Andy McCarthy, columnist for National Review, joins Dan to discuss his latest article addressing President Trump's legal authority to send in federal troops to establish law and order in Los Angeles amidst the anti-ICE protests that have devolved into fiery riots.
President Trump Has Legal Authority to Suppress the Siegein L.A. | National Review
Also, predictably, Colorado's 'lane filtering' law has devolved into high-speed lane-splitting by hot shot motorcycle riders. It's illegal and deadly, but will anything be DONE about it by law enforcement in the state?
President Trump Has Legal Authority to Suppress the Siegein L.A. | National Review
Also, predictably, Colorado's 'lane filtering' law has devolved into high-speed lane-splitting by hot shot motorcycle riders. It's illegal and deadly, but will anything be DONE about it by law enforcement in the state?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Caplis, and welcome to today's online podcast
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the show today with the National Treasure Andy McCarthy kind
enough to join us from National Review his piece today
(00:22):
on President Trump's legal authority to send in the federal
troops and federalize the National Guard as well in Los Angeles. Andy,
I know you're super busy, grateful for a few minutes
of your time today.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
How you doing, my friend?
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I'm doing great, Dan, How are you well?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
I am doing great, And actually I know you're doing
great because I listened to the McCarthy Report religiously. I
recommend everybody pick up that podcast. I learned so much
on it. But Andy, please do share the wisdom. President
Trump's legal authority. Where does it begin and end here?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Well, I think it begins an Article two of the Constitution,
and as a result, I think that's where it ends
for Governor Newsom in California, as I understand that the
courts have already what buffed him in his attempt to
(01:15):
nullify the president. We're calling it in order or proclamation?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
What have you?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I think since the Civil War then in the prize cases,
so I think that's you'll remember your law school better
than me, maybe, but I think they're like around eighteen
sixty three, the Supreme Court basically held that if there
is a violent uprising, if there's a possibility of a
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profound threat to the United States, forcible threat, whether it's
from within or without. The issue then was the blockade
of the Southern States. But the Court said that the
president has not only the authority, but the obligation to
protect the United States and to take whatever action needs
to be taken, even without congressional authorization, to suppress the
(02:09):
threat to the United States. So the president has very
broad power when it comes to things that are threats
to national security, threats of civil strife. I'm not talking
about like, you know, normal law enforcement stuff. I'm talking
about the kind of stuff that we've seen in California
(02:30):
in the last couple of days. And I also think
the president has very wide authority when you're talking about
the execution of duties that are undoubtedly federal responsibilities, which
the courts of health for a century that immigration enforcement is,
and the president has similarly broad authority to protect federal
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facilities and federal personnel carrying out executives branch responsibility. So
I just think that, you know, there's a lot of
talk about trying to part these statutes, like what does
the Insurrection Act say? And what is this section? What
was it twelve four or six that Trump invoked from
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Title ten when he issued the proclamation. My personal view
for what it's worth is that he's got all the
authority he needs an articles of the Constitution and that's
really the end of it.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Andy McCarthy our guest from National Review of course, as
well as the McCarthy Report podcast. Now, Andy, in terms
of the specific use of US marines, is is that
more limited? Is that limited to protecting federal facilities or
where do you think the range of that use goes?
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Well, I see, you know, there's a difference between in
theory what could the president do and you know, as
a practical matter, what is he doing? So, as I understand,
if we stick with what he is doing and you know,
not get into crazy scenarios that that people want to
get into, like all the Barer show scenarios, which I
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think are overwrought. What the Marines are being brought in
to do is protect federal facilities. Anybody who's been watching
the news knows have been under a real threat. And
this isn't the first time. And you know, we saw
the rioting that went on, you know, post George Floyd,
and we had a courthouse in Portland that was like
(04:30):
firebombed and nightly subject to attacks. Right, there was widespread
violence that went on for months after George Floyd's death.
You know, everybody gets themselves in the media and in
the Democratic Party, they get themselves all whipped up about
a three hour riot on January sixth, which I think
all of us who believe that all political violence is
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wrong condemned full throatedly.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
I know I did.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
But you know, it's got to be the same not
only the same rules for both sides, but we should
be able to make the same kinds of assessmins. Right,
And that was a three hour riot that the Justice
Department and the incumbent government came down on like a
ton of bricks once the Biden administration was in And
yet we had months of rioting, legal rioting, right that
(05:20):
went on in the United States, and they turned the
blind eye to it, which I think is part of
the anger that you see in people. Yeah, the two
tiers of treatment.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Exactly, exactly well, said my friend. Let me close with
one broader question, if you don't mind, what's your take
overall on the type of the quality of legal advice
that the president's getting. And I know they can come
from a lot of different sources, but in general, maybe
starting with White House counsel, what do you think the
overall quality is.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I'm sure that the lawyers are fine. You know, they're
very experienced lawyers. I think Trump is a difficult client.
He doesn't really like lawyers. The lawyers. Yeah, well, you
know a lot of people don't like lawyers, right, You
and I have both experienced every thing is that you
know he's this is he's not a neophyte. You know,
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he's now a nearly eighty year old guy. He's been
very successful in his life. And what the lawyers are
around for is basically to keep you on the straight
and narrow and try to prevent you from getting yourself
in trouble. And Trump, I think has an idea of
what kind of trouble he's willing to live with He's
(06:35):
willing to live on the edge in a way that
I think most people are not comfortable with, and that
makes for some interesting scenarios. But it probably makes if
I was if I still had hair to tear out,
I'd probably be tearing my hair out if I were
a lawyer in the White House.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Yeah, well, it has to be one of the most
exciting presidencies ever. Last question, Andy, First, somebody just maybe
thinking of getting started on the McCarthy Report podcast, which
I really think is one of the top two most
valuable out there. Do you have a favorite episode, you know,
say it might hook somebody, somebody who just wants to
(07:12):
dip their toe in. I think I've heard most, if
not all of them.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
But Jerry Kind Jerry kind to you to say, we
have a page on National Review that has our archives,
and it's got for each episode, it's got a little
description of what we discussed. You know, I try to
listen to them afterwards, and I actually, I really do
think that the ones we've done in Trump's most recent
(07:41):
you know, in Trump's new presidency in this term, Yeah,
I think I think they've been as good as any
that we've done, and I always like the ones where
I think part of the reasons of that, Dan is
like there's a lot of emergent news. I used to
be a nut for doing an outline for the podcast
(08:01):
to make sure that, like we at least had a
framework of things that we were going to discuss some days.
Now because there's so much going on and some of
it breaks right before we start to record. A lot
of the newer episodes, we just kind of go in
and wing it, and I actually find those conversations are better, yeah,
than the ones that are you know that we try
to say too faithful to an outline.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Yeah, And what I really like about it we recommend
to everybody listening is it's like going to law school
that's geared to real life, and you learn so much
that's directly applicable to the big issues of the day,
and you just walk out of there smarter. You know,
whether you have a high school degree or you manage
to go to law school or some other school, everybody
(08:45):
walks out of there smarter. So appreciate that, Andy, and
appreciate the time today.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Thank you so much, Dan, I appreciate the kind words.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Thank you, my friend. Take care that is.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Andy McCarthy truly is a national treasure when it comes
to this legal stuff, and we appreciate his time. Three
all three seven and three A two five five the
number text d an five seven seven three nine And
as Andy said, yeah, the federal judge didn't take long
to have slapped down Newsome on this effort to reign
in Trump's power. It's so clear Trump has this power,
(09:15):
which is why this is such a beautiful moment.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Right.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
I wish none of this was happening. I wish it
wasn't necessary. But Trump is going to win and the
Left just can't handle that, which means the left's just
going to make it worse on itself, which means it's
going to be a bigger victory for Trump, which is
going to be great for this nation.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
You're on the Dan Capla Show.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
And now back to the Dan Kapla Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Really a little broken hearted the fans going out to
the Rockies game tonight. I've got a project do at work,
so I will miss this trip. But we went to
our first game on Saturday night, first game of the season,
and it was a blast.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I mean they lost seven to one, but it was
still a blast neet the Mets.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Yeah, hey, hey, listen, I'm telling you I I think
that's a good Mets team.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
It's a very good They seem to have a good chemistry.
