May 30, 2026 • 34 mins
This episode of the Dan Caplis Show is a thought-provoking discussion about the current state of the Republican Party and the implications of President Trump's leadership. The conversation touches on the party's recent changes, the impact of Trump's policies, and the role of unaffiliated voters in shaping the future of American politics.
The speaker delves into the recent controversy surrounding the Trump administration's proposed settlement fund, which has sparked alarm among top White House aides and Republican senators. This leads to a broader discussion about the party's direction and the challenges it faces in the upcoming elections. The conversation also explores the importance of unaffiliated voters, who now make up 51% of the electorate, and their potential to sway the outcome of the primaries.
The episode also covers the topic of a proposed new $250 bill featuring President Trump's likeness, which has raised concerns about the dangers of leader worship and the erosion of American values. The speaker argues that this move is a step in the wrong direction and that the focus should be on creating a larger denomination bill to promote financial privacy and independence.
As the conversation comes to a close, the speaker reflects on the need for the Republican Party to take a more proactive approach to governance and to prioritize the interests of its constituents. With the upcoming elections on the horizon, this episode offers a timely and insightful look at the challenges facing the party and the importance of unaffiliated voters in shaping its future.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Caples and welcome to today's online podcast
edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Six minutes after in for Dan, I'm John Caldera. He
is celebrating his boy graduating Hobvid Hovard Law School. Really
that's pretty impressive, don't don't you agree? Could be okay?
(00:39):
I remember when I graduated Harvard. That was before I
went to Yale and right before Stanford. Annie Hoosels three
or three seven, one, three eight, two five five A
couple quick questions, When did you leave the Republican Party
or when did you leave the Democratic Party? Fifty one
(01:00):
one percent of us are unaffiliated independent, so just curious when,
when did you do it and why? I'm curious why
did you leave the party? Whichever party that is? What
(01:20):
made you switch? I'd really like to hear that from you.
Three oh three seven one three eight two five five
seven to one three? Talk? What was the final straw?
Why did you do it? I can explain it pretty
easily for myself, but I'm curious about you also Wall
Street Journal is just reporting two minutes ago inside the
(01:43):
White House, trump'son one point eight billion dollar settlement fund
sparks alarm. Top White House aids have discussed whether to
kill the anti after publican backlash. President Trump's top aides
(02:05):
have discussed whether he should kill the administration's nearly one
point eight billion dollar anti weaponization fund in exchange for
getting immigration enforcement funding past next month. That wouldn't be
so bad, would it. More than a dozen Republican senators
(02:26):
have privately urged Trump's top aids to drop the fund
since its creation last week, including Senator Lindsey Graham, who
is usually completely supportive of whatever the president does. Yep,
let me read this part. Administration officials have grown increasingly
(02:47):
concerned about the viability of the fund, people familiar with
the matter said, which has been expected to provide payouts
to an array of Trump allies. Trump has an agreed
to drop the fund, but has told allies he understands
he has political problems with Senate Republicans, and today at
(03:09):
federal judges you heard at the top of the hour
ordered a pause on the effects on the effort while
she weighs a legal challenge in federal court. Yeah, this
whole thing is a terrible idea. It's a terrible idea, darling.
(03:33):
So let's see Trump sues the IRS for letting loose
all of his documents. Fair enough, but he's also the
head of the IRS, and so he basically cuts himself
a deal not bad for one point seven seven six,
(03:58):
get it, seventeen seventy six billion dollars one point seven
seven six nearly eight one point eight. Now what he
does with this is fascinating. Does he want it to
go to those people who have been wronged in his
(04:19):
eyes for January sixth? That that is such the wrong
thing to do. Now, the reason Trump is in such trouble,
the reason why Republicans are going to get there, are
going to lose the House and maybe even the Senate
this year, is because Trump keeps going backward and fighting
(04:43):
old battles instead of looking forward and trying to ignite this. Uh.
You know, when when he was elected this time around,
he said something that was pretty fascinating. He said, my
(05:08):
revenge will be rebuilding America. You know, a great economy
will be the revenge for January sixth. That's a perfect
way to put it. It's a way to put it
in the background, a way to go moving forward. This
is how we're going to ignite America. That was that
(05:30):
was a way to bring people together. No, no, no,
having having a fund to give money to your supporters
who attacked police officers in a riot is not going
to win any any Republican votes. You have to be
(05:51):
impressed by Trump's ability to punish people who are not
loyal to them. I mean, just look at the last
couple of elections. What happened, what happened to Massey out
in Kentucky. Look what happened just in in Texas. When
(06:18):
when it's how how he's able to get this done
is remarkable. Now, the question is will they get elected?
