Dan and Ryan discuss and debate what the motivations are for so many on the Left to sexualize children at such a young age, as the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals grants a stay to the Elizabeth Public Schools on an ACLU lawsuit calling for porngraphic books to be restored to the shelves of the district's elementary school library. Dan Snowberger, superintendent of Elizabeth Public Schools joins Dan with the latest.
Rep. Ty Winter (R-47) joins Dan with an update on the battle inside the gold dome over HB25-1312, designed to strip parents of decision-making rights on the sexuality and gender identity of their own children.
Dan stresses patience for investors as the Trump tariffs go into effect, and the markets react.
Rep. Ty Winter (R-47) joins Dan with an update on the battle inside the gold dome over HB25-1312, designed to strip parents of decision-making rights on the sexuality and gender identity of their own children.
Dan stresses patience for investors as the Trump tariffs go into effect, and the markets react.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to
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you who's in the ring right now fighting for truth
justice in the American way. It's our first guest, Dan Snowberger.
(00:20):
He is superintendent of the Elizabeth School District, and they.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Are fighting hard.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
They're fighting not only for the kids in their district,
by extension kids everywhere. As the ACLU tries to force
them to put books back on the shelves that we've
been having excerpts quoted on this show, etc. That in
my view, are obviously obscene and not the type of
books that should be on school sholves. And they want
a big round today in the intense circuit Court of Appeals.
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Let's go to Superintendent Snowburger. Welcome back to the Dan
Caplis Show. How are you, sir?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I'm doing well, Dan, Thank you. Yeah, we are definitely
very pleased with the outcome today. We had a little
step back yesterday at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, the local
Denver judge issued a preliminary junction ordering those books be
returned by five o'clock on Saturday. That was a very
disappointing order because again she refused hearing that would have
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given the district a chance to actually present its facts
and evidence in this case. Again, this judges, now we
shoot a preliminary injunction twice without a hearing, which is
a little concerning. But at eleven o'clock last night we
filed an appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
and at ten fifteen this morning they issued us stay
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administrative stay not only on her order, but also on
any further action on the part of that judge until
they are able to hear this.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Appeal.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
So we're pleased that this will now actually go beyond
the local judge.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Well, that is tremendous news to be able to get
this stay. And as you know, Superintendent, so often these
kind of issues, right, these type of issues require fights
through multiple levels, as we talked about the other day
on this show, you know, sometimes ending in the US
Supreme Court, with the US Supreme Court taking a particular
interest in cases out of Colorado these days, I think
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for obvious reasons and almost always that the Colorado plaintiff
in your type of shoes prevails. So really appreciate you
guys fighting this. How can people support the cause?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
You know, we definitely are working hard to keep this
away from our school funding in our kids. So our
Elizabeth School District dot org website has a link at
the top. We also have a link a little further
down on the page for folks to follow this. We
have all of our motions and news information about this
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case a little further down on the page. So folks
who are interested in following along, we encourage them to
follow that side. But definitely appreciate any donations from folks
who are willing to help us. Again, this is a
David and Goliath story. We keep repeating that small district
David did.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, that's my recollection too. I may have to go
back and check that, but I hope and I think
it's good to be David. Good to Dan.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
I really appreciate the opportunity. And again, this is great
news for the children of Elizabeth, And as you said,
this is an important case for children across the color right,
across the nation. This is unser the law and we
do believe this may end up in the spring court,
and and if we have to take it there, we
certainly are willing.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
To do so well. And I bet if you do,
you'll win.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Superintendent, thanks for the time, Thank you appreciate. Take care
of that is our Superintendent. Dan Snowberger speaking of David
and Goliath, I saw this yesterday and that just took
a picture of it. I thought it was so great,
says when God wanted to make a king out of David,
he didn't bring him a crown.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
He brought him Goliath.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
That makes sense, right, Ryan, Yes, right, that makes perfect sense.
We all need our Goliath and all great I think
you look at virtually every great figure in American and
world history and they had to overcome their Goliath. And
now Elizabeth School District is facing theirs, and just admire
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them for fighting the way they are, But folks take a.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Look at helping them out.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
It's an expensive process, but again a victory that needs
to be one, and a victory that will benefit so many.
But you have to come back to this question, young Ryan,
why is the left so determined to sexualized kids? Why
is the acl you so determined now to go to
federal court and fight through every level they have to
to try to force Little Elizabeth School District to keep
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these books on the shelves.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
It's a great question.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
I think it's a very complicated answer, and I would
like to get doctor Rich Guggenheim on dan. He is
the leader of gays against groomers here in Colorado. And
I am closely affiliated with the log Cabin Republicans who
are LGB.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Pro Republican conservative.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
Voices in this state. And there is an issues not
all trans people. I want to make sure to preface
it with that, But there's a blurring of the lines
when you talk about drag shows for.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Kids and reading to them.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
And the great point that was made it might have
been Alexa one of our textures, why don't they do
this in nursing homes for old people?
Speaker 4 (05:28):
You know they got to be with kids. What are
they doing with kids?
Speaker 5 (05:31):
And you know you and me both were fierce protectors
of kids. They need our protection from these predatory behaviors.
But there's this blurring of the lines between what's appropriate
what's not. Wins appropriate to sexualize them. They can change
their body function organs with surgery and hormones at a
certain age, And there's only one explanation to your point, Dan.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
It's sexualizing them.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
And I think it's my opinion this is not a
hot take that there are those who would want to
add p to LGBTQ in the form of pedophilia predatory
behavior on young children.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Absolutely, and that is not where I met my friend.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
But you don't believe there are people out there who
want to sexualize should you said it yourself. They're sexualizing children, right,
They're making it so they have agency over their own
bodies to make sexual decisions.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Why would they want to do that, Well, there are.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Lots of bad reasons they would want to do that
that stop short of they want to go have sex.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
With the kids.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
So that's what I'm injecting.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
No, I'm not right, I'm not saying that.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
What I'm saying is this, I think there are a
lot of bad motives, a lot of bad motives when
it comes to this ongoing effort of the left. Now
I'm saying the left politically. I'm not labeling gay people,
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Labeling trans people.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I'm saying that there are political actors out there on
the left who are pursuing these these political agendas to
try to sexualize kids. Now, let me finish this on it. Okay,
they're pursuing this agenda as well. In it's kind of
hand in hand to try to silence parents, to to
criminal not only parents, counselors, others who would try to
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step in and protect the children and say no, Johnny,
you're really Johnny, You're not Jane. And we've been talking
about those bills. So I think there are lots of
improper motives, including on the part I'm not labeling gay
people are trans people, but political action types. I think
there's a lot of recruitment going on. I think there's
a lot of recruitment going on. I think this effort
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is also intended to subvert parental rights. It's intended to
build a legalized form of censorship into society.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
So I think there are.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Lots of bad motives behind all the things we're talking about.
But I do not believe that the driving force motive
is to legalize pedophilia.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
Two points to counter that.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
One, we had an audio clip not that long ago
of a professor in Virginia I believe it was who
kept using the term minor attracted person.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Yeah, you're talking about a creep of pervertence.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
That's not an isolated the other one. Again, this is local,
this is statewide in Colorado. George Brockler spoke to this.
Why are the Democrats fighting so hard to reduce the
punishment and sentences for those who rape children?