I mean, yeah, truth.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
You know, I'm not a big sports gambler or anything,
even though I'm really good at it.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
I mean, little little bitty stuff. But I did. I
went out put a couple of bucks in the Mets
to win it all.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
Ye of little faith? Oh you mean to win it all?
Not just Thick in the game against the Rockets.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Oh goodness.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
I wouldn't bet against the Rockies in a game. No, no, no,
that's karma, man. No, No, I'm talking about the Mets
to win the n L and then win the World Series.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
It's an interesting bet.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
I think that's the team. Kind of a sneaky, smart
bet on the Mets. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Yeah, just having a chance to watch him in action,
and you know, I'm so big on the chemistry, the vibe,
everything else, not just the talent level.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Have you watched might Detroit Tigers.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
I have missed them so far. I didn't the Cubs
kind of wiped the floor with them.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Absolutely not.
Speaker 5 (10:46):
That's a fake news. The Tigers took two out of
three from the Cubs. Are you use Chicago? And I
should have known better. They did split with your white
Sox though, I know because the white socks are terrible.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I know, Dan says a text to da in five, seven,
seven through nine. I'm sorry to hear Andy bring up
how the Dems ignore the twenty twenty riots versus a
three hour January sixth event twenty twenties, over five hundred
riots with billions of damage, et cetera. A great text,
and Andy McCarthy made the point as well that this
is part of this underlying anger in America that is
(11:21):
righteous anger and is doing real damage to the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
This two tiered justice system where.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
The left, I mean Polis went into hiding essentially told
the left by going into hiding, do whatever you want.
And yet Conservatives, you spent on the sidewalk, you're probably
going to do five years. So yeah, people don't like that.
They shouldn't like that. And remember, for eons prior to
election day, I was telling you it's one of the
many reasons Trump is going to win. Even a lot
(11:46):
of people who don't like them, We're going to vote
for them because they don't want us to be a
two tiered Banana Republic, Dan says a text, it sounds
like Trump has the full authority and even more importantly,
the obligation to send in the troops. Absolutely, and I'm
sure he probably regrets not doing it during those George
Floyd riots, but he absolutely does. And it's such a
(12:09):
no brainer form right, it's so good for the country,
it's so good from politically. And then the question is
how long is the left going to drag this out?
Because every minute this goes on is horrible for the left,
good for Trump, and good for the country in terms
of sending the message out there. No whether it's Polis
or Johnston or Hickenloop or Bennett or any of these lefties,
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you're not going to get away with being insurrectionists. You're
not going to get away with defining and ignoring federal
law that you don't like, ie immigration law. So very
important message for the country, Dan, did you change your
mind about the cyber truck purchase? Many of these texts
cybertruck purchases.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
On hold, on hold.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
I have a feeling these two are going to get
back together, and it will be a very good thing
if they do. Very important that you. They have a
lot of that musk money. Did you ever wear musk?
Do you remember that old scent musk?
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Yeah? And absolutely not?
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Okay, okay, no, nor did I?
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Dan and Ryan.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I'm not certain of this, but I would be willing
to bet Dan's on her proposal. Amy as a news
anchor during the live news broadcast is one of a
kind of current set from Andy.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
I don't think so. I think there were some copycats
after that. Maybe I'm wrong.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Maybe it wasn't uh news reporter on anchor, legal anal,
you know, maybe it was like sports stuff, But.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
I think there were a bunch of those on.
Speaker 5 (13:34):
To me, that's not even close to the same, Like
somebody doing the proposal on a jumbo tron, which I'm
here to tell you a lot of ladies don't like that,
Oh they don't. Uh, but yours was the five o'clock news,
but it was white hot spotlight.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
I've been on a TV set.
Speaker 5 (13:51):
Yeah, there's a lot of pressure, regardless it's you, it's her,
it's everybody watching.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
It's I can't even wrap my hat around that moment.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Dan, Yeah, nor can I.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
How did you do it?
Speaker 2 (14:01):
How did you do it? Well?
Speaker 1 (14:03):
I was in love, okay, and I wanted her to
marry me. Yep, I wanted the world to know that
I was in love with her and wanted her to
marry me. And at that point that all seemed very positive.
And if if you live like life, just afraid of failing,
it's going to be a pretty miserable life.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
Well that moment, you, I mean, you wore it well,
but you exhibited zero fear.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
You just jumped no parish to you.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
You got to yeah, once you're through the door, Yeah yeah,
you just block everything else out.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
I on the prize.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Incredible, truly incredible moment history.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Oh thank you, Yeah no, and thanks for pulling that sound.
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Now, this is a tough turn because this is a
sad story and one we predicted. I'm not even sure
there's time to do the full setup right now, but
I want to give you a taste. You remember when
we talked about how this lack of respect for human
life the left takes so many different forms. Obviously, we
talk a lot about abortion, because they kill so many
millions of innocent children before abortion, before they're born. But
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we talk also about how the left just this disregard
of the inherent value of human life affects a lot
of people who've already been born. And one of the
examples he've been talking about are these new laws regarding
motorcyclists and how Polish in the Left had to know
that this lane splitting would lead to carnage right where
(15:31):
they are telling motorcyclists, yeah, you can drive down the
middle of a lane. Now the traffic's supposed to be
stopped and everything else. But everybody with a one IQ
understood once this law passed, there was just going to
be full speed lane splitting and lots of innocent people
are going to die. But what the Left doesn't get,
or they do get it, they just don't care.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Is that that that means.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
You're going to have a child sitting at home and
they're going to be waiting for their dad to get home,
for Morkanes ever going to come home. That they they
don't care about any of that. They don't care about
the human loss, the ripple effect of the human loss.
They just don't have the same respect for the individual
importance of each human life. They're looking at their big
(16:16):
green agenda and everything else, and the rest of us
are anacceptable casualty rates so that's a setup for what
we're seeing now since this whole lane splitting came into effect,
And there are other examples as well, and we may
get to it in this segment.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
But remember we talked a lot.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
About this insane new law, again born of this whole
Green New Deal mentality, this insane law that in some
circumstances allows cyclists not to stop at stop signs bicyclists
things like that, Oh yeah, what could possibly go wrong?
But again, because the Left doesn't value individual human life,
(16:54):
they're not thinking about that child who's not going to
come home to their parents, or that mom who's not
going to come home to her family. It's all an
acceptable casualty rate to them. So the broader point is,
and then we'll play that story after the break, is
just that that there are really severe consequences for society
in so many different ways when you have one major
(17:15):
political party whose power. People literally just don't value individual
human life unless it's their own or one of their cronies.
So when we come back, we'll play that story and
talk about, Okay, what do we need to do now
beyond just getting rid of that crazy law, what do
we need to do to make the roads safer for motorcyclists,
safer for bicyclists, obviously safer for everybody out there, because
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there's so much more we can do, and the Left
is constantly working against that in so many different ways.
And don't even get me started on legalization in marijuana,
because they absolutely understood once.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
They did that, Once they did.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
That, you are going to have a whole lot of
trash kids, and you're going to have a whole lot
of dead bodies on the roadways and a whole lot
of mangled bodies and everything else. But again that that
human life, it just it just isn't important to them.
It just doesn't weigh with them. And I know, as
you're driving home right now, you may not agree with
that because you just can't imagine somebody's thinking that way.