Who's going to who's going to run later? Hmmm? All right?
Three oh three seven, one three eight two five five
(06:39):
seven one three talk the the getting even the revenge tour.
It wouldn't it be wouldn't it be amazing if he
waited until after the midterms before he ruined everything he
had so he backed Ken packs in the in Texas.
(07:05):
This is not a good man Ken Passton. Yes, but
he did defeat John Cordon hmm, who was a stalwart conservative.
So now we've got now we've got a rise in
these questionable people who feel like Trump. Whether it's a
(07:30):
guy from Kentucky, it's Paxton here in Colorado, Scott Bottoms,
and or Victor Marx. We're getting more and more of
these folks who, well, let me be clear, Scott Bottoms
is a consistently good vote in the legislature. Who knows
(07:51):
what Victor Marx is gonna be. But these people are
hard to take seriously. What would you do? What would
you do on this? Do we have time for this call?
Let's see if we can squeeze this one in. Let's
(08:12):
go out to Mike. Mike, welcome you with John Caldera.
Why did you leave the Republican Party?
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Well, I never was a member of either party. I
registered as an independent from the get go. And the
reason I didn't go Democrat is because they're very heavily
anti Gain, anti Second Amendment, and throw a lot of
things I don't believe in. And the reason I never
(08:42):
signed on with the Republican Party is because what I've seen,
they're a bunch of spineless jelly face and they will
tout out all the Democrats have to do is make
a little bit of a threat to Republicans for the
most part, countdown and tuck tail and do whatever they're told.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
You read it right, You read it right. However, there
was a time being a Republican was a good part.
It was it was a party that got things done
in this state. And we could argue about the rhinos
who switched out. But now I would love to have
(09:27):
a majority of Rhinos compared to the socialists in charge now.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Yes, very much so. I never voted until Bill Clinton
was running for his second term because I never thought
he'd get his first term, and I registered not to
vote for whoever ran it against Bill Clinton, but to
vote against Bill Clinton.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Right.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
I never voted for a candidate until Donald Trump ran
the first time and second to third. I voted for him,
not against his opponent. And Larren Bobert, I like what
she did, so I voted for her, not against her opponent.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Got it, Hey, I got to run for a break.
Thanks for the call. Three or three seven one, three
eight two five five. By the way, the Trump administration
says it wants Trump's face on a new two hundred
and fifty dollars bill. What took so long? By the way,
I am up for this a two hundred and fifty
(10:35):
dollars bill. We need a two hundred and fifty dollars
bill because of inflation. Oh, he can't have Donald Trump
on it, can we? Oh? Good god? Do you want
Trump on the currency before he's you know, left this earth.
I would rather have Reagan on that two point fifty.
(10:57):
That would be fun.
Speaker 5 (10:59):
I'm John Kell, Derek keep it right here six thirty
k how and now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
John Caldera in for Dan, who's celebrating his son's graduation
from Havad not bad Give me a call three h
three seven one three eight two five five seven to
one three talk. Yesterday, the Treasury Secretary said that his
department prepared a design for a two hundred and fifty
dollars bill featuring President Donald Trump. Now you get the
(11:36):
tie in one. Trump likes to have his name on everything,
and it is the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of
the Declaration of Independence. It's our big two hundred and fiftieth.
This is pretty big stuff. So why not have a
two hundred and fifty dollars bill. Let's let's put Trump
(11:57):
aside for a second, forget the face of him. If
we can create a two hundred and fifty dollars bill,
that's important. Why why you ask because the IRS and
the government is trying to push us into a cashless society.
(12:20):
They don't like cash. When you pay with cash, there's
no record. When you pay with bills pieces of paper.
It's not recorded in the computers, it's not on your
visa statements. It's not something that the government can track easily.
(12:40):
And they track everything. If it goes through your bank account,
they've got it. But when you buy something with cold,
hard cash, it's private, and that's getting harder and harder
to do. So when they limited the top currency denomination
(13:03):
to one hundred dollars, they knew what they were doing
because over time, with inflation, one hundred dollars is worth
less and less and less. At some point you're going
to be carrying around wants of one hundred dollar bills.