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Well, great question, that's a fair question.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I believe that's because the Democratic Party in Colorado and
the left that controls the Democratic Party nationwide is pro
criminal in general. I think they are trying to protect
criminals across the board, from first degree murder to rape,
to child rape to all of that. I think that's
the pro criminal thing we have going on in the
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Democratic Party. And it's obviously it's heinous. But do you
really believe, Ryan, do you really believe that other than
the straight pervert who latches onto the movement, and again
that the movement has a lot of bad motives and
I've laid some of those out, but other than the
straight pervert, do you really believe that that part of
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the organized political effort, now we have been opposing right
to sexualized kids, subvert parental rights, et cetera, is actually
to legalize adult sex with children.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
The permissiveness that they are championing goes to your broader point,
but I think it's a specific point as well. They
are not as harsh or firm on punishment for child
sex offenders, and they want to reduce those punishments. And
like I said, it's a very important point and distinction
you've made it. I've made it Rich Guggenheim gaze against groomers.
(09:30):
The God is groomers. Why are they grooming? What are
they grooming them?
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Forward?
Speaker 1 (09:33):
But this goes back to I do think now if
you separate this out from from those who now wanted
to be legal for adults to have sex with children.
And my point is that is not the core of
the movement right now that is behind all these awful bills.
But as I've said, for some in the organized political movement,
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is their motive to recruit? Is their motive to get
more kids to trans Is there?
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (10:06):
I do think for some, and I'm talking about in
the political movement, that is their motive. I think you're
talking about a different motive there that I don't believe
is a core part of that movement. Three out three seven, one, three, eight,
two five five. Obviously love to get your take on
that text.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
D A. N. Five, seven, seven, three nine, and.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcasting.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Wow, I was going to play some sound, but I
can't over that. Can't desecrate that song. One of the
greatest songs in American history.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Thank you, Ryan, and meaningful to you personal.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Oh it is so and to so many people listening, right,
but what a what a nice touch on and otherwise
kind of Chicago like Friday afternoon. But the difference is
it's going to be beautiful here shortly. We'll see the
sun tomorrow. How about opening day for the Rockies? All
day like that is brutal, Yeah, yeah, but it's still
a day, right, so hopefully everybody out there is having fun. Yeah,
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and yeah, well we'll talk more about the Rockies. I
am sure at the moment. So glad you're here. And
President Trump coming out today and saying this is a
great time to get rich and first caveat and I
don't just say this, please take it too hard. Never
take stock advice from me, Okay, never I've done fine.
(11:24):
I'm just saying I don't want it on my conscience.
Never ever ever do anything in the stock market, not
that you would. I'm just saying this for my own
peace of mind. But my goodness, just looking at this
as a guy, I'm no market expert, but I take
it seriously, right because I invest our Famili's money, and
I obviously in consultation with my brilliant wife, but I
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take this stuff very seriously. And I look at this
right now and I am so angry at myself because
I was involved in a very important trial today. This
is pre trial trial testimony. Sometimes a witness in this case,
a doctor isn't going to be available, so you have
to take their trial testimony before trial, you put it
on videotape, and then you play it for the jury.
And we did that today. So I was tied up
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in that and did not get to invest before the
market's closed it too. So I'm kicking myself because if
I had been free, you bet I would have. And
because this is this is the craziest thing I've ever
seen in my life, because what you've got, this is
just my opinion, is you've got a media that is
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so anti Trump, right, and Trump has been on such
a role they just can't they're ready to grasp onto
anything to try to rip him. And so you know tariffs,
now that's their excuse all this panic and they're driving
so much panic selling right now and to me just
as a guy, and I'm going to back it up
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with my own money. Again, I'm kicking myself that I
didn't have the time today to do it before too,
because I guarantee you, all of a sudden, you get
too late in the day to day and the nastag's
down about ten percent over the last two days.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Now, if I had been free, I would have done
what for me would be significant, but a significant additional
move into the market because wait, when you stop and
think about it, I mean COVID, right. I did the
same thing during COVID when the market crash during COVID.
But that was a little bit scary because you couldn't
be sure that what I thought was going to happen
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was going to happen. But I'm glad we did it
because you saw the same kind of panic selling in COVID.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
And then I just sat there and.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Thought, well, wait a second, it's got to come back, right,
I mean, and then you just think it through.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
It's got to come back.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
So we made as a couple of very significant for
us in our little world move then and We're well
rewarded for it. Glad it did it. This to me
is a more obvious no brainer, right because Trump's in
control of it.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
COVID.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
COVID, the Communist Party of China kind of inflicted it
on the world by not warning people once the outbreak occurred.
Out of that lab now here, Trump's in control of this.
Trump's in control is he could pull the tariffs any time.
Does anybody really think Donald Trump is going to let
the economy tank? And if you do, what would make
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you believe that? What would make you think that for
a second? I would bet you this, Ryan, if we
had subpoena power and we could put these people under oath,
I would bet you that Chucky Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
and all these howling at the moon Democrats, they're out
there investing right now, They're putting money back in the market.
Would be my guests, Well, I have no way to know,
(14:35):
but it would be my guest, Well, you do.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
Have a way to know. Oh yeah, you have that
way to know.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
You just named two out of the three who absolutely
sang from the same hymnal on this issue back in
the day.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Yes, they did it. But here's Here's what I would
point out.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
I would just guess that they're out putting money into
the market right now totally because this is totally illogical
right now, this panic selling because Trump is in control
of it now. First of all, I think it's going
to work in all the ways we described over the
last few days. But if it's not working, he pulls
the plug and then what happens to markets? They come
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right back up. So this, to me is is really
illogical panic selling right now driven by a politically motivated media.
Not entirely, I understand there's plenty of professional selling going
on right now as well, but I just think it's
a great buying opportunity.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Please do not act on that. But I'm going to look.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
I think the President's doing the right thing. China has
been taking advantage of us for two decades. They're stealing
our intellectual property, which means stealing our good paying jobs.
And I, frankly am closer on this issue, not on
many but on this issue with President Trump than I
was with President's Bush or Obama.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Yeah yeah, so now.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
I was twenty eighteen, by the way, yeah, right.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Right, And obviously these problems have only gotten worse since
and and so we'll be discussed kind of the broader
terror fishing in more depth coming up in these other segments.
But but my goodness, yeah, I just think as Trump's right,
it's a great time to get rich, and everybody's got
to make their own decision based on risk tolerance, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Three someone three eight.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Two five five text d An five seven seven three
nine Dan. Do you hear any appreciable outrage expressed by
the OLGBT et cetera groups about sex with minor.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Steve in Littleton?
Speaker 1 (16:28):
No, But but the reason for that is I don't
think that's a front and center issue.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
So I'm not going to sit here and condemn.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Any politician, any group, et cetera for not coming out
and condemning sex with minors, because sex with minors is
so obviously horrific and heinous and demonic that that nobody
in the right mind could ever be expected to support it.
So to me, and if you just joined the conversation,
here's why we're off on this tangent because my good
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friend Ryan surprised me by saying that he believes a
driving motive behind these awful radical trans bills that trumple
parental rights and harm kids, et cetera, is a desire
to have sex with children. I disagree with him on that.
I think there are plenty of bad motives behind these bills.
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I don't believe that's one of them. So that's why
we're having this conversation.
Speaker 5 (17:21):
Well, you're connecting dots here that you're only one dot away. Dan,
you're asking the question. You're asking the question, why are
they sexualizing kids?
Speaker 7 (17:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Well, and I am giving good answers. I think your
answer is unsupported and way too far.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
I think there is some there, And speaking to Steve's
point on the text, yes, there is a group speaking
out against that. They're called Gays Against Groomers and the
log Cabin Republicans. They are speaking out against what he's asking.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
My only point is, aren't there plenty of obvious bad
motives behind these horrible bills? I just think to take
that next step and say that's a motive they actually
want to have sex with the young children. Isn't enough
to say they're trying to recruit, trample parental rights, etc.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
You're on the Dan Capitla Show.