(18:15):
But I ask you, you know, in a quiet moment,
to just think about it and look at the Left
and look at everything they're doing, because a lot of
it comes.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Back to that.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
That does the secular radicals who own and operate the
Democratic Party simply do not believe that each human life
has that inherent dignity and importance.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
They just don't think that way.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Two or three someone three eight two five five textda
N five seven seven three nine. Do we need to
get rid of that lane splitting law? What else can
we do to make the road safer and more sane.
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Talking about we said it at the time, this insane
new law in Colorado allowing motorcycle quote lane filtering versus
lane splitting. Lane splitting is when in moving traffic you
can split the lanes and go down one of the
center lines, but lane filtering you're supposed to wait until
the traffic is stopped.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
But of course everybody knew.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
As soon as this bill was passed and signed by
Polis that in fact, what we would get is lane splitting.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
That's what we got, and we got a lot of dead.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
People with it. So we'll get to that story in
a second. Want to get a call or to and
before we go to this excellent CBS setup story, Texter
says Dan, I put my hand out the window to
feel the rain, and the lane splitter drove by and
hit my hand with his handlebarers and broke two of
my fingers and just kept driving.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Boy talk about giving a cyclist the finger, right, I
mean literally here two of them.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
That's horrible. That's absolutely horrible. Also a crime for the
motorcyclists to do that. I want to get a caller
to and then we'll go to that store. Let's start with.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
How about Sean and Lovelin'. You're on the Dan Caplis Show.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
Welcome, Hey, Dan, thanks for taking my car. Hey, I
would like you to consider another angle on that filtering,
if you would please. If I'm not mistake, and the
legislator who introduced that did it for the reasoning of
people being rear ended as stoplights. So, as a longtime
motorcycle rider, I do that lane filtering. I don't do
(20:27):
it often, but I'm going to tell you the number
one reason I do do it, and that is because
somebody is either tailgating you or parked mirror feet behind
me ed of shoplight. I'd ask you to look around too, Dana,
when you see these motorcycles. Look how many people are
so close to death?
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Oh man, it's dangerous. Bro. I rode for years. I
know exactly what you're saying.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
The only reason I gave it up is I was
in a really bad crash and walked away thinking I
was lucky. I wasn't earned to death. So that's why
I gave it up. But I hear you loud and clear.
And if you want to pass a law that says
that you know, when you're stopped at a light or
at an intersection, you can do a lane filtering in
under that circumstance, I'd have no issue with that. But
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the way they've drawn this law was just an invitation
to full speed, sixty seventy mile an hour lane splitting.
And I don't know about you, but I'm seeing a
lot of that.
Speaker 7 (21:19):
Well.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
I can see to you that there are many many
motorcycle riders who make very, very poor decisions. And you
know what. I know this is going to make me
sound cold, but to me, that's just natural order, Dan,
and I don't want to see it. I turn my
head when I see those guys do that, or really
down the interstate whatever.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
It's unfortunate, but I just wanted to consider.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Yeah, man, thank you, no excellent point, thank you, Sean.
And I agree with Sean completely. That should be permitted
when somebody stopped at an intersection. That's an important safety
I think, an important safety option.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
But that's the vast.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Majority of what we're getting out there right now is
flat out lane splitting.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Hey, let me get to that setup.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Story So well done here by CBS four otherwise known
as Channel four.
Speaker 8 (22:04):
And we are continuing to see too many crashes across
the state of Colorado, the most common with our motorcycle community.
Colorado State Patrol says last year, motorcyclists were at fault
for more than six hundred crashes. Among those, one hundred
and sixty two people lost their lives on our roadways.
And your First Alert Traffic Tracker reporter Brian Sharad joining
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us live from CSP headquarters in Golden and Brian, most
of these crashes are on highways many of us take
every single day, and.
Speaker 9 (22:33):
That's right, Ashley. The two biggest ones I twenty five
and I seventy and speeding contains to be to number
one issues and in those two areas alone. This is
something we've been tracking for the last several months as well.
So the biggest thing is just making sure you're being careful,
but we're also noticing it around the times of two
and four pm, the biggest day on Saturdays.
Speaker 5 (22:50):
Now.
Speaker 9 (22:51):
When I spoke with troopers today they set Along with speeding,
we're seeing too many motorcyclists not being attentive on the roads,
lack of experience, causing crashes and driving under into oxication.
Lane splitting is another huge reason for crashes. This is
when a motorcyclist will use the highway lanes to drive
in between cars while speeding. And want to remind you
not only is this dangerous but illegal.
Speaker 10 (23:12):
By going through those vehicles at highway speeds, you are causing,
whether it be small or big issues. A driver may
not see you, and by coming close to that vehicle,
you may cause them to panic, them to strike you
or even somebody else.
Speaker 9 (23:31):
Yeah, and a reminder of riding a motorcycle, always where
your helmet, boots, gloves and jackets because that's the only
protection you're going to have on your motor cycle, especially
in a crash.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
This could save your life.
Speaker 9 (23:42):
Live in Golden Brian Shrod covering Colado first.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Yeah, so that's what's going on out there.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
But again you think polists in the left care about
that same thing with cyclists.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Chick two out three someone three.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Eight two five five text d an five seven seven
three nine still can't get over that text or says
you heard that one Ryan right just sticks his hand
out the window to see if it's raining, and al
Lane splitter breaks two of his fingers.
Speaker 4 (24:06):
And teach them.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
I don't mean to laugh, it's just it is horrible.
But yeah, yeah, so many bad things happening there, and
I do maybe somebody can explain this, But as a
guy who does this kind of law every day, I
just sit here absolutely baffled at how is a society
we can sit back and just kind of accept as
the new normal all this unnecessary carnage on our roadways
(24:29):
when all of us, all of us, no matter how safe,
how law abiding, all of us are at that the
most risk unless you're a police, fire military, that the
gravest risk for you and your family ever, is when
you're on the roadway.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Yeah, we just.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Sit back in a very relaxed way and just accept
all of this unnecessary carnage. It's it's really madness, and
it's very very hard to explain.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
What do you think it is.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Ryan that that nobody has ever just kind of stepped
up and said, wait a second, it doesn't have to
be this way.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
We can do ABC and D.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
But but as a society. It just keeps getting worse, and
people just kind of roll with it.
Speaker 5 (25:09):
I immediately reacted, Dan, and I might have done so on
this show with you to the passage of this so
called lane filtering, and we knew, damn well it was
going to turn into lane splitting. And like you and
like our caller before, I have seen it increase astronomically exponentially.
I see it on C. Four seventy on I twenty five.
(25:31):
I mean, they're out of control. And I want to
clarify almost entirely. It's these crotch rocket dirt bikes. It's
not the hogs like Harley Davidson Indian motorcycles, the ones
that take me seriously, the lifestyle one do that. No, No,
that's not how they rite. So I want to make
sure to make that clarification. But yeah, these crotch rocket types,
you know, they blaze by you. To the caller's point,
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they're doing wheelies at ninety miles an hour. It's insane,
and it's suddenly a danger to them whatever Darwinism, like
he said, but it's a danger to all of us
that are looking to drive on the roads and use
them legally.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
And the Darwinism thing I can't get into for this reason,
as my parents raised me to look at everybody out there.
That person is somebody's child, right.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
So you talk.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
About that idiot out there probably seventeen eighteen nineteen doing
those wheelies lanes splitting, that's somebody's baby. That that's somebody's
baby who isn't going to come home because of that.
And listen, there's responsibility on the rider. But why pass
these laws that just encourage it, you know, in the
interest of what green new deals saving a couple of
gallons of gas somewhere. I mean, but again it comes
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back to the left just not respecting human life. So
here's what se Dots says about motorcycle lane filtering. Now
I read this and I should save this for the
show we're going to do. Ryan have we set the
day chat where the entire show is going to be
done in comedy. We we're going to talk about serious issues.