As inflation grows, people want bigger bills. Think of what
(13:24):
has happened in hyperinflation areas I have I have, matter
of fact, I keep it close to me. I've got
a ten billion dollar with a b ten billion dollar
banknote from Zimbabwe. From Zimbabwe, it's worth next to nothing
because you're not going to carry around ten billion one
(13:46):
dollar notes. And American currency is getting that way as
inflation continues, and that's only going to go in one direction.
So put me down strongly in favor of creating a
larger denomination. A two hundred and fifty dollars bill would
(14:07):
be good. We need it because it helps prot with privacy.
It means you can buy more things and with less space.
Bring it on. As far as using it to celebrate
the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, awesome, do that too,
(14:29):
Go for it. That's a good reason to announce it. Now,
what about putting Donald Trump on the bill? Well, apparently,
ever since eighteen sixty six, there was a law that
says that no portraits or likeness of any living person
shall be placed on any of the bonds, securities, notes,
(14:52):
or pole. I think that means stamps, so notes mean
dollar bills. So Representative Joe Wilson from South Carolina introduced
the Donald J. Trump two hundred and fifty Dollars Bill
Act last year to create an exemption for the portraits
(15:16):
of living presidents on the currency and securities. It fortunately
did not get out of committee, but who knows what's
going to happen next. This is a terrible idea. This
is leader worship. It's what autocrats and tyrants do. You
(15:38):
know you're gonna have images of Fidel Castro or Ho
Chi Minh or Mao dezung On on the currency when
they're in charge. Why? Because it's it's it's hero worship,
it's leader worship. It's dangerous. It's always been a good
(16:02):
policy that we only allow We only allow people who
have passed on to be on our stuff because they're
out of power.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Apparently I'm just found out Calvin Coolidge appeared on a
limited edition coin for America's send quintennial. Do I have
that right? Back in twenty back in nineteen twenty six,
So in nineteen twenty six, one hundred years ago, at
(16:43):
one hundred and fifty years old, he had his face
on something. No other living president has ever appeared on
a United States currency. That's why if you look at
British coinage in Britain notes, what do they have? They
have their kings whoever's in power. We designed a system
(17:09):
that does not does not put people on on the currency.
That's huge. Why because we're the people in charge, not
the elected officials. Leave leave the dollar bill for dead presidents.
(17:37):
That's why we put Lady Liberty on our coins or
eagles or shields, not monarchs, tyrants or autocrats. This president
loves to see his name back after this. Keep it
here six point thirty k how.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
This album came out some girls. It was the album
and that even back then, Let's see, it was probably
nineteen seventy eight ish somewhere around then that some girls
came out and they talked about it as a Rolling
Stones comeback album. This is a pretty good comeback album.
(18:38):
It's nearly fifty years old and it's a comeback album.
That's pretty awesome. And the Stones are putting out a
new album soon. They're releasing at least releasing I think
a double album soon. You see, if I can do
(18:59):
a little, a little research on that Rolling Stones album,
let's see what we got. M I'll put I'll put
in the word new. Let's see if that does it.
There we go. Rolling Stones new studio album is entitled
(19:26):
Foreign Tongues, their twenty fifth album, set for release on
July tenth. Wow Let's See produced by Andrew Watt, recorded
at London's Metropolis Studios, fourteen track collection and features guests
(19:49):
appearances by Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, Robert Smith from The Cure,
Chad Smith from The Red Hot, Chili peckerpers Wow, including
some post miss drumming from Charlie Watts, their late drummer.
All right, so you've got the Stones, The Stones putting
(20:11):
out a new album twenty five albums. I'll tell you what.
I'm just gonna replace that word new Rolling Stones with
Paul McCartney. Let's see what we get. Yeah. The Boys
of Dungeon Lane released today his twentieth solo album, The
(20:36):
Man's eighty three years old. The Stones are in their
eighties and they're still putting stuff out. I want to
I want to get old like this. All right, Ready,
I'm gonna put one more name in. I'm gonna put
Ringo in Yep. Ringo's latest studio album, Long Long Road,
(21:01):
his twenty second solo record, released April twenty fourth. He is.
I just want to make sure I got this one right.
I think he's eighty three? Or is he eighty four. Wait, no,
he could be eighty five. Oh my god, hang on
(21:22):
a second, d he's eighty five years old, Sir Richard
Richard Startkey born July seventh, nineteen forty, nineteen forty. The
(21:43):
man is eighty five years old and still playing drums
and still doing some touring. Does that just blow your mind?
So go back, go back to the Some Girls album.