Speaker 4 (18:10):
You're listening to the Dan Kapliss Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Boy My Mom, was so wise.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
She taught us very young the key to happiness in
life is to understand the true definition of rich, right,
And for those who decide it means money, how many
of those do you think end up happy versus those
who get it right?
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Right? Hey, let's go to the VIP line.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Welcome our friend, Representative ty Winter, whose assistant minority leader
down at the legislature, which would explain all of the
bumps and bruises on your head right now, my friend,
it has to be like banging your head against the
wall of the State Capitol like every day when.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
You show up. But God, love you for doing it.
How you doing good?
Speaker 4 (19:00):
Brother?
Speaker 7 (19:00):
It's great to talk to you. And sometimes we equate
it to a mixture of Groundhog Day and Rocky three.
Up every morning and you fight, club or laying and
then you get up and do it the next day
all over again.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah yeah, but thank god you and others are willing
to do it.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
So yeah, every day there's something new and even more
crazy out of that place.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
But what has you really going right now?
Speaker 1 (19:22):
You know?
Speaker 7 (19:22):
Just the whole issue with Senate Bill three is the
first thing that's going to kick it off. I mean,
we spent over I mean, the House Republicans sor have
been fighting tooth and nail on everything, but we spent
over thirty hours between committees and floor work. We held
them in nine hours, just in the stage of the beginning.
I mean, we didn't need to get out of the
committees to run amendments when of course we were done.
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So you know, we fought really hard on that. And
we've been you know, drilling down in committees, trying to
fight you know, censure, trying to fight being silence. You know,
our motive is being impugned. You know, down here they
just live off of emotions and feelings. Facts don't matter
so much. So you know, we're fighting all of those things.
But we don't mind being in the fight. And we
appreciate all the thanks and the prayers, and just know
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that your House Republicans, we are in the fight and
we will continue to fight until the last day, you know.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Which brings us to I think a really key point.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
And I don't know why I'm quoting my late mom
sat Mom so much today, but so many of these issues.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Just call for it is.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
And I actually went back and I checked this to
make sure I wasn't going to botch this because I'm
not known as a biblical expert. But it is I
have fought the good fight. I have finished the race.
I have kept the faith. It isn't that I won
the race, right, because all you can do in a
situation like you're in right now is fight as hard
as you can. And to me, that's more admirable than
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people in situations where they're just guaranteed to win, you know,
as long as they can fog a mirror. They're in
a political situation where they are guaranteed to win no
matter what. I have more respect for the people like
you who are fighting against these impossible odds. Yeah, we
all want to win, right, I mean, you wouldn't be
where you are, Nobody listening the show would be where
they are if they didn't want to win, and if
they weren't winners. But there's extra admiration for those in
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an impossible position like this who keep fighting.
Speaker 7 (21:14):
That's right. So every once in a while I wake
up and I read Roosevelt's Man in the Arena. I
think that that's also something that motivates me and is
also important. MIGHT have a huge portrait of the saying
in my office and there are days I have to
come in here and recenter myself with that. And you know,
at the end of the day, you know, all God
asked us to do is to fight, because we all
know we're going to win in the end. He isn't
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guarantee a win here, but we know in the end
we win. So we show up every day and we fight.
And that's the commitment we've made not only to the
Republicans in Colorado, but the Independence and even the conservative
Democrats that want us to fight for affordability, who want
us to fight against crime and for safer streets, who
want to fight for parental rights and to have them
keep their hands off out of our pockets when it
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comes to Tabor. So we take up those fights every day.
And you know, I just appreciate you, you know, talking
about the quote that your mom used to use out
of the Bible, because that's the stuff that really matters, sir.
And when we have good people like you standing behind us,
it makes this job a lot easier.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Well, I appreciate you saying that.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Obviously I have the easy job I just talked here,
But the reality is that whether somebody I mean you
and I happen to share a Christian faith. But whether
somebody has that faith or they don't, everybody, I think,
just knows that it's a basic obligation of being on
this planet that you have to stand up to evil.
And there is some evil, evil stuff, you know, coming
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out of the left in this legislative session. I don't
mean the individuals are evil, but there's some evil stuff
coming out. I mean this business yesterday trying to make
it illegal for a dad to say to his son, Hey, no,
you're really Johnny. You're not Jane, no matter what those
teachers at school tell you, or a mom to say
to her daughter, hey you're really Jane. You're not Johnny.
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You know, no matter what those people at school tell you,
that's now going to be criminalized.
Speaker 7 (23:03):
Yeah, I mean, and that's where it comes to the
parental rights fight. I mean, they're always to the extreme
on one end, and I mean parents can even take
their kids through the process. I mean, I think that
they think all parents are closed minds and parents love
their kids. But if parents think their kids need to
see the priest or a pastor, or if they want
them to see a therapist and talk about the issues
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that these kids are facing. They totally shot that out.
If your kid comes home and feels a certain way
and you automatically just don't affirm the way they feel,
your kids can be taken from you by the state.
We're actually hearing that bill on seconds today and we
fought for parental rights and we did all day. Unfortunately,
we were rule fourteen today all four bills when we start.
(23:46):
That means that they limited debate to two hours a
piece per bill. So we started this morning, we gabbled
in at nine o'clock. They rule fourteen to every bill.
Right now, we're on the last bill as we speak,
but we were only given two hours. And I mean,
you've got twenty two legislators, Yeah, just on our side,
and if everybody wants to speak, and then with them speaking,
so then they're silencing the voices of our constitutions. Well,
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that's the unfortunate thing.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
But that just tells you you're right and they're wrong. Right.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
It's just like this garbage in committee where they come
out and said, oh no, we're not going to confer
with the stakeholders on this new bill that says in
a custody fight, it's held against a parent if they
tell their boys, really a boy, you know, they say, oh, no,
you know, you don't confer with the KKK and civil
rights legislation. So that kind of of hateful line garbage
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is just an admission by them that they can't win
a discussion. They can't win an argument, right, they can't
win a fair fight in the legislature. So all they
can do is say, no, we're not going to engage
in discussion because you're the KKK. When they sound like,
you know, stupid little kids on a playground. But it's
all because they know they can't win the argument.
Speaker 7 (24:54):
Well, you think they'd learned something from the last election cycle.
I mean they were a little bit insulated and call
Colorado and we did gain three seats back in the House,
in the congressional seat. That's great, but they feel insulated
and they can't look outside the borders of Colorado and
see exactly what you said. The house of cards for
that way of thinking is falling all over the nation.
And I think that we're going to get to that
point in Colorado. I mean, you look at today. We
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are going to spend from nine in the morning till
seven o'clock tonight debating these which we need to have
our side heard for our constituents. When we could have
been working on affordability, we could have been working on safety,
we could have been working on lowering taxes, we could
have working about making our streets safer. But that isn't
what they're about. There's no money for them to spend
this year, so they're just bringing a social agenda. And
basically what this is, this is anti Trump language all
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the time. They don't like Trump, and they're going to
make Republicans pay in the state House with some of
the most egregious bills that we've seen through here in
my three years here. So you know, it's a knee
jerk reaction for them, and I just don't think they
realize where they're sitting, because I think in the next
election cycle, if the people of Colorado that want to
save the state get out and vote and vote in force,
we're going to be a formidable opponent.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Well, I think the eight key across the state representative
time winner our guest is that people vote their faith.
I don't mean Catholics voting for Catholics or anything like that.
I just mean people voting for the core principles of
their faith. And voting for people who will reflect those
in the type of policies they enact. If that happened
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across Colorado, this thing would flip overnight.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
That's why I.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Remember when Jared Paulus, the day after he won the
governor's office the first time, came out and said people
have to keep their faith out of the public square
because he knew if people vote consistent with their faith,
the left loses.
