when Obama was having his coronation here. The
DNC was in Denver and I broadcast every day from
the Pepsi Center what it was called then. The last
day was at Mile High and it was six or
seven hours to get in to Mile High. I almost
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lost the last bit of sanity I had. So you
are a better man than I.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Well, thank you, John, But yeah, it was It was brutal.
The people that were in line were very dedicated to
the cause, though, as you might imagine, very fervent Trump supporters,
they were willing to wait as long as it took.
I know, they were very enthusiastic, very excited when they
got in along with me. The security process was very detailed,
no stone unturned when it comes to the safety of
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the people in this arena or the president or jd
Vance who planned to come in and address those that
assembled here in the arena after they're sworn in at
the rotunda.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
So I'm curious what you saw in the way of protests.
If you remember eight years ago, that town was on
fire with people wearing a little kiddy cat hats and
the end is near and this was awful. And then,
of course four years later it wasn't that much better
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between COVID and protests. It was a very different scene.
Have you have you seen any protests, any sizeable protests.
Is there anyone inside Capital One who, let's just say,
plays for the other team, not Trump's team John?
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Absolutely nothing along those lines today. Now, there were some
protesters over the last couple of days, but there's been
some brutal weather here. You may have been following the
forecast in the DC area, and when I landed at
Dulles yesterday it was a freezing rain, sleep pellets. There
were several cars spun out as my Uber driver took
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me from Dulles to my Germantown, Maryland hotel. There were
some protests on the.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
Mall and what hotel is that? And what room number
are you in?
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Well, I'm not gonna be any more detail than that, and.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
What's your home address? And I need your mother's maiden
name as well, just just for the news story.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
Now I'll pass on that. But surprisingly, John, I was
expecting maybe some protests, there have been none. It has
been all positive, very peaceful, mostly peaceful, very peaceful, and
everybody's in a really good, move fast spirit.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
How can that be, I asked you, Ryan Schuling, how
can that be when democracy is going to end in
two hours and nineteen minutes.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Well, ironically, John, to me, from the looks of it
inside this arena, it looks like democracy is about to
begin again, rather than.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
I don't understand it. I are you telling me we
were lied to.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
We were very much lied to. Everybody's having fun.
Speaker 1 (28:31):
Here, that's incredible. So spirits are high. People are still
coming in. It will get very very crowded in the
next couple hours. Where you are, it'll get packed, people
will be turned away. Although we kind of live in
a video society now, where the last inaugural was largely
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video because of COVID, and this one is it's just cold,
not COVID keeping people away. All in all, he's still
glad that you made the trip.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
I am John, and it feels very fortunate to be
included among the people that are in attendance here today.
You mentioned that the last inauguration was affected by COVID.
My friend Steve Gruber who works in Michigan radio. He
does some national reporting for Right Side Broadcast a couple
other outlets, and he had an interesting theory that because
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of what we saw happen in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the
level of security and the doubts maybe still all about
the Secret Service, that he wonders if we'll ever see
a traditional outdoor inauguration again. And I think he might
have a point.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Although they're behind now bullet proof shields and other things. Yeah,
you know, I think, you know, Washington, I think is
pretty secure. But let's remember this is a president who
has survived two assassination attempts, one that shot Hi. This
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is this is really unprecedented. It is easily the greatest
political comeback in American history, and we are all witnessed
to it. These are fascinating, fascinating times. Ryan, can we
grab you sometime later on. I know you've got lots
to do and lots to report, and other people want
to talk with you, but I'd love to check in
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with you again.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
Yeah, definitely. I'll let Jesse know, and I should be
here throughout the duration of the event. I'm just worried
about my phone battery, but I'll be turning my phone office.
Who's I'm done talking to you and doing a report for.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
KOA spectacular Ryan schuling. Of course, you can listen to
him every day here on six thirty K from two
to four our eyes and ears inside the Capitol one Building. Ryan,
have yourself a great day. I'm kind of jealous and
kind of glad I'm not you.
Speaker 2 (30:52):
Well, thanks, John, I'm here so you don't have to
be take care.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
My friend, all right? Three or three seven to one,
three eight, two five. Ryan is in Capital one Arena.