(22:03):
Now the internet is incredible. Oh, there we go. Let's
just see. Yes, the fourteenth studio album from the Rolling
Stones released I got It Right June of nineteen seventy eight,
(22:26):
nineteen seventy eight. Beast of Burden, Missed You, Shattered were
on that album. Incredible stuff and they're still going fifty
years later. There's something something wild about that. All right,
let's grab some of these phone calls. Let's get to
(22:49):
the phones and talk to Rod.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Rod.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Welcome, you're with John Caldera.
Speaker 4 (22:53):
Hey, John, Hey, the Republican Party. Be interested in the
see nationwide. Trump has actually rebuilt that Republican Party and
more people have joined, or more people.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Have gotten away from it.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
I know Colorado or people have probably gotten away from it,
but it would be interesting nationally.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Yeah, that's a that's a great question. I think what
you'd find is that a lot of working class, blue
collar Democrats switched over to become Republicans. And you're going
to find that a lot of Rockefeller Republican types left
(23:34):
the party. So in places like Colorado, it's becoming unpopular
to become a Republican. But I'm imagining in Tennessee and
Alabama and these other states that have gone Democrat a
lot in the past, it's it's cool to be a
Republican because of Trump. If you've ever been to a
Trump rally, I've been around the rally. I've never been
(23:57):
at the rally. It's it's not a bourbon crowd. It's
it's not a polite crowd. These are these are working
folks who don't mind being loud about their feelings, and
he represents the frustrations they have with the elite so
very well. So yeah, it's a good question.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
Well, I became a Republican in eight when the Tea
Party did did start out. I wasn't a Dan Mays fan.
I ended up going for Tan Cradle. But I'll tell
you what when Trump came or I went to you know,
got involved in the the delegation and that type of
thing and went down and supported Ted Cruz, you know,
(24:41):
and in sixteen Trump wasn't down at the at the
rally area. But I just you know, the Republican Party
has actually got a spine right now. And I find
it interesting that everybody's talking about.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
What makes you say that. I'm curious, we're what does
the Republican Party have a spine? Because I'm not seeing
in Washington where they do have the majority. Other than
the one big, beautiful bill, I don't see what Republicans
have accomplished.
Speaker 4 (25:13):
Well. I would say Trump with the Supreme Court justices
and that type of thing has.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
That has largely been from his first term. He has
not been able a lot of judges confirmed in his
second term.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
Sure, but I would actually put him closer to Reagan
than any other president I in the last fifty years.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Joan, I would agree with you, But that's not what
you said. But that's not hang on, I didn't ask
you about that. You made a comment that the Republicans
now have a spine and are getting things done. I
don't see it. Well.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
I would say with the elections, with with the not
the generals yet obviously with the primaries, everything that Trump
has supported has come through for him, and it'll be
interesting in the general if if that works out.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
But that was all right, So if you're.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
The Republican people that are voting for that person saying
we believe in Trump enough to vote for who he
stands for.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
So if you're if you believe that under the terminology
of getting things done, getting rid of Massey and Cornyn,
that those are those are steps in the in the
right direction, then yeah, the Republicans are getting things done.
It'll be interesting to see if they make it out
(26:40):
of out of the m out of the UH general election. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
I totally agree.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
There's no question that that Trump has reshaped the party.
He has reshaped the party into a populist party and
one where loyalty and fidelity to him is the top
the top value. I'm very uncomfortable with that, are you?
Speaker 3 (27:13):
Actually?
Speaker 4 (27:14):
I don't think I am, because we went through a bush,
we went through another bush, and I don't see much
loyalty to them, and I think with the loyalty, how
you get stuff done?
Speaker 2 (27:28):
All right, So let me get back to that same question,
what stuff is getting done? Outside? I mean, there are
some great regulatory changes that are happening in the Trump administration.
But I'm talking about the Republicans. Republicans do have control
of the House, they do have control of the Senate,
and they haven't done squat.
Speaker 4 (27:51):
No, you're exactly right. The Congress needs to go in
and start doing the laws and executive orders need to stop.
You know, Trump, we could go through a thousand executive
orders that he's put in, but if we get the
right Republicans in the House, maybe that will start to
start the system of actually getting the malls passed and
(28:12):
and the heck with these you know, executive orders. That's
what needs to happen. And the only way I see
that happen is if you do have a leader that
you can be loyal to and come in and start
making changes. Get rid of these guys that have been
in their massive that's been in there for the twenty
five years. Get rid of all these guys that have
done that.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
But here's here's the issue. Trump has has brought forward
some incredible regulatory reforms and executive orders, but very few
of them, almost none of them outside of the one
big beautiful bill, have been codified so that the next
president has to live under them. So everything Trump has
(28:56):
done will get wiped away by President A or whomever
the next Democrat is. It is a failure of Republicans.