Speaker 7 (26:38):
That's right, and those are the values that we need
to talk about when we're talking to the general public,
and we're speaking from the well to the people of Colorado.
Is believe it or not, I believe the Republican Party
in this House is more aligned with people than they think.
And I think more and more people are starting to
see the attacks on the nuclear family, parental rights, I mean,
their ability to make a living. So I think that
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the message that we're speaking outside of this building is
starting to resonate with people. We see a huge up
tick on our social media. Hired everybody to go to
the House, Republicans on Facebook, on x all of those platforms,
sign up for our Mighty twenty two newsletter, go to
our website. Because people are starting to see We've had
numerous groups. I mean Representative Calwell just did an interview
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on the Daily Wire podcast. I mean that's huge. I
mean we're being shared by influencers, lives of TikTok. I
mean we have David Harris Junior. So like we're starting
to get the word out where people are even calling
and going, what the hell's going on in Colorado. So
Fox News we're starting to hit some of the big news.
So the more attention we can bring on the insanity
in this building, not only the better it will be
for Republicans and people with great values in this state.
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That'll be good for the electric because they're going to
get to see what's going on.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Amen, do that. Take keep fighting the good fight, my friend,
and we'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 7 (27:51):
Thank you, Dad, have a good one. Brother, God bless
America you too.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
Representative Tie Winter fighting really really hard down there.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
And you see, Ryan, I know we.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Have did this break but the latest and it ties
right into this right Obviously, the Democrats in Colorado field
are electorally bulletproof because the latest from them they dropped
a late bill today. We'll talk about it when we
come back, which will change Colorado law to further protect
people here illegally. At the same time police is insisting
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we're not a sanctuary state. We're not a sanctuary state.
And some of this stuff they want to do now
is beyond mind blowing. You're on the dan Caplas.
Speaker 4 (28:29):
Show and now back to the Dankaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 8 (28:34):
We're the largest consumer market in the world, and yet
the only thing we export as services, and we.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Need to stop that.
Speaker 8 (28:40):
We need to get back to a time of country
that can make things, and to do that we have
to reset the global order of trade.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
And the other question, well, the.
Speaker 8 (28:47):
Worst thing is to leave it the way it is forever.
I mean, this just can't continue. We can't continue to
be a country that doesn't make things. We have to
be able to make things to provide jobs for Americans.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
That's it.
Speaker 8 (28:57):
It's that's simple. China as an example, it's outrageous. I mean,
they don't consume anything. All they do is export and
flood and the store markets. In addition to all the
tariffs and barriers they put in place.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
How does anybody argue with that logic at least about
the underlying problem?
Speaker 7 (29:11):
Right?
Speaker 1 (29:12):
I understand that reasonable and smart people can disagree about
the solution, but I think the two things that cannot
be disagreed about reasonably are We've got an enormous problem
in this country, starting with a national security problem, then
a national health problem, and then a long term national
economic health problem. And that is that we're not making stuff.
(29:34):
We're not making stuff at anywhere near the level we
need to. We're not making the stuff at anywhere near
the level we need to that this nation needs to
live and to function day in and day out. What
We're just going to sit here and just just be
confident that China and the rest of the world isn't
going to turn off the spigot I mean, or that
there isn't going to be another pandemic or some other
(29:56):
kind of disaster which interrupts those supply mean I mean, no,
I really admire Trump for having the guts to stand
up and be willing to endure political pain in order
to try to change this course that we're on now.
In the end, well, tariffs have been proven to be
the right move or not, I'm not certain, but I
know the status quo isn't And who from either party
(30:19):
has had the courage before to be willing to try
to change that status quo. But this market thing. I
want to get to the phone lines and again, please
do the opposite of anything I suggest on stocks. And
I'll never suggest anything on stocks. I'll just tell you
what I do. And I look at this right now,
and I think this is utter madness panic selling.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
I understand institutional investors.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
They've got their algorithms and they've got to sell here
and they've got to sell there. I'm not saying any
of that's crazy. I'm just saying when you look at
this Trump hating media, which sees this chance now to
hammer them, and they're so gleefully helping the market drops,
so they run all these panic stories and then you
have all these hard working people go out there and
l in a panic moment. It's madness, right because unlike COVID,
(31:05):
which created a great buying opportunity, and I'm grateful we
were able to take advantage of that, but but here
Trump's in control. COVID there was limited control. Trump's in
control here. He could change course at any time. So
why would anybody be sitting here thinking that that that
Wait a second, this market isn't going to come back up.
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Let's go to Mike the Millennial, probably a ninety year
old guy, but I love the spirit.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show. Welcome Mike.
Speaker 9 (31:34):
No, Dan, you don't remember me. I've called into your
show many.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Oh, thank you you are Mike the Millennial.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Thank you. I thought it was an imposter.
Speaker 9 (31:43):
No, no, unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
Now do you go buy that on X two? Are
you actually Mike the Millennial?
Speaker 9 (31:49):
Well, it's funny, you know, I've I've listened to talk
radio for a lot of my life. I called and
used to call into the Jimbo Hannan show before he died,
and also Coast to Coast am George Nori over on KOA.
But that's kind of what they usually call me on
when I call in. But anyways, No, it's good to
talk to you again, Dan, and you know, thank you.
It's always for your very thoughtful assessments on every show
(32:11):
you do. And I just had a quick comment about
tarriffs at orright and so yeah. So yesterday Chuck Grassley
did something pretty astonishing. He joined with Democrat Maria Cantwell
introduce introducing a bill giving Congress the power to stop
any and all of Trump's tarots. The measure which was
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introduced Thursday, would limit the president's power to impose tarriffs.
It would require the president to notify Congress within forty
eight hours of such an imposition, and the bill also
would allow Congress to end any tariff at any time.
And you know, I think it's significant because you know,
we've seen I think the four other Republican senators join
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in the issue of tariffs on camp to go with
the Democrats. But I think this is significant because this
is the first time we've seen an actual Republican senator
join a Democrat in introducing a bill to essentially oppose
Trump's wishes, right, And I think also, you know, part
of what Trump is thinking is going to happen is
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that all of these countries are going to line up
to come to Washington to renegotiate the price of you know,
goods that they're selling to the United States. I don't
know if that's the reality or not. And so the
ends have to justify the means, right, because people are
obviously losing money. But now Jones obviously tanked from over
forty thousand to into the thirties. So you know, Trump
(33:41):
was saying that the last month's jobs report says, it's
all working, it's all great, But I don't know if
that's going to be enough to justify the continuing tariffs
in the long term. Now, Trump is kind of a negotiator, right,
He's a businessman, so he wants to negotiate. But I
just you know, he tries to force respect all these countries,
(34:01):
and you have to realize respect is earned, it's not
just getting well you willy willy.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
But eminem, let me jump in here for a second there,
in terms of trying to force respect, No, what Trump
is trying to do.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
Is to use the might of the United States of.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
America, to use the leverage, because it's easy to forget
at times, right, might because of the way the Democrats
in their media arm have tried to portray things that
we are the greatest country in the history of the world.
The economic might of the US is unsurpassed. So as
long as we're willing to use that ethically and within
the bounds of the law, there is an awful lot
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that can be accomplished to level the playing field. Now,
your excellent point about Chuck Grassley Ran Paul, who I
also respect. Seeing these tariffs are disaster. I think This
just comes back to a key point, Mike, and that
is that any kind of bold move to try to
stop this country from going off a cliff is going
to run some risk, and it's certainly going to involve
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some at least short term pain. And there are a
lot of people politically who just aren't willing to risk that.