We're not coming in and telling Rodney Dangerfield jokes. The
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day we're going to talk about the same issues, but
we're going to do it in a humorous way. I
should save this for that because as I read this,
everybody knows and the people who wrote this had to
know this isn't how it was going to work in
real life. Motorcycle lane filtering. Lane filtering is now legal
in Colorado. Colorado recently passed a new law allowing motorcycles
(27:19):
to pass between vehicles stopped on the roadway and traveling
in the same direction as the rider. But with these conditions,
the motorcycle passes on the left of the vehicle in
front of them. The other vehicles are stopped and traveling
in the same direction, such as in traffic or at
a red light, Well, big flip and distinction, like we
(27:43):
were talking about with our great collar. If you're at
a red light, that's fine, A slow little move between
the vehicles so you don't get rear ended. That's a
whole different critter then at speed. But that's what's happening
is the at speed the lane is wide enough.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
To pass safely. How do you define that?
Speaker 1 (28:05):
I've never seen one wide enough to pass safely with
all these people barreling through at eighty miles an hour,
maybe sixty or seventy or eighty the motorcycle when passing,
You'll love this one, Ryan does.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Not exceed fifteen miles per hour.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
Has anybody, including myself, ever driven a motorcycle at less
than fifteen miles an hour?
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Don't you fall off at less than fifteen miles an hour? Yeah,
what a joke.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
When the stopped vehicles begin to move, the motorcyclist shall
cease passing, like anybody expected that to happen. All right, Hey,
we got a lot to talk about now, some great
texts coming in as well. Love your suggestions on how
to make it safer out there. First thing is get
rid of this filtering thing or limited to at intersections.
(28:51):
But we also want to talk about Denver, as we
also predicted.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
A long time ago.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Not a very tough prediction, right, but Denver and Grave
and trouble now because that diamond, Mike and the Left
have promised people all over the world come to Denver,
we will get you a home. Oh what could possibly
go wrong? You're on the Dankapla Show.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
And now back to the Dankapla Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
That day, he.
Speaker 11 (29:18):
Didn't do it. He forgave those people. Now as people
want to raise money for them. And yet and yet,
in the contral constitutional way, he has sent the National
Guard into California.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
She's still in Congress barely, oh Man, another gift to
the Republican Party. Yeah, so much for the legal analysis there, Congressoman,
I think the federal court in California ruled in Trump's
favor already today, right, And this one is so clear.
It's part of as I said yesterday, what's driving him crazy.
(29:57):
And then Andy McCarthy joined us at four oh s today.
You can grab that off the podcast Andy, obviously from
National Review. This is crystal clear that there's no gray area.
It's as clear as anything you're ever going to find
in the Constitution, in law, and that is President Trump
has this authority, including the Marines. And so it's kind
(30:17):
of fun, now, not kind of fun, lots of fun
to watch the left grapple with the fact that and
they're going through the five stages, right, we just heard denial,
but the reality that Trump is going to win this,
and the more they fight, the more they struggle, the
bigger he's going to win it, and the more visible
and important that victory is going to be to him
and by extension, to the country, because we can't have
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insurrectionists and whether you're talking about the elected lefties in
Colorado or anywhere else in the country, so many of
them believe they have the right to be insurrectionists, to
just rise up against and prevent the enforcement of federal
laws they don't like, in particular immigration laws. And you
can't have a nation like that. Let's go to beautiful
lovel In, Colorado, one of my favorite places.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Well talk with Danny. You're on the Dan Kaplas show.
Speaker 7 (31:02):
Welcome, Say Dan, love your show, A long time listener. Hey,
I just wanted to say in regards to the motorcycles
being able to go in between lanes. Now, I'm from California,
and I'm here to say from California, there's just a
ton of Republicans. Man, we're just stuck like we are
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here with Denver and older. But you know, wearing a
helmet in traffic like that, if it's ninety degrees and
you're just barely going bumper to bumper, you can suffer
a heat stroke, you know, by not being able to
do that.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Dan, So you're seeing the lane filtering. Does California have
lane splitting because it acts that way? I don't know
if Kelly says yes, so it must be true. But
you're saying, hey, you need the lane filtering, so riders
don't overheat. But isn't it better to just sweat a
little bit and get buried.
Speaker 7 (32:03):
Well, you got to remember these things are oil cool
vengines too. They don't have a lot of them don't
have radiators on them, so they can overheat when they're
sitting in the heat. Like that.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
Interesting point, Tony. Hey, appreciate the call, man, Hope you
call often. Yeah, you take care of hey.
Speaker 7 (32:20):
Just I just want to give a shout out to California.
There's a ton of Republicans there.
Speaker 6 (32:26):
Get them here that loves Trump.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Get it. And we can work a trade, right.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
How about one hundred thousand of them for one hundred
thousand of these lefties.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
Yeah, we can work something.
Speaker 7 (32:37):
You can have them.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
We can work something now, Thank you Danny for that.
Loveland just a great city if you haven't been up there.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Three or three Someone three eight, two five five, text
An five seven, seven through.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
Nine, Dan and Ryan.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
The ones that really blank me off are the idiots
doing a hundred plus weaving through traffic. How am I
supposed to watch out for motorcycles when they're coming from
behind me at ridiculous rates of speed? I would not
feel responsible at all if one of those bikes ran
into me, true, but you'd still be haunted by it.
That's what you find so often is people completely innocent
and some of these horrific wrecks are still haunted.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
By that loss of human life.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
And it's one of the reasons the left is so
irresponsible with their approach to traffic in Colorado. And you
know that this one hundred mile stuff you see right now,
and you see it all the time, right you see
with bikes, you see it with these you know some
of these cars out there. You know often cars you
wonder how they're even getting down the roadway. Here's what
(33:32):
I think is going on, and I believe it's proven
by what I see in my law practice as well,
is you've got this intersection now, this intersection of the
left undermining law enforcement, so there's less enforcement. And then
you have some of these crazy laws like allowing lane
quote filtering. But here's the big thing. You layer the
(33:53):
legalization of drugs on top of that. You have so
many drug drivers out there, or this terrible combination of
marijuana and alcohol. But you put those factors together and
you have what we have on our roadways. Thunderdog, you know,
just a killing field. But the fact that Left doesn't
care about that is to me just so mind boggling.
(34:16):
I get their lack of respect for the inherent dignity
of human life, and it plays out in all sorts
of ways, including this one. But you would think just
for their own safety and the safety of their own
family members. But no, they just oppose all of these
common sense ways to make us all safer across party lines,
and then they throw these new laws in that you
(34:36):
just know are going to lead to a lot of
dead bodies. Dan, in this state, we have minimal traffic enforcement,
says a Texture. There is no visible police presence and
a whole bunch of car and motorcycle drivers with the
attitude that nothing will ever happen to them. Jim, You're
so right, Jim, been talking about it forever. And where
does that come from? It comes from the left undermining
(34:56):
law enforcement. If you're a man in blue out there
right now, can anybody blame them for wanting to have
absolutely minimal contact with the public. What happens right, I mean,
Polis and Left passes legislation that they're now personally liable.
You have Democrat das and number of places you know
(35:18):
who would make you a human sacrifice and a heartbeat
if it helped them politically. Not all Democrat DA's there
are some excellent Democrat days. But but yeah, law enforcement
has been so undermined in most places, not all that.
How could anybody reasonably expect them to have these additional
contacts with the public that aren't absolutely necessary? No, that
(35:41):
is the left undermining law enforcement, undermines the safety of
our roadways.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
Yeah, three or.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Three seven, three eight, two five five the number when
we come back Trump winning, winning big the country by extension.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
How does this end? How bad is the left going
to make it on themselves?