Republicans have failed to take any of the any of
these things and make them permanent. I got to run
to a break, but a great, great call. Thank you
(29:17):
so much. Give me a buzz three O three seven
to one, three eight two five five seven to one
three talk.
Speaker 5 (29:27):
And now back to the Dan Kaplis show cots seven
minutes to the top.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
I'm John Caldera in for the big man who will
be back? Yes, he will next week. Give me a call.
Three h three seven to one, three eight two five five.
All right, let's try to let's try to wrap up
this whole whole couple of hours. One. Victor Mark story
is still burning hot. Will he show up on the
(29:52):
debate on Tuesday? Yeah? I think he will. I think
he has to. It was such an embarrass meant that
that Kyle Clark debate was such an embarrassment. I think
he needs to try to do something to recover. Just
my thoughts. Who do you vote for? Isn't the question?
(30:20):
The question is? The question is which ballot do you
pick up? Remember fifty one percent of us are unaffiliated independent.
Both the Republican primary and the Democratic primary rely completely
(30:42):
on us. So that's the way that is. You might
not like the law, you might hate the law, but
that's the law. So unaffiliateds will decide who wins each
of these primaries. I could see a scenario where most
(31:03):
unaffiliateds decide to play in the Democratic primary because that's
going to be a much bigger fight between Wiser and Bennett.
Likely one of them will be governor or Will the
clown show of the Republican Party primary get people voting
in there? If more people vote in the Democratic primary,
(31:29):
it means that the maga folks, we're going to have
an outsized impact. I could see Victor Marx winning. This
is that nuts? Yeah, that's complete nuts. So which ballot
will you return? Right now? I'm tempted to return the
(31:52):
Democratic ballot as an unaffiliated The last thing I want
to see is as a governor Phil Wiser. That would
be horrid. I don't want to see ag Jenny Griswold,
what say you? When did you leave the party? If
(32:15):
fifty one percent, remember it used to be that Republicans
were the largest group, then Democrats, and then a small
minority were unaffiliated, and I would always lambast those unaffiliateds
because they say I'm independent, But they couldn't vote in
the caucus, they couldn't vote in the assembly, they couldn't
vote in the primary, and their vote was there at
(32:38):
the weakest. Well, now the law has changed, and for
the most part, it makes more sense to be unaffiliated
now because you can choose which primary you want to
vote in. Now fifty one percent of us are unaffiliated.
(32:58):
It's a whole different game. It's a whole different rule.
Huh So where does this? Where does this roll? And finally,
a two hundred and fifty dollars bill with Trump on it?
What is with this guy? I'm all for the two
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hundred and fifty dollars bill, bring it on, great idea,
but his demand to shove his name on buildings. There's
now a court order saying his name has to cut
off the Kennedy Center. Let's let's remember that Mint has
approved a limited production commemorative twenty four carrot gold coin
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with his likeness on it. Now, mind you, that's not currency,
it's just a coin. Let's see Trump accounts for the kids,
trump our ex prescription drug portal the Trump Gold card
visas for immigrants who want to buy their way into
the United States. Apparently his mug is hanging outside the
(34:08):
Justice Department. This is the kind of stuff Castro and
Mao did. We don't do that stuff in America. Hey,
check out Independent Institute. Go to thinkfreedom dot org. That's
(34:30):
Thinkfreedom dot org. Go check out Complete Colorado. While you're
at it, Complete Colorado dot com. Have yourself a terrific
weekend and keep it on khow
This is Dan Caples and welcome to today's online podcast
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Six minutes after in for Dan, I'm John Caldera. He
is celebrating his boy graduating Hobvid Hovard Law School. Really
that's pretty impressive, don't don't you agree? Could be okay?
(00:39):
I remember when I graduated Harvard. That was before I
went to Yale and right before Stanford. Annie Hoosels three
or three seven, one, three eight, two five five A
couple quick questions, When did you leave the Republican Party
or when did you leave the Democratic Party? Fifty one
(01:00):
one percent of us are unaffiliated independent, so just curious when,
when did you do it and why? I'm curious why
did you leave the party? Whichever party that is? What
(01:20):
made you switch? I'd really like to hear that from you.
