January 5, 2026 • 34 mins
Erin Lee, founder of Protect Kids Colorado, joins Dan with an update during her visit to the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. on Children’s Hospital & Denver Health pausing child gender reassignment surgeries for the time being - and why it's not a complete victory yet for those fighting to protect the bodies of kids with gender dysphoria.
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Amy Parks joins Dan to announce her inspired run for Colorado House District 51, formerly occupied by her long-time partner Hugh McKean - who died tragically of a heart attack in his home in 2022 at the age of 55. She is mounting a primary challenge of embattled current Rep. Ron Weinberg, who has been embroiled in controversy over alleged inappropriate behavior toward female colleagues and associates in the General Assembly.
Amy Parks for HD 51
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Erin for Parental Rights (@Erin4Parents) / X
Amy Parks joins Dan to announce her inspired run for Colorado House District 51, formerly occupied by her long-time partner Hugh McKean - who died tragically of a heart attack in his home in 2022 at the age of 55. She is mounting a primary challenge of embattled current Rep. Ron Weinberg, who has been embroiled in controversy over alleged inappropriate behavior toward female colleagues and associates in the General Assembly.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
And today I want to get back to and we'll
do this in a few minutes, talking about the conversation
I just had with Greg Lopez, who has left the
Republican Party now running for governor as an independent. So
I want to go back through some of the q
and a from that, get your take on it, the
impact you think it's.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Going to have.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
In the meantime, so happy to have Aaron Lee with
us from Protect Kids Colorado. She's the executive director, talking
about the latest moves by Children's Hospital and Denver Health
under pressure from the Trump administration. Aaron, Welcome back to
the DANKPLI Show.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
Thank Dan, Thanks for having.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Me my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
So bring people up to speed on the latest health
and human services getting involved. RFK Junior takes some action. Yet,
Well where do you think this is headed?
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
I'm actually here in DC right now with some of
the authors of that AHHS report learning a lot about
the issue. Man, the Trump hammer has certainly swung down
and they are restricting Medicaid funding to these mutilation procedures.
And I want to highlight that Colorado is what I
call a mutilation sanctuary state, so we are having children
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traffic here to get these procedures, this chemical castration, this
surgical mutilation. And the latest report is that Children's Hospital
Colorado and Denver Health have paused these procedures on children
because of the Medicaid funding withholding. But it's important to
note that they've done this once before. When Trump put
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out the executive orders they claim to pause on these procedures.
Then Bill Weiser sued the Trump administration and within twenty
four hours they were backed to mutilating children's healthy bodies again.
So this is very much a pause.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
It is a reaction to.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
The federal government. But I do anticipate that in no
time they will announce that they've picked back up the procedures.
And it's also important to note that this doesn't include
fraudulent coding that often happens. I do believe these procedures
will continue to happen while they claim to be on
a pause. You know, outside of these medical systems, they
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will do referrals, they will fraudulently code the procedures, and
so I just want to caution people that this is
not a solution, This is not the end of the problem,
and we must outlaw this in the state of Colorado
and Erin.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
For those not familiar, can you describe you call it
chemical castration? Describe what has been paused at this point,
and I understand your reason for concern that it may
soon be resumed, but what exactly has been paused?
Speaker 4 (02:53):
So their claim is that they're stopping the puberty blockers
and these sex rejecting surgery. So when I say chemical castration,
these puberty blockers, which they claim to be, you know,
a pause on puberty, are castration drugs. Lucon is used
to castrate sex offenders in prison, and that's what they
are giving these young children to stop their healthy puberty
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as young as age eight. If people navigate to the
Colorado Medicaid websites, they recommend starting these drugs on children
at Tanner stage two, which is age eight.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And then what effect do the drugs have? I understand
the castration piece, but how do they go to work
on these kids and how did we get to the
point where these are being administered.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Yeah, the idea is to stop their normal puberty. And
you know, the advocates of this will claim that they're
putting a pause until children can figure out which sex
they want to be. But the reality is that puberty
is a normal part of development, and so when children
receive these drugs, it affects their brain development, it affects
their bone density, They're known to cause cancer. They're stopping
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the normal process of the human development, and it has
effects beyond just their sexual function. But I should also
point out that when a child is put on puberty
blockers into cross sex hormones, so into the wrong sex hormones,
they are one hundred percent rendered sterilized. So they're giving
these stugs to children as young as age eight who
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cannot give informed consent, who will lose all sexual function
and ability to procreate for the rest of their lives.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Horrific.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Aaron Lee with us from Protect Kids Colorado. What's your
handle on X for those who want to follow you?
Speaker 4 (04:38):
As Aaron the number four parents And.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
You know, one of the things that's most offensive to me,
obviously the harm being done to the kids is number
one by far.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
But just the.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Lie in what they call this when they call it
gender affirming care. And I've always been a believer that
when they give something a name, that is a lie.
That's an admission by them that they know it's wrong,
you know it, Just just like you know, abortion rights
advocates can't use the abortion word anymore, so they call
it reproductive choice or whatever. Here, how can you call
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this gender affirming care when the whole purpose of the
drug is to eliminate or reverse one's actual gender?
Speaker 5 (05:20):
Right?
Speaker 4 (05:21):
What a euphemism there's. First of all, there's nothing caring
about it. I like to call it sex rejecting procedures.
You know, you're not affirming anything. Gender really isn't real.
There' say such thing as gender. There are two sexes,
there are infinite personalities, and I don't even like to
use the word gender. So we really have to stop
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using their language and call it what it is. These
are sex rejecting procedures, These are castration drugs, and these
are mutilating surgeries.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Boy, that's that's very good. I'm going to use that
if I have your permission. Absolutely, sex rejecting procedures.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
So what's next?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Really interesting to see them Macaire annex of this as
I understand it, You know, Secretary R. FK Junior ended
up referring this for investigation to the HHS Council. That's
what brought us the pause. I understand why you think
it'll be a temporary pause. Is there any potential here
for anything criminally? My understanding is this is more a
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pause based upon Hey, this stuff doesn't work, this stuff
is harmful.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Their pause is related to funding. So what JHASS under
RFKJ has done is what held Medicaid funding to hospitals
that are doing these procedures to children, and so they're
them pausing is really just an effort not to lose
funding for their hospital systems. Which is funny, isn't it,
Because their first argument was that we weren't doing this,
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this isn't happening, and now it's very clear.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
That it is happening there openly.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
That they're stopping. You think.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Stops, then I.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Don't need this long term fix. I appreciated to the
federal form here having here with Cha.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
And Aaron.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
I think we've lost our connection with you, but very
grateful to you for your time.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Can you still hear me? I can, yeah, okay, And
if we have a if the connection is strong enough.