This is Dan Caplis, and welcome to today's online podcast
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the show today with the National Treasure Andy McCarthy kind
enough to join us from National Review his piece today
(00:22):
on President Trump's legal authority to send in the federal
troops and federalize the National Guard as well in Los Angeles. Andy,
I know you're super busy, grateful for a few minutes
of your time today.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
How you doing, my friend?
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I'm doing great, Dan, How are you well?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
I am doing great, And actually I know you're doing
great because I listened to the McCarthy Report religiously. I
recommend everybody pick up that podcast. I learned so much
on it. But Andy, please do share the wisdom. President
Trump's legal authority. Where does it begin and end here?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Well, I think it begins an Article two of the Constitution,
and as a result, I think that's where it ends
for Governor Newsom in California, as I understand that the
courts have already what buffed him in his attempt to
(01:15):
nullify the president. We're calling it in order or proclamation?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
What have you?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I think since the Civil War then in the prize cases,
so I think that's you'll remember your law school better
than me, maybe, but I think they're like around eighteen
sixty three, the Supreme Court basically held that if there
is a violent uprising, if there's a possibility of a
(01:46):
profound threat to the United States, forcible threat, whether it's
from within or without. The issue then was the blockade
of the Southern States. But the Court said that the
president has not only the authority, but the obligation to
protect the United States and to take whatever action needs
to be taken, even without congressional authorization, to suppress the
(02:09):
threat to the United States. So the president has very
broad power when it comes to things that are threats
to national security, threats of civil strife. I'm not talking
about like, you know, normal law enforcement stuff. I'm talking
about the kind of stuff that we've seen in California
(02:30):
in the last couple of days. And I also think
the president has very wide authority when you're talking about
the execution of duties that are undoubtedly federal responsibilities, which
the courts of health for a century that immigration enforcement is,
and the president has similarly broad authority to protect federal
(02:54):
facilities and federal personnel carrying out executives branch responsibility. So
I just think that, you know, there's a lot of
talk about trying to part these statutes, like what does
the Insurrection Act say? And what is this section? What
was it twelve four or six that Trump invoked from
(03:16):
Title ten when he issued the proclamation. My personal view
for what it's worth is that he's got all the
authority he needs an articles of the Constitution and that's
really the end of it.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Andy McCarthy our guest from National Review of course, as
well as the McCarthy Report podcast. Now, Andy, in terms
of the specific use of US marines, is is that
more limited? Is that limited to protecting federal facilities or
where do you think the range of that use goes?
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Well, I see, you know, there's a difference between in
theory what could the president do and you know, as
a practical matter, what is he doing? So, as I understand,
if we stick with what he is doing and you know,
not get into crazy scenarios that that people want to
get into, like all the Barer show scenarios, which I
(04:08):
think are overwrought. What the Marines are being brought in
to do is protect federal facilities. Anybody who's been watching
the news knows have been under a real threat. And
this isn't the first time. And you know, we saw
the rioting that went on, you know, post George Floyd,
and we had a courthouse in Portland that was like
(04:30):
firebombed and nightly subject to attacks. Right, there was widespread
violence that went on for months after George Floyd's death.
You know, everybody gets themselves in the media and in
the Democratic Party, they get themselves all whipped up about
a three hour riot on January sixth, which I think
all of us who believe that all political violence is
(04:53):
wrong condemned full throatedly.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
I know I did.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
But you know, it's got to be the same not
only the same rules for both sides, but we should
be able to make the same kinds of assessmins. Right,
And that was a three hour riot that the Justice
Department and the incumbent government came down on like a
ton of bricks once the Biden administration was in And
yet we had months of rioting, legal rioting, right that
(05:20):
went on in the United States, and they turned the
blind eye to it, which I think is part of
the anger that you see in people. Yeah, the two
tiers of treatment.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Exactly, exactly well, said my friend. Let me close with
one broader question, if you don't mind, what's your take
overall on the type of the quality of legal advice
that the president's getting. And I know they can come
from a lot of different sources, but in general, maybe
starting with White House counsel, what do you think the
overall quality is.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I'm sure that the lawyers are fine. You know, they're
very experienced lawyers. I think Trump is a difficult client.
He doesn't really like lawyers. The lawyers. Yeah, well, you
know a lot of people don't like lawyers, right, You
and I have both experienced every thing is that you
know he's this is he's not a neophyte. You know,
(06:10):
he's now a nearly eighty year old guy. He's been
very successful in his life. And what the lawyers are
around for is basically to keep you on the straight
and narrow and try to prevent you from getting yourself
in trouble. And Trump, I think has an idea of
what kind of trouble he's willing to live with He's
(06:35):
willing to live on the edge in a way that
I think most people are not comfortable with, and that
makes for some interesting scenarios. But it probably makes if
I was if I still had hair to tear out,
I'd probably be tearing my hair out if I were
a lawyer in the White House.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Yeah, well, it has to be one of the most
exciting presidencies ever. Last question, Andy, First, somebody just maybe
thinking of getting started on the McCarthy Report podcast, which
I really think is one of the top two most
valuable out there. Do you have a favorite episode, you know,
say it might hook somebody, somebody who just wants to
(07:12):
dip their toe in. I think I've heard most, if
not all of them.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
But Jerry Kind Jerry kind to you to say, we
have a page on National Review that has our archives,
and it's got for each episode, it's got a little
description of what we discussed. You know, I try to
listen to them afterwards, and I actually, I really do
think that the ones we've done in Trump's most recent
(07:41):
you know, in Trump's new presidency in this term, Yeah,
I think I think they've been as good as any
that we've done, and I always like the ones where
I think part of the reasons of that, Dan is
like there's a lot of emergent news. I used to
be a nut for doing an outline for the podcast
(08:01):
to make sure that, like we at least had a
framework of things that we were going to discuss some days.
Now because there's so much going on and some of
it breaks right before we start to record. A lot
of the newer episodes, we just kind of go in
and wing it, and I actually find those conversations are better, yeah,
than the ones that are you know that we try
to say too faithful to an outline.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Yeah, And what I really like about it we recommend
to everybody listening is it's like going to law school
that's geared to real life, and you learn so much
that's directly applicable to the big issues of the day,
and you just walk out of there smarter. You know,
whether you have a high school degree or you manage
to go to law school or some other school, everybody
(08:45):
walks out of there smarter. So appreciate that, Andy, and
appreciate the time today.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Thank you so much, Dan, I appreciate the kind words.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Thank you, my friend. Take care that is.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Andy McCarthy truly is a national treasure when it comes
to this legal stuff, and we appreciate his time. Three
all three seven and three A two five five the
number text d an five seven seven three nine And
as Andy said, yeah, the federal judge didn't take long
to have slapped down Newsome on this effort to reign
in Trump's power. It's so clear Trump has this power,
(09:15):
which is why this is such a beautiful moment.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Right.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
I wish none of this was happening. I wish it
wasn't necessary. But Trump is going to win and the
Left just can't handle that, which means the left's just
going to make it worse on itself, which means it's
going to be a bigger victory for Trump, which is
going to be great for this nation.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
You're on the Dan Capla Show.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
And now back to the Dan Kapla Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Really a little broken hearted the fans going out to
the Rockies game tonight. I've got a project do at work,
so I will miss this trip. But we went to
our first game on Saturday night, first game of the season,
and it was a blast.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I mean they lost seven to one, but it was
still a blast neet the Mets.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Yeah, hey, hey, listen, I'm telling you I I think
that's a good Mets team.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
It's a very good They seem to have a good chemistry.