Yet the GOP could get wiped out in the midterms
if this play doesn't work. So I get the concerns
out there, but we know status quo won't work, and
Trump's in control here.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
This is going to work somehow, sometime
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to
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kind and to subscribe, download and listen to the show
every single day on your favorite podcast platform. I thought
you who's in the ring right now fighting for truth
justice in the American way. It's our first guest, Dan Snowberger.
(00:20):
He is superintendent of the Elizabeth School District, and they.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Are fighting hard.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
They're fighting not only for the kids in their district,
by extension kids everywhere. As the ACLU tries to force
them to put books back on the shelves that we've
been having excerpts quoted on this show, etc. That in
my view, are obviously obscene and not the type of
books that should be on school sholves. And they want
a big round today in the intense circuit Court of Appeals.
(00:48):
Let's go to Superintendent Snowburger. Welcome back to the Dan
Caplis Show. How are you, sir?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I'm doing well, Dan, Thank you. Yeah, we are definitely
very pleased with the outcome today. We had a little
step back yesterday at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, the local
Denver judge issued a preliminary junction ordering those books be
returned by five o'clock on Saturday. That was a very
disappointing order because again she refused hearing that would have
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given the district a chance to actually present its facts
and evidence in this case. Again, this judges, now we
shoot a preliminary injunction twice without a hearing, which is
a little concerning. But at eleven o'clock last night we
filed an appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
and at ten fifteen this morning they issued us stay
(01:40):
administrative stay not only on her order, but also on
any further action on the part of that judge until
they are able to hear this.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Appeal.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
So we're pleased that this will now actually go beyond
the local judge.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Well, that is tremendous news to be able to get
this stay. And as you know, Superintendent, so often these
kind of issues, right, these type of issues require fights
through multiple levels, as we talked about the other day
on this show, you know, sometimes ending in the US
Supreme Court, with the US Supreme Court taking a particular
interest in cases out of Colorado these days, I think
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for obvious reasons and almost always that the Colorado plaintiff
in your type of shoes prevails. So really appreciate you
guys fighting this. How can people support the cause?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
You know, we definitely are working hard to keep this
away from our school funding in our kids. So our
Elizabeth School District dot org website has a link at
the top. We also have a link a little further
down on the page for folks to follow this. We
have all of our motions and news information about this
(02:57):
case a little further down on the page. So folks
who are interested in following along, we encourage them to
follow that side. But definitely appreciate any donations from folks
who are willing to help us. Again, this is a
David and Goliath story. We keep repeating that small district
David did.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, that's my recollection too. I may have to go
back and check that, but I hope and I think
it's good to be David. Good to Dan.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
I really appreciate the opportunity. And again, this is great
news for the children of Elizabeth, And as you said,
this is an important case for children across the color right,
across the nation. This is unser the law and we
do believe this may end up in the spring court,
and and if we have to take it there, we
certainly are willing.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
To do so well. And I bet if you do,
you'll win.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Superintendent, thanks for the time, Thank you appreciate. Take care
of that is our Superintendent. Dan Snowberger speaking of David
and Goliath, I saw this yesterday and that just took
a picture of it. I thought it was so great,
says when God wanted to make a king out of David,
he didn't bring him a crown.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
He brought him Goliath.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
That makes sense, right, Ryan, Yes, right, that makes perfect sense.
We all need our Goliath and all great I think
you look at virtually every great figure in American and
world history and they had to overcome their Goliath. And
now Elizabeth School District is facing theirs, and just admire
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them for fighting the way they are, But folks take a.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Look at helping them out.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
It's an expensive process, but again a victory that needs
to be one, and a victory that will benefit so many.
But you have to come back to this question, young Ryan,
why is the left so determined to sexualized kids? Why
is the acl you so determined now to go to
federal court and fight through every level they have to
to try to force Little Elizabeth School District to keep
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these books on the shelves.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
It's a great question.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
I think it's a very complicated answer, and I would
like to get doctor Rich Guggenheim on dan. He is
the leader of gays against groomers here in Colorado. And
I am closely affiliated with the log Cabin Republicans who
are LGB.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Pro Republican conservative.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
Voices in this state. And there is an issues not
all trans people. I want to make sure to preface
it with that, But there's a blurring of the lines
when you talk about drag shows for.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Kids and reading to them.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
And the great point that was made it might have
been Alexa one of our textures, why don't they do
this in nursing homes for old people?
Speaker 4 (05:28):
You know they got to be with kids. What are
they doing with kids?
Speaker 5 (05:31):
And you know you and me both were fierce protectors
of kids. They need our protection from these predatory behaviors.
But there's this blurring of the lines between what's appropriate
what's not. Wins appropriate to sexualize them. They can change
their body function organs with surgery and hormones at a
certain age, And there's only one explanation to your point, Dan.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
It's sexualizing them.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
And I think it's my opinion this is not a
hot take that there are those who would want to
add p to LGBTQ in the form of pedophilia predatory
behavior on young children.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Absolutely, and that is not where I met my friend.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
But you don't believe there are people out there who
want to sexualize should you said it yourself. They're sexualizing children, right,
They're making it so they have agency over their own
bodies to make sexual decisions.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Why would they want to do that, Well, there are.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Lots of bad reasons they would want to do that
that stop short of they want to go have sex.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
With the kids.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
So that's what I'm injecting.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
No, I'm not right, I'm not saying that.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
What I'm saying is this, I think there are a
lot of bad motives, a lot of bad motives when
it comes to this ongoing effort of the left. Now
I'm saying the left politically. I'm not labeling gay people,
I'm not.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Labeling trans people.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I'm saying that there are political actors out there on
the left who are pursuing these these political agendas to
try to sexualize kids. Now, let me finish this on it. Okay,
they're pursuing this agenda as well. In it's kind of
hand in hand to try to silence parents, to to
criminal not only parents, counselors, others who would try to
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step in and protect the children and say no, Johnny,
you're really Johnny, You're not Jane. And we've been talking
about those bills. So I think there are lots of
improper motives, including on the part I'm not labeling gay
people are trans people, but political action types. I think
there's a lot of recruitment going on. I think there's
a lot of recruitment going on. I think this effort
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is also intended to subvert parental rights. It's intended to
build a legalized form of censorship into society.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
So I think there are.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Lots of bad motives behind all the things we're talking about.
But I do not believe that the driving force motive
is to legalize pedophilia.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
Two points to counter that.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
One, we had an audio clip not that long ago
of a professor in Virginia I believe it was who
kept using the term minor attracted person.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Yeah, you're talking about a creep of pervertence.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
That's not an isolated the other one. Again, this is local,
this is statewide in Colorado. George Brockler spoke to this.
Why are the Democrats fighting so hard to reduce the
punishment and sentences for those who rape children?
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Well, great question, that's a fair question.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I believe that's because the Democratic Party in Colorado and
the left that controls the Democratic Party nationwide is pro
criminal in general. I think they are trying to protect
criminals across the board, from first degree murder to rape,
to child rape to all of that. I think that's
the pro criminal thing we have going on in the
(08:36):
Democratic Party. And it's obviously it's heinous. But do you
really believe, Ryan, do you really believe that other than
the straight pervert who latches onto the movement, and again
that the movement has a lot of bad motives and
I've laid some of those out, but other than the
straight pervert, do you really believe that that part of
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the organized political effort, now we have been opposing right
to sexualized kids, subvert parental rights, et cetera, is actually
to legalize adult sex with children.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
The permissiveness that they are championing goes to your broader point,
but I think it's a specific point as well. They
are not as harsh or firm on punishment for child
sex offenders, and they want to reduce those punishments. And
like I said, it's a very important point and distinction
you've made it. I've made it Rich Guggenheim gaze against groomers.