For one last question, I love your take on this.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
I mean, I sit back and I look at both
Children's Hospital and Denver Health and I've been practicing, you know,
catastrophic injury law for over forty years, and I see
the great work that both of these hospitals have done
with really badly injured people. So both are very, very,
very good hospitals in so many different ways. Why would
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they even mess with this? Why would they even mess
with these sex reversing procedures or sex rejecting procedures you
call them.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Right, sex projecting procedures certainly distracts from the good work
that these hospitals are actually doing. All roads lead back
to profit. There's so much money to be made. Some
of these castration drugs cost upwards of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars more year per patient.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Oh my lord.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
So there's a real profit motive for the doctors the
butchers who are doing this to children. And you know,
these drugs they do have a physical effect. You know,
they cause physical changes to the bodies. It's not only
the surgeries that are physically mutilating to these kids.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Man, Well, Aaron, thank you for your time today. Let's
stay in touch on this and I hope everybody follows
Aaron for parental rights on X. Look forward to the
next conversation.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Thanks for having me again, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
You take care.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
So wow wow, And that's man, That is what is
so hard for me to understand. Both of these institutions
do great work in lots of other ways, so why.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Even mess with this.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I understand Aaron's explanation about following the money profit motives.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
I had no idea that one of those.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Drugs you know, costs two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
But boy, I'm just surprised as institutions they'd.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Be involved with this. Is it a political pressure thing? Obviously?
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Colorado is you know, control top to bottom by the
far far left, and this has become a pisar litmus
test for them. You know, are are you willing to
tell the lie and say that a man's really a woman?
Are you willing to bend the knee and say that
a woman's really a man? Are you willing to tell
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the big lie that there are more than two sexes.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
So is it a political pressure thing? Love you're taking that.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
But when we come back, I really want to get
your take on my interview with Greg Lopez, who has
now left the Republican Party running for governor as an independent.
Why do you think he's doing it? What effect do
you think it's going to have? You're on the Dan
Caplas Show.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 5 (09:55):
You will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the
warm of collectivism.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Mom Donnie.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
And the only reason I play that, other than give
everybody a laugh, is because it is where the Democrat
Party is at right now. Whether you're talking about a
Michael Bennett or you're talking about a Mom Donnie, at
their core, they're at the same place, which is this
fundamental transformation of America from a nation where we're focused
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on just giving people the opportunity they need to generate
their own wealth to achieve their own prosperity, which has
been you know, a secret sauce, the secret sauce in
America in many ways, and now this modern put that
in quotes Democratic Party has shifted to taking other people's
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wealth and giving it to your supporters, your voters that
that is at the core philosophically now of the modern
Democratic Party.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
And whether you dress it up very.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Blandly like a Bennette door, it's just open like Mamdani.
That is where the Democratic Party is at. So that's
the choice voters have now is, Hey, do you want
in America where we take other people's hard earned wealth
and we give it to political supporters of the party
in power, or do you want in America where we
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free people up give them full opportunity to achieve their
own success and prosperity. That's the decision for Americans now.
I understand if you have the worldview I do that
that's just the biggest no brainer in the history of Earth.
But the Democrats are betting that a majority of the
people are going to want to go the other way
with it, and we'll see what choice is made there
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three or three seven one three eight two five five
text d an five seven seven three nine. I think
the Democrats are going to lose that. I think they're
going to lose that war, and it won't be in
every state at the same time. But you can see
the trend line in America is against the Democratic Party
because that's not the America people. Here's the big mistake
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the Democrats make, and that is they really do think
less of working people. They think less of lower middle
income people, They sure as hell think less of poor people.
And it's that elitism in that airrogance. And I've experienced
that is the son of a competent mom who could
have done anything but chose to stay home with us,
which was the toughest job you could get, and they
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look down on us. And so they think that we're
all out there jealous of the rich people, and we
want the rich people's money and we want the Democrats
to take that and give it to us.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
And they couldn't be more wrong, because.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
That the vast majority of working people don't want that
at all. That they want a fair opportunity for their kids.
They want a fair shake, and not so ironically, it's
the Democrats who prevent that, who stand in the way
of that, starting with education, when the Democrats block through
our programs and other school choice programs. Because it's really straightforward,
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this isn't philosophy that if you give you say, take
all the children of working people and lower middle income
people and poor people, and you give all those kids,
you know, something close to equal opportunity and education. They're
going to kick ass, pardon me, they're gonna kicktail, and
they're going to go out there overall and they're going
to prosper and succeed and do great things in the world.
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And if money is their priority, they're going to make
a lot of money whatever. But the Democrats don't want
that because the Democrats know once people start making a
certain amount of money, usually around sixty five thousand, the
majority are going to vote Republican.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
So that's the world we're in right now.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
And that's why I played that mom Donnie sound, because
he's just more open about it. Three out three seven,
three eight, two five five of the number. He want
to get your take on my conversation with Greg Lopez.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
I've had Greg on for years. I've always enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Good guy, and he's been a Republican as long as
I'd known him. He may have been a Democrat at
some point in the past I can't recall but early nineties,
thank you, But but Greg has had a lot of
success as a Republican. In fact, Ryan, and you know
how highly I think of Heidi Ganal and I think
she would have been a great governor. But Greg Lopez
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got two hundred and ninety two and eighty seven votes
for governor in that GOP primary in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
And he I think lost to Heidi by about forty
thousand votes.
Speaker 6 (14:23):
By seven.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Yeah, But the point being that unaffiliated's in that twenty
two cycle, I think they cast about two hundred thousand
votes in the GOP primary. They cast two hundred and
thirty one thousand votes in that GOP primary, So if
you're talking about Republican voters, only Greg probably wins that primary.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
The point of this story.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Is that Greg Lopez with his appeal, is likely to
in my opinion, and I mentioned this during my interview
with him, is likely to appeal a lot of votes
away from the GOP candidate for governor. And we all
know the math. The GOP candidate for governor, whoever she
or he is, is going to have a real uphill battle,
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and they can't afford to be losing any quote normally
GOP type of votes.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
So I think this.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Road, which may be very very hard, is very very
hard to begin with, just got a lot harder. Greg's belief,
as you heard him say on this show is that
he believes he's going to take more from Democrats. So
what do you think three h three seven one three
eight two five five text d An five seven.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Seven three nine what's your take on that? Ryan?
Speaker 2 (15:36):
By the way, Ryan is now doing this great morning
show on six point thirty kidsch a w out of Denver.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
It's a really big deal. Hope you listen to him
all the time. So what do you think?
Speaker 2 (15:46):
What what is Greg's effect on the GOP primary. I've
got my own thoughts on that, and what's his effect
on the general?
Speaker 7 (15:53):
I believe Greg might have a bit of a point Dan,
in that he could turn out unaffiliateds that are disast
with both parties and wouldn't otherwise show up to vote.