Three oh three seven one three eight two five five
seven to one three? Talk? What was the final straw?
Why did you do it? I can explain it pretty
easily for myself, but I'm curious about you also Wall
Street Journal is just reporting two minutes ago inside the
(01:43):
White House, trump'son one point eight billion dollar settlement fund
sparks alarm. Top White House aids have discussed whether to
kill the anti after publican backlash. President Trump's top aides
(02:05):
have discussed whether he should kill the administration's nearly one
point eight billion dollar anti weaponization fund in exchange for
getting immigration enforcement funding past next month. That wouldn't be
so bad, would it. More than a dozen Republican senators
(02:26):
have privately urged Trump's top aids to drop the fund
since its creation last week, including Senator Lindsey Graham, who
is usually completely supportive of whatever the president does. Yep,
let me read this part. Administration officials have grown increasingly
(02:47):
concerned about the viability of the fund, people familiar with
the matter said, which has been expected to provide payouts
to an array of Trump allies. Trump has an agreed
to drop the fund, but has told allies he understands
he has political problems with Senate Republicans, and today at
(03:09):
federal judges you heard at the top of the hour
ordered a pause on the effects on the effort while
she weighs a legal challenge in federal court. Yeah, this
whole thing is a terrible idea. It's a terrible idea, darling.
(03:33):
So let's see Trump sues the IRS for letting loose
all of his documents. Fair enough, but he's also the
head of the IRS, and so he basically cuts himself
a deal not bad for one point seven seven six,
(03:58):
get it, seventeen seventy six billion dollars one point seven
seven six nearly eight one point eight. Now what he
does with this is fascinating. Does he want it to
go to those people who have been wronged in his
(04:19):
eyes for January sixth? That that is such the wrong
thing to do. Now, the reason Trump is in such trouble,
the reason why Republicans are going to get there, are
going to lose the House and maybe even the Senate
this year, is because Trump keeps going backward and fighting
(04:43):
old battles instead of looking forward and trying to ignite this. Uh.
You know, when when he was elected this time around,
he said something that was pretty fascinating. He said, my
(05:08):
revenge will be rebuilding America. You know, a great economy
will be the revenge for January sixth. That's a perfect
way to put it. It's a way to put it
in the background, a way to go moving forward. This
is how we're going to ignite America. That was that
(05:30):
was a way to bring people together. No, no, no,
having having a fund to give money to your supporters
who attacked police officers in a riot is not going
to win any any Republican votes. You have to be
(05:51):
impressed by Trump's ability to punish people who are not
loyal to them. I mean, just look at the last
couple of elections. What happened, what happened to Massey out
in Kentucky. Look what happened just in in Texas. When
(06:18):
when it's how how he's able to get this done
is remarkable. Now, the question is will they get elected?
Who's going to who's going to run later? Hmmm? All right?
Three oh three seven, one three eight two five five
(06:39):
seven one three talk the the getting even the revenge tour.
It wouldn't it be wouldn't it be amazing if he
waited until after the midterms before he ruined everything he
had so he backed Ken packs in the in Texas.
(07:05):
This is not a good man Ken Passton. Yes, but
he did defeat John Cordon hmm, who was a stalwart conservative.
So now we've got now we've got a rise in
these questionable people who feel like Trump. Whether it's a
(07:30):
guy from Kentucky, it's Paxton here in Colorado, Scott Bottoms,
and or Victor Marx. We're getting more and more of
these folks who, well, let me be clear, Scott Bottoms
is a consistently good vote in the legislature. Who knows
(07:51):
what Victor Marx is gonna be. But these people are
hard to take seriously. What would you do? What would
you do on this? Do we have time for this call?
Let's see if we can squeeze this one in. Let's
(08:12):
go out to Mike. Mike, welcome you with John Caldera.
Why did you leave the Republican Party?
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Well, I never was a member of either party. I
registered as an independent from the get go. And the
reason I didn't go Democrat is because they're very heavily
anti Gain, anti Second Amendment, and throw a lot of
things I don't believe in. And the reason I never
(08:42):
signed on with the Republican Party is because what I've seen,
they're a bunch of spineless jelly face and they will
tout out all the Democrats have to do is make
a little bit of a threat to Republicans for the
most part, countdown and tuck tail and do whatever they're told.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
You read it right, You read it right. However, there
was a time being a Republican was a good part.