(09:30):
The God is groomers. Why are they grooming? What are
they grooming them?
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Forward?
Speaker 1 (09:33):
But this goes back to I do think now if
you separate this out from from those who now wanted
to be legal for adults to have sex with children.
And my point is that is not the core of
the movement right now that is behind all these awful bills.
But as I've said, for some in the organized political movement,
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is their motive to recruit? Is their motive to get
more kids to trans Is there?
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (10:06):
I do think for some, and I'm talking about in
the political movement, that is their motive. I think you're
talking about a different motive there that I don't believe
is a core part of that movement. Three out three seven, one, three, eight,
two five five. Obviously love to get your take on
that text.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
D A. N. Five, seven, seven, three nine, and.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcasting.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Wow, I was going to play some sound, but I
can't over that. Can't desecrate that song. One of the
greatest songs in American history.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Thank you, Ryan, and meaningful to you personal.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Oh it is so and to so many people listening, right,
but what a what a nice touch on and otherwise
kind of Chicago like Friday afternoon. But the difference is
it's going to be beautiful here shortly. We'll see the
sun tomorrow. How about opening day for the Rockies? All
day like that is brutal, Yeah, yeah, but it's still
a day, right, so hopefully everybody out there is having fun. Yeah,
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and yeah, well we'll talk more about the Rockies. I
am sure at the moment. So glad you're here. And
President Trump coming out today and saying this is a
great time to get rich and first caveat and I
don't just say this, please take it too hard. Never
take stock advice from me, Okay, never I've done fine.
(11:24):
I'm just saying I don't want it on my conscience.
Never ever ever do anything in the stock market, not
that you would. I'm just saying this for my own
peace of mind. But my goodness, just looking at this
as a guy, I'm no market expert, but I take
it seriously, right because I invest our Famili's money, and
I obviously in consultation with my brilliant wife, but I
(11:45):
take this stuff very seriously. And I look at this
right now and I am so angry at myself because
I was involved in a very important trial today. This
is pre trial trial testimony. Sometimes a witness in this case,
a doctor isn't going to be available, so you have
to take their trial testimony before trial, you put it
on videotape, and then you play it for the jury.
And we did that today. So I was tied up
(12:07):
in that and did not get to invest before the
market's closed it too. So I'm kicking myself because if
I had been free, you bet I would have. And
because this is this is the craziest thing I've ever
seen in my life, because what you've got, this is
just my opinion, is you've got a media that is
(12:28):
so anti Trump, right, and Trump has been on such
a role they just can't they're ready to grasp onto
anything to try to rip him. And so you know tariffs,
now that's their excuse all this panic and they're driving
so much panic selling right now and to me just
as a guy, and I'm going to back it up
(12:48):
with my own money. Again, I'm kicking myself that I
didn't have the time today to do it before too,
because I guarantee you, all of a sudden, you get
too late in the day to day and the nastag's
down about ten percent over the last two days.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Now, if I had been free, I would have done
what for me would be significant, but a significant additional
move into the market because wait, when you stop and
think about it, I mean COVID, right. I did the
same thing during COVID when the market crash during COVID.
But that was a little bit scary because you couldn't
be sure that what I thought was going to happen
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was going to happen. But I'm glad we did it
because you saw the same kind of panic selling in COVID.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
And then I just sat there and.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Thought, well, wait a second, it's got to come back, right,
I mean, and then you just think it through.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
It's got to come back.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
So we made as a couple of very significant for
us in our little world move then and We're well
rewarded for it. Glad it did it. This to me
is a more obvious no brainer, right because Trump's in
control of it.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
COVID.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
COVID, the Communist Party of China kind of inflicted it
on the world by not warning people once the outbreak occurred.
Out of that lab now here, Trump's in control of this.
Trump's in control is he could pull the tariffs any time.
Does anybody really think Donald Trump is going to let
the economy tank? And if you do, what would make
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you believe that? What would make you think that for
a second? I would bet you this, Ryan, if we
had subpoena power and we could put these people under oath,
I would bet you that Chucky Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
and all these howling at the moon Democrats, they're out
there investing right now, They're putting money back in the market.
Would be my guests, Well, I have no way to know,
(14:35):
but it would be my guest, Well, you do.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
Have a way to know. Oh yeah, you have that
way to know.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
You just named two out of the three who absolutely
sang from the same hymnal on this issue back in
the day.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Yes, they did it. But here's Here's what I would
point out.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
I would just guess that they're out putting money into
the market right now totally because this is totally illogical
right now, this panic selling because Trump is in control
of it now. First of all, I think it's going
to work in all the ways we described over the
last few days. But if it's not working, he pulls
the plug and then what happens to markets? They come
(15:12):
right back up. So this, to me is is really
illogical panic selling right now driven by a politically motivated media.
Not entirely, I understand there's plenty of professional selling going
on right now as well, but I just think it's
a great buying opportunity.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Please do not act on that. But I'm going to look.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
I think the President's doing the right thing. China has
been taking advantage of us for two decades. They're stealing
our intellectual property, which means stealing our good paying jobs.
And I, frankly am closer on this issue, not on
many but on this issue with President Trump than I
was with President's Bush or Obama.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Yeah yeah, so now.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
I was twenty eighteen, by the way, yeah, right.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Right, And obviously these problems have only gotten worse since
and and so we'll be discussed kind of the broader
terror fishing in more depth coming up in these other segments.
But but my goodness, yeah, I just think as Trump's right,
it's a great time to get rich, and everybody's got
to make their own decision based on risk tolerance, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Three someone three eight.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Two five five text d An five seven seven three
nine Dan. Do you hear any appreciable outrage expressed by
the OLGBT et cetera groups about sex with minor.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Steve in Littleton?
Speaker 1 (16:28):
No, But but the reason for that is I don't
think that's a front and center issue.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
So I'm not going to sit here and condemn.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Any politician, any group, et cetera for not coming out
and condemning sex with minors, because sex with minors is
so obviously horrific and heinous and demonic that that nobody
in the right mind could ever be expected to support it.
So to me, and if you just joined the conversation,
here's why we're off on this tangent because my good
(16:57):
friend Ryan surprised me by saying that he believes a
driving motive behind these awful radical trans bills that trumple
parental rights and harm kids, et cetera, is a desire
to have sex with children. I disagree with him on that.
I think there are plenty of bad motives behind these bills.
(17:17):
I don't believe that's one of them. So that's why
we're having this conversation.
Speaker 5 (17:21):
Well, you're connecting dots here that you're only one dot away. Dan,
you're asking the question. You're asking the question, why are
they sexualizing kids?
Speaker 7 (17:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Well, and I am giving good answers. I think your
answer is unsupported and way too far.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
I think there is some there, And speaking to Steve's
point on the text, yes, there is a group speaking
out against that. They're called Gays Against Groomers and the
log Cabin Republicans. They are speaking out against what he's asking.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
My only point is, aren't there plenty of obvious bad
motives behind these horrible bills? I just think to take
that next step and say that's a motive they actually
want to have sex with the young children. Isn't enough
to say they're trying to recruit, trample parental rights, etc.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
You're on the Dan Capitla Show.
Speaker 4 (18:10):
You're listening to the Dan Kapliss Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Boy My Mom, was so wise.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
She taught us very young the key to happiness in
life is to understand the true definition of rich, right,
And for those who decide it means money, how many
of those do you think end up happy versus those
who get it right?
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Right? Hey, let's go to the VIP line.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Welcome our friend, Representative ty Winter, whose assistant minority leader
down at the legislature, which would explain all of the
bumps and bruises on your head right now, my friend,
it has to be like banging your head against the
wall of the State Capitol like every day when.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
You show up. But God, love you for doing it.