I asked him the question during his appearance with me earlier.
If you know, he is so kind of known in
the public sphere, and that's to his credit and to
his advantage. He would have thought in a GOP primary
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if that would count against him with an affiliates saying hey,
I know this guy's a Republican.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
I know he's conservative, and I don't.
Speaker 7 (16:21):
Vote for Republicans, and I don't care if he changed
his affiliation but he seemed to think that he can
make it work in urban areas, drawing away from those
who would never think about voting for a Republican but
might look his way because of, as he said it,
his ethnicity and his experience working in an urban center
when it comes to Parker.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
So I think there's something.
Speaker 7 (16:42):
To be said for that, but I still fear Dan
exactly what we saw in twenty ten with Dan May's
Tom tan Credo, a splitting of the vote that just
hands the election of the Democrat. In that case it
was John Hickenlooper and Dan Yell Nuschwenger didn't do anybody
any favors by staying in the race Constitution Party herself
and triangulated the vote, albeit by a very small margin.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
But you never know with Heidiganaal and Jared Polis.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Yeah, listen, in the general, if Creig Lopez had ten
twenty thirty million behind him so people could really get
to know him, then yeah, there might be that possibility
to catch fire with unaffiliateds who don't normally vote. But
unless he has that kind of money, how are they
going to learn about him? You know, the media certainly
isn't going to tell him I think I think it's
obvious what's going to happen in the general with Craig
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in the primary. What's the effect on the GOP primary
going to be? I think it's it's probably going to
hurt Barb Kirkmeyer, who I think is viewed as the
establishment candidate, because there'll be less splintering now of the
grassroots vote in the GOP primary. But in any case,
love to get your take on that when we come back.
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Somebody wants to announce for office on this show. Every
single race is important, right, so look forward to talking
with this new candidate after the break.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Is that Ryan you're stealing our song?
Speaker 2 (18:11):
I happen to be married to it me not our
next guest now, but no, Yeah, Amy Park's kind enough
to join us. She has an important announcement. Amy, welcome
back to the Dan Caplis Show.
Speaker 5 (18:22):
Hey, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Yeah, tell everybody what you're up to. Please.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
Well, I think you introduced me, but I am Amy
Parks and a little bit about my background. I'm a
mom of three nearly grown children and we've lived in Loveland,
which happens to also be House District fifty one for
the past fifteen years. I'm a communications professional working in
the world of water, and I have helped to get
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Republican candidates elected in Larmer and Wealth Counties for over
a decade. Now, I'm not sure if you preface this
segment at all with any background or why this seat
is so special and important.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
You know, I haven't, So I think people know we
had you on the show many times, and what a
great guy, and he's dearly missed, I know, very very
much so by you and your family, but so interesting
now that you'll be pursuing his seat again.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
Yeah, he and I work together to keep this seat
secure and to represent it well, so it is very
special to me. After he passed, I filled his immediate
vacancy and I finished that term that he was serving,
and then Ron Weinberg was elected to fill the vacancy
for the newly elected term. So I'm pretty concerned about
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some of the actions that are sitting representative has been
involved in lately, I guess, and the seat is very,
very vulnerable and we can't take our chances. So I
am here today to declare my candidacy for how District
fifty one.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Well, and I sure appreciate you coming on this show
to do it. All of these districts are important, right,
but this district particularly important for a lot of different reasons,
including the fact, I mean, you know, you McKinney was
a great and powerful and impactful figure in that district,
and Ron Weinberg obviously, you know, facing a lot of
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different concerns and accusations. So the fact you're entering the
race I think is very newsworthy and significant.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
And and give us an overview, if you would, of
what this primary is going to look like.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Are you going to be focused on Representative Wineberg's issues
and those accusations.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
How's this all going to play out?
Speaker 5 (20:46):
Yeah, that's a good question. Really, I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed
in what I'm hearing, but that's going to shake itself out.
That's not my primary focus. As I said, this is
very vulnerable. We recently, or just last week, had our
former mayor also declared her candidacy as a Democrat for
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the general election. And she she's got her challenges, and
I just feel this seat is vulnerable. She's tough, well known,
and we cannot take our chances. We're in a date minority,
and we cannot afford to be asleep at the wheel
or create noise at the capitol that distracts from the
work that needs to be done.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
No, I think you're right, Amy Parks, our guest, and
I think you're so wise to be pointing out to people.
Wait a second, this isn't a guaranteed. W This seat
could be lost. The Democrats have fielded a strong candidate
ideologically wrong, but a strong candidate. And so what can
folks do if they're interested in chipping in and helping
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you out here?
Speaker 5 (21:52):
Yeah, that would be great. I purfonse my website and
that can be found at Amy Parkscolorado dot com, where
folks can learn more about me, they can sign up
to join our team, they can make a contribution. It's
going to take all hands on deck and just all
of us working together, full steam ahead to get this done.
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It's not going to be easy, but I do fully
intend to stay focused on families and making this state
more affordable and more safe for the families that are
trying to live here.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
And Amy, what's the most important thing, separate from policy stuff?
The most important thing about you, your life that people
should know.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Oh, my gosh. I take what I do very seriously.
I think I'm very honest and transparent about what I do.
My kids are my world. I have a twenty year old,
an eighteen year old who's played football. He's headed off
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to Santas a State on a football scholarship, and have
a fourteen year old boy with Down syndrome, and they
are my absolute world. And in raising them, I've navigated
a lot of things, especially with my youngest son, and
the education system, in the insurance world, and being an
advocate and a caregiver. It's just I have a heart
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for people, and that's why I'm why I'm doing this.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
And but what would you.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I mean, I've known a number of parents of kids
with Down syndrome, and.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
All of them talk about a level of love.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
They didn't know was possible and a level of fulfillment.
Obviously massive challenges, But how would you describe that to people?
Speaker 5 (23:46):
Oh my gosh, so Alton is hilarious. I do not
remember what life was like before him, but truly, what it's.
Speaker 4 (23:58):
Like for a child or I assume adults too with.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
Down center they just live in the moment and it's
amazing because they don't have anxiety about what's coming up.
They don't stay upset. I mean, he has his moments,
for sure, but he doesn't stay angry or upset or
seek revenge. He lives in the moment right now. And
if we could all just take a little bit of that,
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I think our world would be.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
A better place. Wow.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
And well, I've got to tell you, and I think
everybody listening just so much respect for you and for
every parent who takes on the challenges, but also just
give so much love. And I would think that would
be a unique and special qualifier, you know, for somebody
to then get into public service. But well, he really
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grateful that you came on the show to announce that.