It was it was a party that got things done
in this state. And we could argue about the rhinos
who switched out. But now I would love to have
(09:27):
a majority of Rhinos compared to the socialists in charge now.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Yes, very much so. I never voted until Bill Clinton
was running for his second term because I never thought
he'd get his first term, and I registered not to
vote for whoever ran it against Bill Clinton, but to
vote against Bill Clinton.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Right.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
I never voted for a candidate until Donald Trump ran
the first time and second to third. I voted for him,
not against his opponent. And Larren Bobert, I like what
she did, so I voted for her, not against her opponent.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Got it, Hey, I got to run for a break.
Thanks for the call. Three or three seven one, three
eight two five five. By the way, the Trump administration
says it wants Trump's face on a new two hundred
and fifty dollars bill. What took so long? By the way,
I am up for this a two hundred and fifty
(10:35):
dollars bill. We need a two hundred and fifty dollars
bill because of inflation. Oh, he can't have Donald Trump
on it, can we? Oh? Good god? Do you want
Trump on the currency before he's you know, left this earth.
I would rather have Reagan on that two point fifty.
(10:57):
That would be fun.
Speaker 5 (10:59):
I'm John Kell, Derek keep it right here six thirty
k how and now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
John Caldera in for Dan, who's celebrating his son's graduation
from Havad not bad Give me a call three h
three seven one three eight two five five seven to
one three talk. Yesterday, the Treasury Secretary said that his
department prepared a design for a two hundred and fifty
dollars bill featuring President Donald Trump. Now you get the
(11:36):
tie in one. Trump likes to have his name on everything,
and it is the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of
the Declaration of Independence. It's our big two hundred and fiftieth.
This is pretty big stuff. So why not have a
two hundred and fifty dollars bill. Let's let's put Trump
(11:57):
aside for a second, forget the face of him. If
we can create a two hundred and fifty dollars bill,
that's important. Why why you ask because the IRS and
the government is trying to push us into a cashless society.
(12:20):
They don't like cash. When you pay with cash, there's
no record. When you pay with bills pieces of paper.
It's not recorded in the computers, it's not on your
visa statements. It's not something that the government can track easily.
(12:40):
And they track everything. If it goes through your bank account,
they've got it. But when you buy something with cold,
hard cash, it's private, and that's getting harder and harder
to do. So when they limited the top currency denomination
(13:03):
to one hundred dollars, they knew what they were doing
because over time, with inflation, one hundred dollars is worth
less and less and less. At some point you're going
to be carrying around wants of one hundred dollar bills.
As inflation grows, people want bigger bills. Think of what
(13:24):
has happened in hyperinflation areas I have I have, matter
of fact, I keep it close to me. I've got
a ten billion dollar with a b ten billion dollar
banknote from Zimbabwe. From Zimbabwe, it's worth next to nothing
because you're not going to carry around ten billion one
(13:46):
dollar notes. And American currency is getting that way as
inflation continues, and that's only going to go in one direction.
So put me down strongly in favor of creating a
larger denomination. A two hundred and fifty dollars bill would
(14:07):
be good. We need it because it helps prot with privacy.
It means you can buy more things and with less space.
Bring it on. As far as using it to celebrate
the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, awesome, do that too,
(14:29):
Go for it. That's a good reason to announce it. Now,
what about putting Donald Trump on the bill? Well, apparently,
ever since eighteen sixty six, there was a law that
says that no portraits or likeness of any living person
shall be placed on any of the bonds, securities, notes,
(14:52):
or pole. I think that means stamps, so notes mean
dollar bills. So Representative Joe Wilson from South Carolina introduced
the Donald J. Trump two hundred and fifty Dollars Bill
Act last year to create an exemption for the portraits
(15:16):
of living presidents on the currency and securities. It fortunately
did not get out of committee, but who knows what's
going to happen next. This is a terrible idea. This
is leader worship. It's what autocrats and tyrants do. You
(15:38):
know you're gonna have images of Fidel Castro or Ho
Chi Minh or Mao dezung On on the currency when
they're in charge. Why? Because it's it's it's hero worship,
it's leader worship. It's dangerous. It's always been a good
(16:02):
policy that we only allow We only allow people who
have passed on to be on our stuff because they're
out of power.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Apparently I'm just found out Calvin Coolidge appeared on a
limited edition coin for America's send quintennial. Do I have
that right? Back in twenty back in nineteen twenty six,
So in nineteen twenty six, one hundred years ago, at
(16:43):
one hundred and fifty years old, he had his face
on something. No other living president has ever appeared on
a United States currency. That's why if you look at
British coinage in Britain notes, what do they have? They
have their kings whoever's in power. We designed a system
(17:09):
that does not does not put people on on the currency.