I mean, yeah, truth.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
You know, I'm not a big sports gambler or anything,
even though I'm really good at it.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
I mean, little little bitty stuff. But I did. I
went out put a couple of bucks in the Mets
to win it all.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
Ye of little faith? Oh you mean to win it all?
Not just Thick in the game against the Rockets.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Oh goodness.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
I wouldn't bet against the Rockies in a game. No, no, no,
that's karma, man. No, No, I'm talking about the Mets
to win the n L and then win the World Series.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
It's an interesting bet.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
I think that's the team. Kind of a sneaky, smart
bet on the Mets. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Yeah, just having a chance to watch him in action,
and you know, I'm so big on the chemistry, the vibe,
everything else, not just the talent level.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Have you watched might Detroit Tigers.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
I have missed them so far. I didn't the Cubs
kind of wiped the floor with them.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Absolutely not.
Speaker 5 (10:46):
That's a fake news. The Tigers took two out of
three from the Cubs. Are you use Chicago? And I
should have known better. They did split with your white
Sox though, I know because the white socks are terrible.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I know, Dan says a text to da in five, seven,
seven through nine. I'm sorry to hear Andy bring up
how the Dems ignore the twenty twenty riots versus a
three hour January sixth event twenty twenties, over five hundred
riots with billions of damage, et cetera. A great text,
and Andy McCarthy made the point as well that this
is part of this underlying anger in America that is
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righteous anger and is doing real damage to the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
This two tiered justice system where.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
The left, I mean Polis went into hiding essentially told
the left by going into hiding, do whatever you want.
And yet Conservatives, you spent on the sidewalk, you're probably
going to do five years. So yeah, people don't like that.
They shouldn't like that. And remember, for eons prior to
election day, I was telling you it's one of the
many reasons Trump is going to win. Even a lot
(11:46):
of people who don't like them, We're going to vote
for them because they don't want us to be a
two tiered Banana Republic, Dan says a text, it sounds
like Trump has the full authority and even more importantly,
the obligation to send in the troops. Absolutely, and I'm
sure he probably regrets not doing it during those George
Floyd riots, but he absolutely does. And it's such a
(12:09):
no brainer form right, it's so good for the country,
it's so good from politically. And then the question is
how long is the left going to drag this out?
Because every minute this goes on is horrible for the left,
good for Trump, and good for the country in terms
of sending the message out there. No whether it's Polis
or Johnston or Hickenloop or Bennett or any of these lefties,
(12:31):
you're not going to get away with being insurrectionists. You're
not going to get away with defining and ignoring federal
law that you don't like, ie immigration law. So very
important message for the country, Dan, did you change your
mind about the cyber truck purchase? Many of these texts
cybertruck purchases.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
On hold, on hold.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
I have a feeling these two are going to get
back together, and it will be a very good thing
if they do. Very important that you. They have a
lot of that musk money. Did you ever wear musk?
Do you remember that old scent musk?
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Yeah? And absolutely not?
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Okay, okay, no, nor did I?
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Dan and Ryan.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I'm not certain of this, but I would be willing
to bet Dan's on her proposal. Amy as a news
anchor during the live news broadcast is one of a
kind of current set from Andy.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
I don't think so. I think there were some copycats
after that. Maybe I'm wrong.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Maybe it wasn't uh news reporter on anchor, legal anal,
you know, maybe it was like sports stuff, But.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
I think there were a bunch of those on.
Speaker 5 (13:34):
To me, that's not even close to the same, Like
somebody doing the proposal on a jumbo tron, which I'm
here to tell you a lot of ladies don't like that,
Oh they don't. Uh, but yours was the five o'clock news,
but it was white hot spotlight.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
I've been on a TV set.
Speaker 5 (13:51):
Yeah, there's a lot of pressure, regardless it's you, it's her,
it's everybody watching.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
It's I can't even wrap my hat around that moment.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Dan, Yeah, nor can I.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
How did you do it?
Speaker 2 (14:01):
How did you do it? Well?
Speaker 1 (14:03):
I was in love, okay, and I wanted her to
marry me. Yep, I wanted the world to know that
I was in love with her and wanted her to
marry me. And at that point that all seemed very positive.
And if if you live like life, just afraid of failing,
it's going to be a pretty miserable life.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
Well that moment, you, I mean, you wore it well,
but you exhibited zero fear.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
You just jumped no parish to you.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
You got to yeah, once you're through the door, Yeah yeah,
you just block everything else out.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
I on the prize.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
Incredible, truly incredible moment history.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Oh thank you, Yeah no, and thanks for pulling that sound.
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Now, this is a tough turn because this is a
sad story and one we predicted. I'm not even sure
there's time to do the full setup right now, but
I want to give you a taste. You remember when
we talked about how this lack of respect for human
life the left takes so many different forms. Obviously, we
talk a lot about abortion, because they kill so many
millions of innocent children before abortion, before they're born. But
(15:09):
we talk also about how the left just this disregard
of the inherent value of human life affects a lot
of people who've already been born. And one of the
examples he've been talking about are these new laws regarding
motorcyclists and how Polish in the Left had to know
that this lane splitting would lead to carnage right where
(15:31):
they are telling motorcyclists, yeah, you can drive down the
middle of a lane. Now the traffic's supposed to be
stopped and everything else. But everybody with a one IQ
understood once this law passed, there was just going to
be full speed lane splitting and lots of innocent people
are going to die. But what the Left doesn't get,
or they do get it, they just don't care.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Is that that that means.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
You're going to have a child sitting at home and
they're going to be waiting for their dad to get home,
for Morkanes ever going to come home. That they they
don't care about any of that. They don't care about
the human loss, the ripple effect of the human loss.
They just don't have the same respect for the individual
importance of each human life. They're looking at their big
(16:16):
green agenda and everything else, and the rest of us
are anacceptable casualty rates so that's a setup for what
we're seeing now since this whole lane splitting came into effect,
And there are other examples as well, and we may
get to it in this segment.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
But remember we talked a lot.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
About this insane new law, again born of this whole
Green New Deal mentality, this insane law that in some
circumstances allows cyclists not to stop at stop signs bicyclists
things like that, Oh yeah, what could possibly go wrong?
But again, because the Left doesn't value individual human life,
(16:54):
they're not thinking about that child who's not going to
come home to their parents, or that mom who's not
going to come home to her family. It's all an
acceptable casualty rate to them. So the broader point is,
and then we'll play that story after the break, is
just that that there are really severe consequences for society
in so many different ways when you have one major
(17:15):
political party whose power. People literally just don't value individual
human life unless it's their own or one of their cronies.
So when we come back, we'll play that story and
talk about, Okay, what do we need to do now
beyond just getting rid of that crazy law, what do
we need to do to make the roads safer for motorcyclists,
safer for bicyclists, obviously safer for everybody out there, because
(17:38):
there's so much more we can do, and the Left
is constantly working against that in so many different ways.
And don't even get me started on legalization in marijuana,
because they absolutely understood once.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
They did that, Once they did.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
That, you are going to have a whole lot of
trash kids, and you're going to have a whole lot
of dead bodies on the roadways and a whole lot
of mangled bodies and everything else. But again that that
human life, it just it just isn't important to them.
It just doesn't weigh with them. And I know, as
you're driving home right now, you may not agree with
that because you just can't imagine somebody's thinking that way.
(18:15):
But I ask you, you know, in a quiet moment,
to just think about it and look at the Left
and look at everything they're doing, because a lot of
it comes.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Back to that.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
That does the secular radicals who own and operate the
Democratic Party simply do not believe that each human life
has that inherent dignity and importance.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
They just don't think that way.
Speaker 1 (18:38):
Two or three someone three eight two five five textda
N five seven seven three nine. Do we need to
get rid of that lane splitting law? What else can
we do to make the road safer and more sane.