How you doing good?
Speaker 4 (19:00):
Brother?
Speaker 7 (19:00):
It's great to talk to you. And sometimes we equate
it to a mixture of Groundhog Day and Rocky three.
Up every morning and you fight, club or laying and
then you get up and do it the next day
all over again.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah yeah, but thank god you and others are willing
to do it.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
So yeah, every day there's something new and even more
crazy out of that place.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
But what has you really going right now?
Speaker 1 (19:22):
You know?
Speaker 7 (19:22):
Just the whole issue with Senate Bill three is the
first thing that's going to kick it off. I mean,
we spent over I mean, the House Republicans sor have
been fighting tooth and nail on everything, but we spent
over thirty hours between committees and floor work. We held
them in nine hours, just in the stage of the beginning.
I mean, we didn't need to get out of the
committees to run amendments when of course we were done.
(19:44):
So you know, we fought really hard on that. And
we've been you know, drilling down in committees, trying to
fight you know, censure, trying to fight being silence. You know,
our motive is being impugned. You know, down here they
just live off of emotions and feelings. Facts don't matter
so much. So you know, we're fighting all of those things.
But we don't mind being in the fight. And we
appreciate all the thanks and the prayers, and just know
(20:06):
that your House Republicans, we are in the fight and
we will continue to fight until the last day, you know.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Which brings us to I think a really key point.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
And I don't know why I'm quoting my late mom
sat Mom so much today, but so many of these issues.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Just call for it is.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
And I actually went back and I checked this to
make sure I wasn't going to botch this because I'm
not known as a biblical expert. But it is I
have fought the good fight. I have finished the race.
I have kept the faith. It isn't that I won
the race, right, because all you can do in a
situation like you're in right now is fight as hard
as you can. And to me, that's more admirable than
(20:46):
people in situations where they're just guaranteed to win, you know,
as long as they can fog a mirror. They're in
a political situation where they are guaranteed to win no
matter what. I have more respect for the people like
you who are fighting against these impossible odds. Yeah, we
all want to win, right, I mean, you wouldn't be
where you are, Nobody listening the show would be where
they are if they didn't want to win, and if
they weren't winners. But there's extra admiration for those in
(21:10):
an impossible position like this who keep fighting.
Speaker 7 (21:14):
That's right. So every once in a while I wake
up and I read Roosevelt's Man in the Arena. I
think that that's also something that motivates me and is
also important. MIGHT have a huge portrait of the saying
in my office and there are days I have to
come in here and recenter myself with that. And you know,
at the end of the day, you know, all God
asked us to do is to fight, because we all
know we're going to win in the end. He isn't
(21:35):
guarantee a win here, but we know in the end
we win. So we show up every day and we fight.
And that's the commitment we've made not only to the
Republicans in Colorado, but the Independence and even the conservative
Democrats that want us to fight for affordability, who want
us to fight against crime and for safer streets, who
want to fight for parental rights and to have them
keep their hands off out of our pockets when it
(21:56):
comes to Tabor. So we take up those fights every day.
And you know, I just appreciate you, you know, talking
about the quote that your mom used to use out
of the Bible, because that's the stuff that really matters, sir.
And when we have good people like you standing behind us,
it makes this job a lot easier.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Well, I appreciate you saying that.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Obviously I have the easy job I just talked here,
But the reality is that whether somebody I mean you
and I happen to share a Christian faith. But whether
somebody has that faith or they don't, everybody, I think,
just knows that it's a basic obligation of being on
this planet that you have to stand up to evil.
And there is some evil, evil stuff, you know, coming
(22:34):
out of the left in this legislative session. I don't
mean the individuals are evil, but there's some evil stuff
coming out. I mean this business yesterday trying to make
it illegal for a dad to say to his son, Hey, no,
you're really Johnny. You're not Jane, no matter what those
teachers at school tell you, or a mom to say
to her daughter, hey you're really Jane. You're not Johnny.
(22:57):
You know, no matter what those people at school tell you,
that's now going to be criminalized.
Speaker 7 (23:03):
Yeah, I mean, and that's where it comes to the
parental rights fight. I mean, they're always to the extreme
on one end, and I mean parents can even take
their kids through the process. I mean, I think that
they think all parents are closed minds and parents love
their kids. But if parents think their kids need to
see the priest or a pastor, or if they want
them to see a therapist and talk about the issues
(23:23):
that these kids are facing. They totally shot that out.
If your kid comes home and feels a certain way
and you automatically just don't affirm the way they feel,
your kids can be taken from you by the state.
We're actually hearing that bill on seconds today and we
fought for parental rights and we did all day. Unfortunately,
we were rule fourteen today all four bills when we start.
(23:46):
That means that they limited debate to two hours a
piece per bill. So we started this morning, we gabbled
in at nine o'clock. They rule fourteen to every bill.
Right now, we're on the last bill as we speak,
but we were only given two hours. And I mean,
you've got twenty two legislators, Yeah, just on our side,
and if everybody wants to speak, and then with them speaking,
so then they're silencing the voices of our constitutions. Well,
(24:07):
that's the unfortunate thing.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
But that just tells you you're right and they're wrong. Right.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
It's just like this garbage in committee where they come
out and said, oh no, we're not going to confer
with the stakeholders on this new bill that says in
a custody fight, it's held against a parent if they
tell their boys, really a boy, you know, they say, oh, no,
you know, you don't confer with the KKK and civil
rights legislation. So that kind of of hateful line garbage
(24:34):
is just an admission by them that they can't win
a discussion. They can't win an argument, right, they can't
win a fair fight in the legislature. So all they
can do is say, no, we're not going to engage
in discussion because you're the KKK. When they sound like,
you know, stupid little kids on a playground. But it's
all because they know they can't win the argument.
Speaker 7 (24:54):
Well, you think they'd learned something from the last election cycle.
I mean they were a little bit insulated and call
Colorado and we did gain three seats back in the House,
in the congressional seat. That's great, but they feel insulated
and they can't look outside the borders of Colorado and
see exactly what you said. The house of cards for
that way of thinking is falling all over the nation.
And I think that we're going to get to that
point in Colorado. I mean, you look at today. We
(25:17):
are going to spend from nine in the morning till
seven o'clock tonight debating these which we need to have
our side heard for our constituents. When we could have
been working on affordability, we could have been working on safety,
we could have been working on lowering taxes, we could
have working about making our streets safer. But that isn't
what they're about. There's no money for them to spend
this year, so they're just bringing a social agenda. And
basically what this is, this is anti Trump language all
(25:40):
the time. They don't like Trump, and they're going to
make Republicans pay in the state House with some of
the most egregious bills that we've seen through here in
my three years here. So you know, it's a knee
jerk reaction for them, and I just don't think they
realize where they're sitting, because I think in the next
election cycle, if the people of Colorado that want to
save the state get out and vote and vote in force,
we're going to be a formidable opponent.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Well, I think the eight key across the state representative
time winner our guest is that people vote their faith.
I don't mean Catholics voting for Catholics or anything like that.
I just mean people voting for the core principles of
their faith. And voting for people who will reflect those
in the type of policies they enact. If that happened
(26:22):
across Colorado, this thing would flip overnight.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
That's why I.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
Remember when Jared Paulus, the day after he won the
governor's office the first time, came out and said people
have to keep their faith out of the public square
because he knew if people vote consistent with their faith,
the left loses.
Speaker 7 (26:38):
That's right, and those are the values that we need
to talk about when we're talking to the general public,
and we're speaking from the well to the people of Colorado.
Is believe it or not, I believe the Republican Party
in this House is more aligned with people than they think.