I'm sure we'll be in touch as.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
The race unfolds.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
And I love the point you're making that people can
I'd assume this district is a slam dunk, so got
to hold.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
On to it.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Yeah, it is not a slam dunk.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
And give people that website once more, if you would please.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Yep, it's Amy Parks, Colorado, Amyparkscolorado dot com.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Wonderful, Hey, appreciate the time, Amy.
Speaker 5 (25:20):
Good luck, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
That is Amy Parks and as you know, we don't
normally do local races on the show, but there are
some districts that pop up and they are particularly compelling
stories or certain importance and a given race, and yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Have to hold on to that seat. And obviously we've
talked on.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
The show before about, you know, the allegations against Representative Weinberg,
and I'm sure we'll have him back on the show
to talk about that as well. But appreciate Amy spending
some time with us. Hey, when we come back, want
to get your take on this. We've talked a lot
about Tucker Carlson over the years on this show, and
Tuck Carlson has said some brilliant things and some very correct.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Things over the years.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
He said something about this magnificent, stunning, brilliant, courageous military mission,
you know, so courageously authorized by President Trump as well,
but so perfectly carried out and so important to the
safety of this nation, and it benefits the.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
World in so many ways.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Tucker Carlson has come out and criticized it in part.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
He's talked about President Trump's motive for doing it, and
the motive he's now ascribing to Trump. I think is
straight out of Looneyville. And when we come back, and
you'll hear Tucker Carlson say it himself, my question for
you will be, what in the world do you think
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is going on with Tucker Carlson.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
You're on the Dan Capla Show.
Speaker 6 (26:55):
And now back to the Dan Kaplass Show podcast.
Speaker 8 (26:59):
Tell me how this news is being received in Iran,
how's it being received in Russia, how's it being received
in China? All three predictably will deplore this kind of
activity publicly. Privately they will be impressed with the military
capability here. I would argue none of those three militaries
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could have executed an operation like this, and again we
just we tend to just breeze by this. But the
idea of finding Fixing, kidnapping, taking him out alive with
his wife, no casualties on the side of the US,
that's an extraordinary military operation. So I think while there
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will be a lot of public condemnation of the United
States predictably from those three nations, privately they'll be saying
to themselves, hmm, that's a very capable military That's not
a bad thought to pop up in Beijing, Moscow and
Tea these.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Days totally world changing.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
I mean, think about the way to start twenty twenty six,
and that's what I predicted at the end of twenty five.
This was going to be a great year, and in
large part it was going to be a great year
because of Donald J.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Trump.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
And you talk about the military capability that was on display,
and I hope that someday we know some of these names,
and some of these brave men and women can get
full public credit because the President was courageous and authorizing
the training for the mission, the concept, let alone giving
the go ahead on the mission, but the men and women.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
Who pulled it off.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
I mean, even in movies and novels, something like this
doesn't get pulled off this flawlessly. And so think about
the positive impact on the world, friends and allies alike
that the United States of America has this military capability,
and so that is going to make you and me
and all of us in America say, it already has
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right now, but in so many different ways. And then
the deterrent effect on various bad actors out there. Absolutely
in addition to that, though, you talk about the encouraging effects,
say for the people rising up against the Iranian regime
and what a game world changer it would be if
that evil regime finally fell. And there's a better chance
(29:24):
of that happening now because Trump is real and Trump
is willing to go boldly where others have not gone before.
And it's already changed the face of the earth for
the better for American and the world. And think about
what's to come. And we have three more years of it.
And that brings us back though to this core point.
You can't fake this, you can't make this stuff up.
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But the American military was able to accomplish and that
has to scare the hell out of so many enemies
out there, and in particular the evil people who lead
those regimes, and then again encouraging allies just overall credibility obviously,
as the President knows, and it's one of the things
I praised.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Over the years is he has great physical courage.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Because President Trump knows, and if I understood correctly, I
think this extraction of this, this evil drug cartel leading
thug who took over the nation of Venezuela after losing
the election, you know, the extraction of him, I think
happened on the anniversary of Trump authorizing the elimination of
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that evil terrorist Solomoni.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
And so.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
You think about, you know, the personal courage of President Trump,
because Trump knew when he gave the Solomony order that
he was putting himself and his family in much more
danger than he was already. And sure enough, if Iran
then went out and tried to kill him.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Now, whether Iran was.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Involved in any of the either of the actual assassination attempts,
we don't know, but it is confirmed that Iran, at
that same time as Butler and then mar A Lago,
was actively trying to have Trump killed.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
And he must know that by.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Acting for America the way he just did in Venezuela,
you know, he brings even more danger upon himself. So
in this president, we have somebody who's proven he's willing
to die for this nation, and I think that gives
him even so much more credibility. So we are, and
I know it's overused, but we're in a golden moment
(31:29):
of opportunity here in this presidency. And he does some
things that I criticize on this show. You know, we're
pursuers of the truth here. But on the positive side,
he is doing and accomplishing and authorizing epic things that
have the potential to change the shape and trajectory of
the world long after he's gone, and that doesn't happen
(31:53):
that often. So I think we're all lucky to be
alive and watching it right now. For those who help
put him in office, great work, and you can see
how this can pay dividends. We're going to dig a
lot deeper into this tomorrow. I promised this, Tucker sound
let me fire it now. Kind of wax stuff, Trump
saying Eva Tucker Carlson saying Trump captured Maduro to bring
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gay marriage to Venezuela, Cup twenty eight place.
Speaker 9 (32:17):
We can safely discount democracy as a reason for affecting
regime change in Venezuela. We're not going to go kill
Nicholas Maduro because we don't like the way he's treating
his people.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
It's possible we're mad that he doesn't allow gay marriage.
Speaker 9 (32:33):
That is a distinct possibility, but no one will say
that out loud, not defending the regime, just saying one
of the most conservative countries in North or South or
Central America. Only El Salvador really comes close, which is
much smaller, of course, and by the way, the US
back to that at.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
The end of the show.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
But what difference does it make somebody as evil as Maduro?
You know, whether he supports this policy or that. See,
I couldn't care less. He's the personification of evil in
so many other ways. But for Tucker Carlson to say
Trump may have been motivated by wanting to bring gay
marriage to Venezuela. We'll talk about it more tomorrow. But
(33:13):
what happened to Tucker Carlson? How does he get to
this point? And I've praised him before on the show
when he said things that were right and correct, But
how does he or anybody get to that point? So
we'll dig into that tomorrow. Ryan, What are you have
coming up tomorrow morning? Ryan doing the Morning Show in Denver?
Speaker 7 (33:31):
Six thirty KHW Real Quick, thirty seconds to go, Shreff, Jason,
Mike's all down to three. Candidate's gonna appear at the
Forum in Greeley on Saturday that I'll be co moderating
with Mandy Connell.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
He's one of them. He joins me live in studio
for the nine am hour.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
Look forward to that and I can't wait for our
show tomorrow. Four o'clock again. Hope you join us. It
is a blessing to live in interesting times and we
are very blessed. Thank you, Ryan, have a great evening.