You're on the Dan Kapla Show.
Speaker 4 (18:54):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Talking about we said it at the time, this insane
new law in Colorado allowing motorcycle quote lane filtering versus
lane splitting. Lane splitting is when in moving traffic you
can split the lanes and go down one of the
center lines, but lane filtering you're supposed to wait until
the traffic is stopped.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
But of course everybody knew.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
As soon as this bill was passed and signed by
Polis that in fact, what we would get is lane splitting.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
That's what we got, and we got a lot of dead.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
People with it. So we'll get to that story in
a second. Want to get a call or to and
before we go to this excellent CBS setup story, Texter
says Dan, I put my hand out the window to
feel the rain, and the lane splitter drove by and
hit my hand with his handlebarers and broke two of
my fingers and just kept driving.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Boy talk about giving a cyclist the finger, right, I
mean literally here two of them.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
That's horrible. That's absolutely horrible. Also a crime for the
motorcyclists to do that. I want to get a caller
to and then we'll go to that store. Let's start with.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
How about Sean and Lovelin'. You're on the Dan Caplis Show.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
Welcome, Hey, Dan, thanks for taking my car. Hey, I
would like you to consider another angle on that filtering,
if you would please. If I'm not mistake, and the
legislator who introduced that did it for the reasoning of
people being rear ended as stoplights. So, as a longtime
motorcycle rider, I do that lane filtering. I don't do
(20:27):
it often, but I'm going to tell you the number
one reason I do do it, and that is because
somebody is either tailgating you or parked mirror feet behind
me ed of shoplight. I'd ask you to look around too, Dana,
when you see these motorcycles. Look how many people are
so close to death?
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Oh man, it's dangerous. Bro. I rode for years. I
know exactly what you're saying.
Speaker 1 (20:49):
The only reason I gave it up is I was
in a really bad crash and walked away thinking I
was lucky. I wasn't earned to death. So that's why
I gave it up. But I hear you loud and clear.
And if you want to pass a law that says
that you know, when you're stopped at a light or
at an intersection, you can do a lane filtering in
under that circumstance, I'd have no issue with that. But
(21:09):
the way they've drawn this law was just an invitation
to full speed, sixty seventy mile an hour lane splitting.
And I don't know about you, but I'm seeing a
lot of that.
Speaker 7 (21:19):
Well.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
I can see to you that there are many many
motorcycle riders who make very, very poor decisions. And you
know what. I know this is going to make me
sound cold, but to me, that's just natural order, Dan,
and I don't want to see it. I turn my
head when I see those guys do that, or really
down the interstate whatever.
Speaker 7 (21:39):
It's unfortunate, but I just wanted to consider.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Yeah, man, thank you, no excellent point, thank you, Sean.
And I agree with Sean completely. That should be permitted
when somebody stopped at an intersection. That's an important safety
I think, an important safety option.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
But that's the vast.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Majority of what we're getting out there right now is
flat out lane splitting.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Hey, let me get to that setup.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Story So well done here by CBS four otherwise known
as Channel four.
Speaker 8 (22:04):
And we are continuing to see too many crashes across
the state of Colorado, the most common with our motorcycle community.
Colorado State Patrol says last year, motorcyclists were at fault
for more than six hundred crashes. Among those, one hundred
and sixty two people lost their lives on our roadways.
And your First Alert Traffic Tracker reporter Brian Sharad joining
(22:25):
us live from CSP headquarters in Golden and Brian, most
of these crashes are on highways many of us take
every single day, and.
Speaker 9 (22:33):
That's right, Ashley. The two biggest ones I twenty five
and I seventy and speeding contains to be to number
one issues and in those two areas alone. This is
something we've been tracking for the last several months as well.
So the biggest thing is just making sure you're being careful,
but we're also noticing it around the times of two
and four pm, the biggest day on Saturdays.
Speaker 5 (22:50):
Now.
Speaker 9 (22:51):
When I spoke with troopers today they set Along with speeding,
we're seeing too many motorcyclists not being attentive on the roads,
lack of experience, causing crashes and driving under into oxication.
Lane splitting is another huge reason for crashes. This is
when a motorcyclist will use the highway lanes to drive
in between cars while speeding. And want to remind you
not only is this dangerous but illegal.
Speaker 10 (23:12):
By going through those vehicles at highway speeds, you are causing,
whether it be small or big issues. A driver may
not see you, and by coming close to that vehicle,
you may cause them to panic, them to strike you
or even somebody else.
Speaker 9 (23:31):
Yeah, and a reminder of riding a motorcycle, always where
your helmet, boots, gloves and jackets because that's the only
protection you're going to have on your motor cycle, especially
in a crash.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
This could save your life.
Speaker 9 (23:42):
Live in Golden Brian Shrod covering Colado first.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Yeah, so that's what's going on out there.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
But again you think polists in the left care about
that same thing with cyclists.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Chick two out three someone three.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Eight two five five text d an five seven seven
three nine still can't get over that text or says
you heard that one Ryan right just sticks his hand
out the window to see if it's raining, and al
Lane splitter breaks two of his fingers.
Speaker 4 (24:06):
And teach them.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
I don't mean to laugh, it's just it is horrible.
But yeah, yeah, so many bad things happening there, and
I do maybe somebody can explain this, But as a
guy who does this kind of law every day, I
just sit here absolutely baffled at how is a society
we can sit back and just kind of accept as
the new normal all this unnecessary carnage on our roadways
(24:29):
when all of us, all of us, no matter how safe,
how law abiding, all of us are at that the
most risk unless you're a police, fire military, that the
gravest risk for you and your family ever, is when
you're on the roadway.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Yeah, we just.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Sit back in a very relaxed way and just accept
all of this unnecessary carnage. It's it's really madness, and
it's very very hard to explain.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
What do you think it is.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Ryan that that nobody has ever just kind of stepped
up and said, wait a second, it doesn't have to
be this way.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
We can do ABC and D.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
But but as a society. It just keeps getting worse, and
people just kind of roll with it.
Speaker 5 (25:09):
I immediately reacted, Dan, and I might have done so on
this show with you to the passage of this so
called lane filtering, and we knew, damn well it was
going to turn into lane splitting. And like you and
like our caller before, I have seen it increase astronomically exponentially.
I see it on C. Four seventy on I twenty five.
(25:31):
I mean, they're out of control. And I want to
clarify almost entirely. It's these crotch rocket dirt bikes. It's
not the hogs like Harley Davidson Indian motorcycles, the ones
that take me seriously, the lifestyle one do that. No, No,
that's not how they rite. So I want to make
sure to make that clarification. But yeah, these crotch rocket types,
you know, they blaze by you. To the caller's point,
(25:52):
they're doing wheelies at ninety miles an hour. It's insane,
and it's suddenly a danger to them whatever Darwinism, like
he said, but it's a danger to all of us
that are looking to drive on the roads and use
them legally.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
And the Darwinism thing I can't get into for this reason,
as my parents raised me to look at everybody out there.
That person is somebody's child, right.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
So you talk.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
About that idiot out there probably seventeen eighteen nineteen doing
those wheelies lanes splitting, that's somebody's baby. That that's somebody's
baby who isn't going to come home because of that.
And listen, there's responsibility on the rider. But why pass
these laws that just encourage it, you know, in the
interest of what green new deals saving a couple of
gallons of gas somewhere. I mean, but again it comes
(26:36):
back to the left just not respecting human life. So
here's what se Dots says about motorcycle lane filtering. Now
I read this and I should save this for the
show we're going to do. Ryan have we set the
day chat where the entire show is going to be
done in comedy. We we're going to talk about serious issues.