And I think more and more people are starting to
see the attacks on the nuclear family, parental rights, I mean,
their ability to make a living. So I think that
(26:59):
the message that we're speaking outside of this building is
starting to resonate with people. We see a huge up
tick on our social media. Hired everybody to go to
the House, Republicans on Facebook, on x all of those platforms,
sign up for our Mighty twenty two newsletter, go to
our website. Because people are starting to see We've had
numerous groups. I mean Representative Calwell just did an interview
(27:19):
on the Daily Wire podcast. I mean that's huge. I
mean we're being shared by influencers, lives of TikTok. I
mean we have David Harris Junior. So like we're starting
to get the word out where people are even calling
and going, what the hell's going on in Colorado. So
Fox News we're starting to hit some of the big news.
So the more attention we can bring on the insanity
in this building, not only the better it will be
for Republicans and people with great values in this state.
(27:43):
That'll be good for the electric because they're going to
get to see what's going on.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
Amen, do that. Take keep fighting the good fight, my friend,
and we'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 7 (27:51):
Thank you, Dad, have a good one. Brother, God bless
America you too.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
Representative Tie Winter fighting really really hard down there.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
And you see, Ryan, I know we.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Have did this break but the latest and it ties
right into this right Obviously, the Democrats in Colorado field
are electorally bulletproof because the latest from them they dropped
a late bill today. We'll talk about it when we
come back, which will change Colorado law to further protect
people here illegally. At the same time police is insisting
(28:21):
we're not a sanctuary state. We're not a sanctuary state.
And some of this stuff they want to do now
is beyond mind blowing. You're on the dan Caplas.
Speaker 4 (28:29):
Show and now back to the Dankaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 8 (28:34):
We're the largest consumer market in the world, and yet
the only thing we export as services, and we.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Need to stop that.
Speaker 8 (28:40):
We need to get back to a time of country
that can make things, and to do that we have
to reset the global order of trade.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
And the other question, well, the.
Speaker 8 (28:47):
Worst thing is to leave it the way it is forever.
I mean, this just can't continue. We can't continue to
be a country that doesn't make things. We have to
be able to make things to provide jobs for Americans.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
That's it.
Speaker 8 (28:57):
It's that's simple. China as an example, it's outrageous. I mean,
they don't consume anything. All they do is export and
flood and the store markets. In addition to all the
tariffs and barriers they put in place.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
How does anybody argue with that logic at least about
the underlying problem?
Speaker 7 (29:11):
Right?
Speaker 1 (29:12):
I understand that reasonable and smart people can disagree about
the solution, but I think the two things that cannot
be disagreed about reasonably are We've got an enormous problem
in this country, starting with a national security problem, then
a national health problem, and then a long term national
economic health problem. And that is that we're not making stuff.
(29:34):
We're not making stuff at anywhere near the level we
need to. We're not making the stuff at anywhere near
the level we need to that this nation needs to
live and to function day in and day out. What
We're just going to sit here and just just be
confident that China and the rest of the world isn't
going to turn off the spigot I mean, or that
there isn't going to be another pandemic or some other
(29:56):
kind of disaster which interrupts those supply mean I mean, no,
I really admire Trump for having the guts to stand
up and be willing to endure political pain in order
to try to change this course that we're on now.
In the end, well, tariffs have been proven to be
the right move or not, I'm not certain, but I
know the status quo isn't And who from either party
(30:19):
has had the courage before to be willing to try
to change that status quo. But this market thing. I
want to get to the phone lines and again, please
do the opposite of anything I suggest on stocks. And
I'll never suggest anything on stocks. I'll just tell you
what I do. And I look at this right now,
and I think this is utter madness panic selling.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
I understand institutional investors.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
They've got their algorithms and they've got to sell here
and they've got to sell there. I'm not saying any
of that's crazy. I'm just saying when you look at
this Trump hating media, which sees this chance now to
hammer them, and they're so gleefully helping the market drops,
so they run all these panic stories and then you
have all these hard working people go out there and
l in a panic moment. It's madness, right because unlike COVID,
(31:05):
which created a great buying opportunity, and I'm grateful we
were able to take advantage of that, but but here
Trump's in control. COVID there was limited control. Trump's in
control here. He could change course at any time. So
why would anybody be sitting here thinking that that that
Wait a second, this market isn't going to come back up.
(31:26):
Let's go to Mike the Millennial, probably a ninety year
old guy, but I love the spirit.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
You're on the Dan Kapla Show. Welcome Mike.
Speaker 9 (31:34):
No, Dan, you don't remember me. I've called into your
show many.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Oh, thank you you are Mike the Millennial.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
Thank you. I thought it was an imposter.
Speaker 9 (31:43):
No, no, unfortunately.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
Now do you go buy that on X two? Are
you actually Mike the Millennial?
Speaker 9 (31:49):
Well, it's funny, you know, I've I've listened to talk
radio for a lot of my life. I called and
used to call into the Jimbo Hannan show before he died,
and also Coast to Coast am George Nori over on KOA.
But that's kind of what they usually call me on
when I call in. But anyways, No, it's good to
talk to you again, Dan, and you know, thank you.
It's always for your very thoughtful assessments on every show
(32:11):
you do. And I just had a quick comment about
tarriffs at orright and so yeah. So yesterday Chuck Grassley
did something pretty astonishing. He joined with Democrat Maria Cantwell
introduce introducing a bill giving Congress the power to stop
any and all of Trump's tarots. The measure which was
(32:34):
introduced Thursday, would limit the president's power to impose tarriffs.
It would require the president to notify Congress within forty
eight hours of such an imposition, and the bill also
would allow Congress to end any tariff at any time.
And you know, I think it's significant because you know,
we've seen I think the four other Republican senators join
(32:56):
in the issue of tariffs on camp to go with
the Democrats. But I think this is significant because this
is the first time we've seen an actual Republican senator
join a Democrat in introducing a bill to essentially oppose
Trump's wishes, right, And I think also, you know, part
of what Trump is thinking is going to happen is
(33:17):
that all of these countries are going to line up
to come to Washington to renegotiate the price of you know,
goods that they're selling to the United States. I don't
know if that's the reality or not. And so the
ends have to justify the means, right, because people are
obviously losing money. But now Jones obviously tanked from over
forty thousand to into the thirties. So you know, Trump
(33:41):
was saying that the last month's jobs report says, it's
all working, it's all great, But I don't know if
that's going to be enough to justify the continuing tariffs
in the long term. Now, Trump is kind of a negotiator, right,
He's a businessman, so he wants to negotiate. But I
just you know, he tries to force respect all these countries,
(34:01):
and you have to realize respect is earned, it's not
just getting well you willy willy.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
But eminem, let me jump in here for a second there,
in terms of trying to force respect, No, what Trump
is trying to do.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
Is to use the might of the United States of.
Speaker 1 (34:15):
America, to use the leverage, because it's easy to forget
at times, right, might because of the way the Democrats
in their media arm have tried to portray things that
we are the greatest country in the history of the world.
The economic might of the US is unsurpassed. So as
long as we're willing to use that ethically and within
the bounds of the law, there is an awful lot
(34:37):
that can be accomplished to level the playing field. Now,
your excellent point about Chuck Grassley Ran Paul, who I
also respect. Seeing these tariffs are disaster. I think This
just comes back to a key point, Mike, and that
is that any kind of bold move to try to
stop this country from going off a cliff is going
to run some risk, and it's certainly going to involve
(34:59):
some at least short term pain. And there are a
lot of people politically who just aren't willing to risk that.
Yet the GOP could get wiped out in the midterms
if this play doesn't work. So I get the concerns
out there, but we know status quo won't work, and
Trump's in control here.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
This is going to work somehow, sometime
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