Catch you tomorrow on The Dan Kapla Show
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
And today I want to get back to and we'll
do this in a few minutes, talking about the conversation
I just had with Greg Lopez, who has left the
Republican Party now running for governor as an independent. So
I want to go back through some of the q
and a from that, get your take on it, the
impact you think it's.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Going to have.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
In the meantime, so happy to have Aaron Lee with
us from Protect Kids Colorado. She's the executive director, talking
about the latest moves by Children's Hospital and Denver Health
under pressure from the Trump administration. Aaron, Welcome back to
the DANKPLI Show.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
Thank Dan, Thanks for having.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Me my pleasure.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
So bring people up to speed on the latest health
and human services getting involved. RFK Junior takes some action. Yet,
Well where do you think this is headed?
Speaker 5 (01:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (01:06):
I'm actually here in DC right now with some of
the authors of that AHHS report learning a lot about
the issue. Man, the Trump hammer has certainly swung down
and they are restricting Medicaid funding to these mutilation procedures.
And I want to highlight that Colorado is what I
call a mutilation sanctuary state, so we are having children
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traffic here to get these procedures, this chemical castration, this
surgical mutilation. And the latest report is that Children's Hospital
Colorado and Denver Health have paused these procedures on children
because of the Medicaid funding withholding. But it's important to
note that they've done this once before. When Trump put
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out the executive orders they claim to pause on these procedures.
Then Bill Weiser sued the Trump administration and within twenty
four hours they were backed to mutilating children's healthy bodies again.
So this is very much a pause.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
It is a reaction to.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
The federal government. But I do anticipate that in no
time they will announce that they've picked back up the procedures.
And it's also important to note that this doesn't include
fraudulent coding that often happens. I do believe these procedures
will continue to happen while they claim to be on
a pause. You know, outside of these medical systems, they
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will do referrals, they will fraudulently code the procedures, and
so I just want to caution people that this is
not a solution, This is not the end of the problem,
and we must outlaw this in the state of Colorado
and Erin.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
For those not familiar, can you describe you call it
chemical castration? Describe what has been paused at this point,
and I understand your reason for concern that it may
soon be resumed, but what exactly has been paused?
Speaker 4 (02:53):
So their claim is that they're stopping the puberty blockers
and these sex rejecting surgery. So when I say chemical castration,
these puberty blockers, which they claim to be, you know,
a pause on puberty, are castration drugs. Lucon is used
to castrate sex offenders in prison, and that's what they
are giving these young children to stop their healthy puberty
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as young as age eight. If people navigate to the
Colorado Medicaid websites, they recommend starting these drugs on children
at Tanner stage two, which is age eight.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And then what effect do the drugs have? I understand
the castration piece, but how do they go to work
on these kids and how did we get to the
point where these are being administered.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Yeah, the idea is to stop their normal puberty. And
you know, the advocates of this will claim that they're
putting a pause until children can figure out which sex
they want to be. But the reality is that puberty
is a normal part of development, and so when children
receive these drugs, it affects their brain development, it affects
their bone density, They're known to cause cancer. They're stopping
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the normal process of the human development, and it has
effects beyond just their sexual function. But I should also
point out that when a child is put on puberty
blockers into cross sex hormones, so into the wrong sex hormones,
they are one hundred percent rendered sterilized. So they're giving
these stugs to children as young as age eight who
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cannot give informed consent, who will lose all sexual function
and ability to procreate for the rest of their lives.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Horrific.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Aaron Lee with us from Protect Kids Colorado. What's your
handle on X for those who want to follow you?
Speaker 4 (04:38):
As Aaron the number four parents And.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
You know, one of the things that's most offensive to me,
obviously the harm being done to the kids is number
one by far.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
But just the.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Lie in what they call this when they call it
gender affirming care. And I've always been a believer that
when they give something a name, that is a lie.
That's an admission by them that they know it's wrong,
you know it, Just just like you know, abortion rights
advocates can't use the abortion word anymore, so they call
it reproductive choice or whatever. Here, how can you call
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this gender affirming care when the whole purpose of the
drug is to eliminate or reverse one's actual gender?
Speaker 5 (05:20):
Right?
Speaker 4 (05:21):
What a euphemism there's. First of all, there's nothing caring
about it. I like to call it sex rejecting procedures.
You know, you're not affirming anything. Gender really isn't real.
There' say such thing as gender. There are two sexes,
there are infinite personalities, and I don't even like to
use the word gender. So we really have to stop
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using their language and call it what it is. These
are sex rejecting procedures, These are castration drugs, and these
are mutilating surgeries.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Boy, that's that's very good. I'm going to use that
if I have your permission. Absolutely, sex rejecting procedures.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
So what's next?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Really interesting to see them Macaire annex of this as
I understand it, You know, Secretary R. FK Junior ended
up referring this for investigation to the HHS Council. That's
what brought us the pause. I understand why you think
it'll be a temporary pause. Is there any potential here
for anything criminally? My understanding is this is more a
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pause based upon Hey, this stuff doesn't work, this stuff
is harmful.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Their pause is related to funding. So what JHASS under
RFKJ has done is what held Medicaid funding to hospitals
that are doing these procedures to children, and so they're
them pausing is really just an effort not to lose
funding for their hospital systems. Which is funny, isn't it,
Because their first argument was that we weren't doing this,
(06:47):
this isn't happening, and now it's very clear.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
That it is happening there openly.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
That they're stopping. You think.
Speaker 5 (06:55):
Stops, then I.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Don't need this long term fix. I appreciated to the
federal form here having here with Cha.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
And Aaron.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
I think we've lost our connection with you, but very
grateful to you for your time.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Can you still hear me? I can, yeah, okay, And
if we have a if the connection is strong enough.
For one last question, I love your take on this.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
I mean, I sit back and I look at both
Children's Hospital and Denver Health and I've been practicing, you know,
catastrophic injury law for over forty years, and I see
the great work that both of these hospitals have done
with really badly injured people. So both are very, very,
very good hospitals in so many different ways. Why would
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they even mess with this? Why would they even mess
with these sex reversing procedures or sex rejecting procedures you
call them.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Right, sex projecting procedures certainly distracts from the good work
that these hospitals are actually doing. All roads lead back
to profit. There's so much money to be made. Some
of these castration drugs cost upwards of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars more year per patient.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Oh my lord.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
So there's a real profit motive for the doctors the
butchers who are doing this to children. And you know,
these drugs they do have a physical effect. You know,
they cause physical changes to the bodies. It's not only
the surgeries that are physically mutilating to these kids.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Man, Well, Aaron, thank you for your time today. Let's
stay in touch on this and I hope everybody follows
Aaron for parental rights on X. Look forward to the
next conversation.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Thanks for having me again, Thank you.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
You take care.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
So wow wow, And that's man, That is what is
so hard for me to understand. Both of these institutions
do great work in lots of other ways, so why.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Even mess with this.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I understand Aaron's explanation about following the money profit motives.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
I had no idea that one of those.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Drugs you know, costs two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
But boy, I'm just surprised as institutions they'd.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Be involved with this. Is it a political pressure thing? Obviously?