I'm seeing some video footage of that. It's a lot
of maga hats and people waiting. I can't believe he
waited four hours. You ought to listen to Ryan's show
(31:17):
in the afternoon, just because the man is willing to
wait four hours to get in the president. I know
the jd Vance has made it in. I'm not certain
if if Trump and Millenia have made it to the
White House just yet. It's amazing, you know, the White
(31:39):
House was one of the first structures built in a
city that was designed to be the nation's capital. I
believe it was Jefferson who who finally made the okay
of the location of Washington, DC, carved out of a
couple of different states. And it's really amazing that so
(32:00):
many years later that that building is still still the
seat of power. All right, three oh three seven one
three eight two five five. A quick breather. I'm John
Caldera in for Michael Brown. Keep it right here. You're
on six thirty K. You have two hours and ten
minutes until democracy ends. Welcome to Democracy death Watch with
(32:22):
John Caldera in for Michael Brown. Give me a call.
Three or three seven one three eight two five five.
What do you expect out of the first one hundred days?
What do you expect afterwards? And I am still asking
a question of where's the freak out? If in fact
(32:45):
democracy was going to end, If in fact this was
going to bring in a brand new era of fascism
to our nation. Man, the the nation's pretty darn quiet
about it, you would, I think, if if democracy is
on the line, and remember that's what we were told
(33:07):
not only by President Biden, but by academia, by the media,
by entertainment, they seem very comfortable with the end of democracy.
What a shame that the people who are pimping the
(33:27):
end of democracy don't seem to be acting like democracy
is actually ending. Why is that? If you have an
answer threezho three seven to one three eight two five
five seven one three talk for me. What is most
(33:47):
fascinating is simply how how we don't trust these institutions
any longer. And this is a perfect example why I
wrote a column. By the way, if you're not familiar
with my work, I run the Independence Institute, and please
(34:08):
go to thinkfreedom dot org, thinkfreedom dot org, sign up
for a newsletter. At the very least, I write a
column for the gazettes. You can read to me in
complete Colorado dot com that one stops shopping for all
news Colorado without a paywall. And one of my columns
(34:28):
that got a lot of traction recently was was talking
about the media, particularly the news media legacy media what
some are now calling regime media. Why is it that
forty years ago, according to Gallop polls, which are done regularly,
(34:52):
over eighty percent eighty five eighty whatever plus percent of
Americans trusted the news media forty years ago even Republicans
and unaffiliateds now only twenty seven Only twenty seven percent
(35:17):
of unaffiliateds trust legacy media. And get this, only twelve
percent of Republicans trust the legacy media. That is it?
That is it now. I've got a lot of friends
(35:39):
who are reporters. I know a lot of people in journalism.
I find them to be fascinating, fascinating, fun, curious people.
But it blows my ever loving mind the lack of
curiosity they have about why they're so mistrusted. And what
(36:00):
I find so to be honest sad is when I
pushed them on this subject and I go, why is
it that only twelve percent of Republicans, only twenty seven
percent of independence and now only fifty four percent of Democrats.
Barely a majority of Democrats trust you? And I've always
(36:21):
gotten the same answer, the first one, Well, you know, Trump,
you know it's hard to be trusted when the President
of the United States is telling you you're the enemy. Really,
so it's not your You have no no fault in
this whatsoever. You're just a victim. And I've also heard about, well,
you know, for twenty years, the right has attacked the media.
(36:45):
Wait a second, Republicans used to love the media. Eighty
something percent of Republicans forty years ago trusted you, guys,
trusted you. Why in the world do they not now?
And according to the folks I know in the media,
(37:09):
it's not their fault. And that's how blind they are,
that is how inside their own bubble, so busy smelling
their own flatulence, that they have no idea why they
are mistrusted because they are active parts of a political machinery,
(37:30):
not of a media machinery. And the fact that they
told us democracy was ending today in two hours and
five minutes, it's no wonder we've lost all trust in
them because they're not observers, they're political activists. President like
(37:54):
Trump is arriving at the White House for the most
uncomfortable coffee of the year. And we'll keep you covered
right here. Kow
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