We're not coming in and telling Rodney Dangerfield jokes. The
(26:58):
day we're going to talk about the same issues, but
we're going to do it in a humorous way. I
should save this for that because as I read this,
everybody knows and the people who wrote this had to
know this isn't how it was going to work in
real life. Motorcycle lane filtering. Lane filtering is now legal
in Colorado. Colorado recently passed a new law allowing motorcycles
(27:19):
to pass between vehicles stopped on the roadway and traveling
in the same direction as the rider. But with these conditions,
the motorcycle passes on the left of the vehicle in
front of them. The other vehicles are stopped and traveling
in the same direction, such as in traffic or at
a red light, Well, big flip and distinction, like we
(27:43):
were talking about with our great collar. If you're at
a red light, that's fine, A slow little move between
the vehicles so you don't get rear ended. That's a
whole different critter then at speed. But that's what's happening
is the at speed the lane is wide enough.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
To pass safely. How do you define that?
Speaker 1 (28:05):
I've never seen one wide enough to pass safely with
all these people barreling through at eighty miles an hour,
maybe sixty or seventy or eighty the motorcycle when passing,
You'll love this one, Ryan does.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
Not exceed fifteen miles per hour.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
Has anybody, including myself, ever driven a motorcycle at less
than fifteen miles an hour?
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Don't you fall off at less than fifteen miles an hour? Yeah,
what a joke.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
When the stopped vehicles begin to move, the motorcyclist shall
cease passing, like anybody expected that to happen. All right, Hey,
we got a lot to talk about now, some great
texts coming in as well. Love your suggestions on how
to make it safer out there. First thing is get
rid of this filtering thing or limited to at intersections.
(28:51):
But we also want to talk about Denver, as we
also predicted.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
A long time ago.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Not a very tough prediction, right, but Denver and Grave
and trouble now because that diamond, Mike and the Left
have promised people all over the world come to Denver,
we will get you a home. Oh what could possibly
go wrong? You're on the Dankapla Show.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
And now back to the Dankapla Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
That day, he.
Speaker 11 (29:18):
Didn't do it. He forgave those people. Now as people
want to raise money for them. And yet and yet,
in the contral constitutional way, he has sent the National
Guard into California.
Speaker 1 (29:36):
She's still in Congress barely, oh Man, another gift to
the Republican Party. Yeah, so much for the legal analysis there, Congressoman,
I think the federal court in California ruled in Trump's
favor already today, right, And this one is so clear.
It's part of as I said yesterday, what's driving him crazy.
(29:57):
And then Andy McCarthy joined us at four oh s today.
You can grab that off the podcast Andy, obviously from
National Review. This is crystal clear that there's no gray area.
It's as clear as anything you're ever going to find
in the Constitution, in law, and that is President Trump
has this authority, including the Marines. And so it's kind
(30:17):
of fun, now, not kind of fun, lots of fun
to watch the left grapple with the fact that and
they're going through the five stages, right, we just heard denial,
but the reality that Trump is going to win this,
and the more they fight, the more they struggle, the
bigger he's going to win it, and the more visible
and important that victory is going to be to him
and by extension, to the country, because we can't have
(30:39):
insurrectionists and whether you're talking about the elected lefties in
Colorado or anywhere else in the country, so many of
them believe they have the right to be insurrectionists, to
just rise up against and prevent the enforcement of federal
laws they don't like, in particular immigration laws. And you
can't have a nation like that. Let's go to beautiful
lovel In, Colorado, one of my favorite places.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Well talk with Danny. You're on the Dan Kaplas show.
Speaker 7 (31:02):
Welcome, Say Dan, love your show, A long time listener. Hey,
I just wanted to say in regards to the motorcycles
being able to go in between lanes. Now, I'm from California,
and I'm here to say from California, there's just a
ton of Republicans. Man, we're just stuck like we are
(31:26):
here with Denver and older. But you know, wearing a
helmet in traffic like that, if it's ninety degrees and
you're just barely going bumper to bumper, you can suffer
a heat stroke, you know, by not being able to
do that.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Dan, So you're seeing the lane filtering. Does California have
lane splitting because it acts that way? I don't know
if Kelly says yes, so it must be true. But
you're saying, hey, you need the lane filtering, so riders
don't overheat. But isn't it better to just sweat a
little bit and get buried.
Speaker 7 (32:03):
Well, you got to remember these things are oil cool
vengines too. They don't have a lot of them don't
have radiators on them, so they can overheat when they're
sitting in the heat. Like that.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
Interesting point, Tony. Hey, appreciate the call, man, Hope you
call often. Yeah, you take care of hey.
Speaker 7 (32:20):
Just I just want to give a shout out to California.
There's a ton of Republicans there.
Speaker 6 (32:26):
Get them here that loves Trump.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Get it. And we can work a trade, right.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
How about one hundred thousand of them for one hundred
thousand of these lefties.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
Yeah, we can work something.
Speaker 7 (32:37):
You can have them.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
We can work something now, Thank you Danny for that.
Loveland just a great city if you haven't been up there.
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Three or three Someone three eight, two five five, text
An five seven, seven through.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
Nine, Dan and Ryan.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
The ones that really blank me off are the idiots
doing a hundred plus weaving through traffic. How am I
supposed to watch out for motorcycles when they're coming from
behind me at ridiculous rates of speed? I would not
feel responsible at all if one of those bikes ran
into me, true, but you'd still be haunted by it.
That's what you find so often is people completely innocent
and some of these horrific wrecks are still haunted.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
By that loss of human life.
Speaker 1 (33:12):
And it's one of the reasons the left is so
irresponsible with their approach to traffic in Colorado. And you
know that this one hundred mile stuff you see right now,
and you see it all the time, right you see
with bikes, you see it with these you know some
of these cars out there. You know often cars you
wonder how they're even getting down the roadway. Here's what
(33:32):
I think is going on, and I believe it's proven
by what I see in my law practice as well,
is you've got this intersection now, this intersection of the
left undermining law enforcement, so there's less enforcement. And then
you have some of these crazy laws like allowing lane
quote filtering. But here's the big thing. You layer the
(33:53):
legalization of drugs on top of that. You have so
many drug drivers out there, or this terrible combination of
marijuana and alcohol. But you put those factors together and
you have what we have on our roadways. Thunderdog, you know,
just a killing field. But the fact that Left doesn't
care about that is to me just so mind boggling.
(34:16):
I get their lack of respect for the inherent dignity
of human life, and it plays out in all sorts
of ways, including this one. But you would think just
for their own safety and the safety of their own
family members. But no, they just oppose all of these
common sense ways to make us all safer across party lines,
and then they throw these new laws in that you
(34:36):
just know are going to lead to a lot of
dead bodies. Dan, in this state, we have minimal traffic enforcement,
says a Texture. There is no visible police presence and
a whole bunch of car and motorcycle drivers with the
attitude that nothing will ever happen to them. Jim, You're
so right, Jim, been talking about it forever. And where
does that come from? It comes from the left undermining
(34:56):
law enforcement. If you're a man in blue out there
right now, can anybody blame them for wanting to have
absolutely minimal contact with the public. What happens right, I mean,
Polis and Left passes legislation that they're now personally liable.
You have Democrat das and number of places you know
(35:18):
who would make you a human sacrifice and a heartbeat
if it helped them politically. Not all Democrat DA's there
are some excellent Democrat days. But but yeah, law enforcement
has been so undermined in most places, not all that.
How could anybody reasonably expect them to have these additional
contacts with the public that aren't absolutely necessary? No, that
(35:41):
is the left undermining law enforcement, undermines the safety of
our roadways.
Speaker 2 (35:46):
Yeah, three or.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Three seven, three eight, two five five the number when
we come back Trump winning, winning big the country by extension.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
How does this end? How bad is the left going
to make it on themselves?
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