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Colorado is you know, control top to bottom by the
far far left, and this has become a pisar litmus
test for them. You know, are are you willing to
tell the lie and say that a man's really a woman?
Are you willing to bend the knee and say that
a woman's really a man? Are you willing to tell
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the big lie that there are more than two sexes.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
So is it a political pressure thing? Love you're taking that.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
But when we come back, I really want to get
your take on my interview with Greg Lopez, who has
now left the Republican Party running for governor as an independent.
Why do you think he's doing it? What effect do
you think it's going to have? You're on the Dan
Caplas Show.
Speaker 6 (09:52):
And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 5 (09:55):
You will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the
warm of collectivism.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Mom Donnie.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
And the only reason I play that, other than give
everybody a laugh, is because it is where the Democrat
Party is at right now. Whether you're talking about a
Michael Bennett or you're talking about a Mom Donnie, at
their core, they're at the same place, which is this
fundamental transformation of America from a nation where we're focused
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on just giving people the opportunity they need to generate
their own wealth to achieve their own prosperity, which has
been you know, a secret sauce, the secret sauce in
America in many ways, and now this modern put that
in quotes Democratic Party has shifted to taking other people's
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wealth and giving it to your supporters, your voters that
that is at the core philosophically now of the modern
Democratic Party.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
And whether you dress it up very.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Blandly like a Bennette door, it's just open like Mamdani.
That is where the Democratic Party is at. So that's
the choice voters have now is, Hey, do you want
in America where we take other people's hard earned wealth
and we give it to political supporters of the party
in power, or do you want in America where we
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free people up give them full opportunity to achieve their
own success and prosperity. That's the decision for Americans now.
I understand if you have the worldview I do that
that's just the biggest no brainer in the history of Earth.
But the Democrats are betting that a majority of the
people are going to want to go the other way
with it, and we'll see what choice is made there
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three or three seven one three eight two five five
text d an five seven seven three nine. I think
the Democrats are going to lose that. I think they're
going to lose that war, and it won't be in
every state at the same time. But you can see
the trend line in America is against the Democratic Party
because that's not the America people. Here's the big mistake
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the Democrats make, and that is they really do think
less of working people. They think less of lower middle
income people, They sure as hell think less of poor people.
And it's that elitism in that airrogance. And I've experienced
that is the son of a competent mom who could
have done anything but chose to stay home with us,
which was the toughest job you could get, and they
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look down on us. And so they think that we're
all out there jealous of the rich people, and we
want the rich people's money and we want the Democrats
to take that and give it to us.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
And they couldn't be more wrong, because.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
That the vast majority of working people don't want that
at all. That they want a fair opportunity for their kids.
They want a fair shake, and not so ironically, it's
the Democrats who prevent that, who stand in the way
of that, starting with education, when the Democrats block through
our programs and other school choice programs. Because it's really straightforward,
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this isn't philosophy that if you give you say, take
all the children of working people and lower middle income
people and poor people, and you give all those kids,
you know, something close to equal opportunity and education. They're
going to kick ass, pardon me, they're gonna kicktail, and
they're going to go out there overall and they're going
to prosper and succeed and do great things in the world.
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And if money is their priority, they're going to make
a lot of money whatever. But the Democrats don't want
that because the Democrats know once people start making a
certain amount of money, usually around sixty five thousand, the
majority are going to vote Republican.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
So that's the world we're in right now.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
And that's why I played that mom Donnie sound, because
he's just more open about it. Three out three seven,
three eight, two five five of the number. He want
to get your take on my conversation with Greg Lopez.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
I've had Greg on for years. I've always enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Good guy, and he's been a Republican as long as
I'd known him. He may have been a Democrat at
some point in the past I can't recall but early nineties,
thank you, But but Greg has had a lot of
success as a Republican. In fact, Ryan, and you know
how highly I think of Heidi Ganal and I think
she would have been a great governor. But Greg Lopez
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got two hundred and ninety two and eighty seven votes
for governor in that GOP primary in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
And he I think lost to Heidi by about forty
thousand votes.
Speaker 6 (14:23):
By seven.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Yeah, But the point being that unaffiliated's in that twenty
two cycle, I think they cast about two hundred thousand
votes in the GOP primary. They cast two hundred and
thirty one thousand votes in that GOP primary, So if
you're talking about Republican voters, only Greg probably wins that primary.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
The point of this story.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Is that Greg Lopez with his appeal, is likely to
in my opinion, and I mentioned this during my interview
with him, is likely to appeal a lot of votes
away from the GOP candidate for governor. And we all
know the math. The GOP candidate for governor, whoever she
or he is, is going to have a real uphill battle,
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and they can't afford to be losing any quote normally
GOP type of votes.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
So I think this.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Road, which may be very very hard, is very very
hard to begin with, just got a lot harder. Greg's belief,
as you heard him say on this show is that
he believes he's going to take more from Democrats. So
what do you think three h three seven one three
eight two five five text d An five seven.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Seven three nine what's your take on that? Ryan?
Speaker 2 (15:36):
By the way, Ryan is now doing this great morning
show on six point thirty kidsch a w out of Denver.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
It's a really big deal. Hope you listen to him
all the time. So what do you think?
Speaker 2 (15:46):
What what is Greg's effect on the GOP primary. I've
got my own thoughts on that, and what's his effect
on the general?
Speaker 7 (15:53):
I believe Greg might have a bit of a point Dan,
in that he could turn out unaffiliateds that are disast
with both parties and wouldn't otherwise show up to vote.
I asked him the question during his appearance with me earlier.
If you know, he is so kind of known in
the public sphere, and that's to his credit and to
his advantage. He would have thought in a GOP primary
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if that would count against him with an affiliates saying hey,
I know this guy's a Republican.
Speaker 3 (16:19):
I know he's conservative, and I don't.
Speaker 7 (16:21):
Vote for Republicans, and I don't care if he changed
his affiliation but he seemed to think that he can
make it work in urban areas, drawing away from those
who would never think about voting for a Republican but
might look his way because of, as he said it,
his ethnicity and his experience working in an urban center
when it comes to Parker.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
So I think there's something.
Speaker 7 (16:42):
To be said for that, but I still fear Dan
exactly what we saw in twenty ten with Dan May's
Tom tan Credo, a splitting of the vote that just
hands the election of the Democrat. In that case it
was John Hickenlooper and Dan Yell Nuschwenger didn't do anybody
any favors by staying in the race Constitution Party herself
and triangulated the vote, albeit by a very small margin.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
But you never know with Heidiganaal and Jared Polis.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Yeah, listen, in the general, if Creig Lopez had ten
twenty thirty million behind him so people could really get
to know him, then yeah, there might be that possibility
to catch fire with unaffiliateds who don't normally vote. But
unless he has that kind of money, how are they
going to learn about him? You know, the media certainly
isn't going to tell him I think I think it's
obvious what's going to happen in the general with Craig
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in the primary. What's the effect on the GOP primary
going to be? I think it's it's probably going to
hurt Barb Kirkmeyer, who I think is viewed as the
establishment candidate, because there'll be less splintering now of the
grassroots vote in the GOP primary. But in any case,
love to get your take on that when we come back.
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Somebody wants to announce for office on this show. Every
single race is important, right, so look forward to talking
with this new candidate after the break.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Is that Ryan you're stealing our song?
Speaker 2 (18:11):
I happen to be married to it me not our
next guest now, but no, Yeah, Amy Park's kind enough
to join us. She has an important announcement. Amy, welcome
back to the Dan Caplis Show.
Speaker 5 (18:22):
Hey, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Yeah, tell everybody what you're up to. Please.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
Well, I think you introduced me, but I am Amy
Parks and a little bit about my background. I'm a
mom of three nearly grown children and we've lived in Loveland,
which happens to also be House District fifty one for
the past fifteen years. I'm a communications professional working in
the world of water, and I have helped to get
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Republican candidates elected in Larmer and Wealth Counties for over
a decade. Now, I'm not sure if you preface this
segment at all with any background or why this seat
is so special and important.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
You know, I haven't, So I think people know we
had you on the show many times, and what a
great guy, and he's dearly missed, I know, very very
much so by you and your family, but so interesting
now that you'll be pursuing his seat again.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
Yeah, he and I work together to keep this seat
secure and to represent it well, so it is very
special to me. After he passed, I filled his immediate
vacancy and I finished that term that he was serving,
and then Ron Weinberg was elected to fill the vacancy
for the newly elected term. So I'm pretty concerned about
(19:45):
some of the actions that are sitting representative has been
involved in lately, I guess, and the seat is very,
very vulnerable and we can't take our chances. So I
am here today to declare my candidacy for how District
fifty one.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
Well, and I sure appreciate you coming on this show
to do it. All of these districts are important, right,
but this district particularly important for a lot of different reasons,
including the fact, I mean, you know, you McKinney was
a great and powerful and impactful figure in that district,
and Ron Weinberg obviously, you know, facing a lot of
(20:25):
different concerns and accusations. So the fact you're entering the
race I think is very newsworthy and significant.
Speaker 3 (20:32):
And and give us an overview, if you would, of
what this primary is going to look like.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Are you going to be focused on Representative Wineberg's issues
and those accusations.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
How's this all going to play out?
Speaker 5 (20:46):
Yeah, that's a good question. Really, I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed
in what I'm hearing, but that's going to shake itself out.
That's not my primary focus. As I said, this is
very vulnerable. We recently, or just last week, had our
former mayor also declared her candidacy as a Democrat for
(21:07):
the general election. And she she's got her challenges, and
I just feel this seat is vulnerable. She's tough, well known,
and we cannot take our chances. We're in a date minority,
and we cannot afford to be asleep at the wheel
or create noise at the capitol that distracts from the
work that needs to be done.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
No, I think you're right, Amy Parks, our guest, and
I think you're so wise to be pointing out to people.
Wait a second, this isn't a guaranteed. W This seat
could be lost. The Democrats have fielded a strong candidate
ideologically wrong, but a strong candidate. And so what can
folks do if they're interested in chipping in and helping
(21:50):
you out here?
Speaker 5 (21:52):
Yeah, that would be great. I purfonse my website and
that can be found at Amy Parkscolorado dot com, where
folks can learn more about me, they can sign up
to join our team, they can make a contribution. It's
going to take all hands on deck and just all
of us working together, full steam ahead to get this done.
(22:12):
It's not going to be easy, but I do fully
intend to stay focused on families and making this state
more affordable and more safe for the families that are
trying to live here.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
And Amy, what's the most important thing, separate from policy stuff?
The most important thing about you, your life that people
should know.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Oh, my gosh. I take what I do very seriously.
I think I'm very honest and transparent about what I do.
My kids are my world. I have a twenty year old,
an eighteen year old who's played football. He's headed off
(22:56):
to Santas a State on a football scholarship, and have
a fourteen year old boy with Down syndrome, and they
are my absolute world. And in raising them, I've navigated
a lot of things, especially with my youngest son, and
the education system, in the insurance world, and being an
advocate and a caregiver. It's just I have a heart
(23:19):
for people, and that's why I'm why I'm doing this.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
And but what would you.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I mean, I've known a number of parents of kids
with Down syndrome, and.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
All of them talk about a level of love.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
They didn't know was possible and a level of fulfillment.
Obviously massive challenges, But how would you describe that to people?
Speaker 5 (23:46):
Oh my gosh, so Alton is hilarious. I do not
remember what life was like before him, but truly, what it's.
Speaker 4 (23:58):
Like for a child or I assume adults too with.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
Down center they just live in the moment and it's
amazing because they don't have anxiety about what's coming up.
They don't stay upset. I mean, he has his moments,
for sure, but he doesn't stay angry or upset or
seek revenge. He lives in the moment right now. And
if we could all just take a little bit of that,
(24:23):
I think our world would be.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
A better place. Wow.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
And well, I've got to tell you, and I think
everybody listening just so much respect for you and for
every parent who takes on the challenges, but also just
give so much love. And I would think that would
be a unique and special qualifier, you know, for somebody
to then get into public service. But well, he really
(24:52):
grateful that you came on the show to announce that.
I'm sure we'll be in touch as.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
The race unfolds.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
And I love the point you're making that people can
I'd assume this district is a slam dunk, so got
to hold.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
On to it.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Yeah, it is not a slam dunk.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
And give people that website once more, if you would please.
Speaker 5 (25:11):
Yep, it's Amy Parks, Colorado, Amyparkscolorado dot com.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Wonderful, Hey, appreciate the time, Amy.
Speaker 5 (25:20):
Good luck, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
That is Amy Parks and as you know, we don't
normally do local races on the show, but there are
some districts that pop up and they are particularly compelling
stories or certain importance and a given race, and yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Have to hold on to that seat. And obviously we've
talked on.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
The show before about, you know, the allegations against Representative Weinberg,
and I'm sure we'll have him back on the show
to talk about that as well. But appreciate Amy spending
some time with us. Hey, when we come back, want
to get your take on this. We've talked a lot
about Tucker Carlson over the years on this show, and
Tuck Carlson has said some brilliant things and some very correct.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Things over the years.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
He said something about this magnificent, stunning, brilliant, courageous military mission,
you know, so courageously authorized by President Trump as well,
but so perfectly carried out and so important to the
safety of this nation, and it benefits the.
Speaker 3 (26:23):
World in so many ways.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Tucker Carlson has come out and criticized it in part.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
He's talked about President Trump's motive for doing it, and
the motive he's now ascribing to Trump. I think is
straight out of Looneyville. And when we come back, and
you'll hear Tucker Carlson say it himself, my question for
you will be, what in the world do you think
(26:50):
is going on with Tucker Carlson.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
You're on the Dan Capla Show.
Speaker 6 (26:55):
And now back to the Dan Kaplass Show podcast.
Speaker 8 (26:59):
Tell me how this news is being received in Iran,
how's it being received in Russia, how's it being received
in China? All three predictably will deplore this kind of
activity publicly. Privately they will be impressed with the military
capability here. I would argue none of those three militaries
(27:21):
could have executed an operation like this, and again we
just we tend to just breeze by this. But the
idea of finding Fixing, kidnapping, taking him out alive with
his wife, no casualties on the side of the US,
that's an extraordinary military operation. So I think while there
(27:43):
will be a lot of public condemnation of the United
States predictably from those three nations, privately they'll be saying
to themselves, hmm, that's a very capable military That's not
a bad thought to pop up in Beijing, Moscow and
Tea these.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Days totally world changing.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
I mean, think about the way to start twenty twenty six,
and that's what I predicted at the end of twenty five.
This was going to be a great year, and in
large part it was going to be a great year
because of Donald J.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Trump.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
And you talk about the military capability that was on display,
and I hope that someday we know some of these names,
and some of these brave men and women can get
full public credit because the President was courageous and authorizing
the training for the mission, the concept, let alone giving
the go ahead on the mission, but the men and women.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
Who pulled it off.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
I mean, even in movies and novels, something like this
doesn't get pulled off this flawlessly. And so think about
the positive impact on the world, friends and allies alike
that the United States of America has this military capability,
and so that is going to make you and me
and all of us in America say, it already has
(29:01):
right now, but in so many different ways. And then
the deterrent effect on various bad actors out there. Absolutely
in addition to that, though, you talk about the encouraging effects,
say for the people rising up against the Iranian regime
and what a game world changer it would be if
that evil regime finally fell. And there's a better chance
(29:24):
of that happening now because Trump is real and Trump
is willing to go boldly where others have not gone before.
And it's already changed the face of the earth for
the better for American and the world. And think about
what's to come. And we have three more years of it.
And that brings us back though to this core point.
You can't fake this, you can't make this stuff up.
(29:47):
But the American military was able to accomplish and that
has to scare the hell out of so many enemies
out there, and in particular the evil people who lead
those regimes, and then again encouraging allies just overall credibility obviously,
as the President knows, and it's one of the things
I praised.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Over the years is he has great physical courage.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Because President Trump knows, and if I understood correctly, I
think this extraction of this, this evil drug cartel leading
thug who took over the nation of Venezuela after losing
the election, you know, the extraction of him, I think
happened on the anniversary of Trump authorizing the elimination of
(30:31):
that evil terrorist Solomoni.
Speaker 3 (30:34):
And so.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
You think about, you know, the personal courage of President Trump,
because Trump knew when he gave the Solomony order that
he was putting himself and his family in much more
danger than he was already. And sure enough, if Iran
then went out and tried to kill him.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Now, whether Iran was.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Involved in any of the either of the actual assassination attempts,
we don't know, but it is confirmed that Iran, at
that same time as Butler and then mar A Lago,
was actively trying to have Trump killed.
Speaker 3 (31:06):
And he must know that by.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Acting for America the way he just did in Venezuela,
you know, he brings even more danger upon himself. So
in this president, we have somebody who's proven he's willing
to die for this nation, and I think that gives
him even so much more credibility. So we are, and
I know it's overused, but we're in a golden moment
(31:29):
of opportunity here in this presidency. And he does some
things that I criticize on this show. You know, we're
pursuers of the truth here. But on the positive side,
he is doing and accomplishing and authorizing epic things that
have the potential to change the shape and trajectory of
the world long after he's gone, and that doesn't happen
(31:53):
that often. So I think we're all lucky to be
alive and watching it right now. For those who help
put him in office, great work, and you can see
how this can pay dividends. We're going to dig a
lot deeper into this tomorrow. I promised this, Tucker sound
let me fire it now. Kind of wax stuff, Trump
saying Eva Tucker Carlson saying Trump captured Maduro to bring
(32:14):
gay marriage to Venezuela, Cup twenty eight place.
Speaker 9 (32:17):
We can safely discount democracy as a reason for affecting
regime change in Venezuela. We're not going to go kill
Nicholas Maduro because we don't like the way he's treating
his people.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
It's possible we're mad that he doesn't allow gay marriage.
Speaker 9 (32:33):
That is a distinct possibility, but no one will say
that out loud, not defending the regime, just saying one
of the most conservative countries in North or South or
Central America. Only El Salvador really comes close, which is
much smaller, of course, and by the way, the US
back to that at.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
The end of the show.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
But what difference does it make somebody as evil as Maduro?
You know, whether he supports this policy or that. See,
I couldn't care less. He's the personification of evil in
so many other ways. But for Tucker Carlson to say
Trump may have been motivated by wanting to bring gay
marriage to Venezuela. We'll talk about it more tomorrow. But
(33:13):
what happened to Tucker Carlson? How does he get to
this point? And I've praised him before on the show
when he said things that were right and correct, But
how does he or anybody get to that point? So
we'll dig into that tomorrow. Ryan, What are you have
coming up tomorrow morning? Ryan doing the Morning Show in Denver?
Speaker 7 (33:31):
Six thirty KHW Real Quick, thirty seconds to go, Shreff, Jason,
Mike's all down to three. Candidate's gonna appear at the
Forum in Greeley on Saturday that I'll be co moderating
with Mandy Connell.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
He's one of them. He joins me live in studio
for the nine am hour.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
Look forward to that and I can't wait for our
show tomorrow. Four o'clock again. Hope you join us. It
is a blessing to live in interesting times and we
are very blessed. Thank you, Ryan, have a great evening.
Catch you tomorrow on The Dan Kapla Show
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