That's huge. Why because we're the people in charge, not
the elected officials. Leave leave the dollar bill for dead presidents.
(17:37):
That's why we put Lady Liberty on our coins or
eagles or shields, not monarchs, tyrants or autocrats. This president
loves to see his name back after this. Keep it
here six point thirty k how.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
This album came out some girls. It was the album
and that even back then, Let's see, it was probably
nineteen seventy eight ish somewhere around then that some girls
came out and they talked about it as a Rolling
Stones comeback album. This is a pretty good comeback album.
(18:38):
It's nearly fifty years old and it's a comeback album.
That's pretty awesome. And the Stones are putting out a
new album soon. They're releasing at least releasing I think
a double album soon. You see, if I can do
(18:59):
a little, a little research on that Rolling Stones album,
let's see what we got. M I'll put I'll put
in the word new. Let's see if that does it.
There we go. Rolling Stones new studio album is entitled
(19:26):
Foreign Tongues, their twenty fifth album, set for release on
July tenth. Wow Let's See produced by Andrew Watt, recorded
at London's Metropolis Studios, fourteen track collection and features guests
(19:49):
appearances by Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, Robert Smith from The Cure,
Chad Smith from The Red Hot, Chili peckerpers Wow, including
some post miss drumming from Charlie Watts, their late drummer.
All right, so you've got the Stones, The Stones putting
(20:11):
out a new album twenty five albums. I'll tell you what.
I'm just gonna replace that word new Rolling Stones with
Paul McCartney. Let's see what we get. Yeah. The Boys
of Dungeon Lane released today his twentieth solo album, The
(20:36):
Man's eighty three years old. The Stones are in their
eighties and they're still putting stuff out. I want to
I want to get old like this. All right, Ready,
I'm gonna put one more name in. I'm gonna put
Ringo in Yep. Ringo's latest studio album, Long Long Road,
(21:01):
his twenty second solo record, released April twenty fourth. He is.
I just want to make sure I got this one right.
I think he's eighty three? Or is he eighty four. Wait, no,
he could be eighty five. Oh my god, hang on
(21:22):
a second, d he's eighty five years old, Sir Richard
Richard Startkey born July seventh, nineteen forty, nineteen forty. The
(21:43):
man is eighty five years old and still playing drums
and still doing some touring. Does that just blow your mind?
So go back, go back to the Some Girls album.
(22:03):
Now the internet is incredible. Oh, there we go. Let's
just see. Yes, the fourteenth studio album from the Rolling
Stones released I got It Right June of nineteen seventy eight,
(22:26):
nineteen seventy eight. Beast of Burden, Missed You, Shattered were
on that album. Incredible stuff and they're still going fifty
years later. There's something something wild about that. All right,
let's grab some of these phone calls. Let's get to
(22:49):
the phones and talk to Rod.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Rod.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Welcome, you're with John Caldera.
Speaker 4 (22:53):
Hey, John, Hey, the Republican Party. Be interested in the
see nationwide. Trump has actually rebuilt that Republican Party and
more people have joined, or more people.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
Have gotten away from it.
Speaker 4 (23:06):
I know Colorado or people have probably gotten away from it,
but it would be interesting nationally.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Yeah, that's a that's a great question. I think what
you'd find is that a lot of working class, blue
collar Democrats switched over to become Republicans. And you're going
to find that a lot of Rockefeller Republican types left
(23:34):
the party. So in places like Colorado, it's becoming unpopular
to become a Republican. But I'm imagining in Tennessee and
Alabama and these other states that have gone Democrat a
lot in the past, it's it's cool to be a
Republican because of Trump. If you've ever been to a
Trump rally, I've been around the rally. I've never been
(23:57):
at the rally. It's it's not a bourbon crowd. It's
it's not a polite crowd. These are these are working
folks who don't mind being loud about their feelings, and
he represents the frustrations they have with the elite so
very well. So yeah, it's a good question.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
Well, I became a Republican in eight when the Tea
Party did did start out. I wasn't a Dan Mays fan.
I ended up going for Tan Cradle. But I'll tell
you what when Trump came or I went to you know,
got involved in the the delegation and that type of
thing and went down and supported Ted Cruz, you know,
(24:41):
and in sixteen Trump wasn't down at the at the
rally area. But I just you know, the Republican Party
has actually got a spine right now. And I find
it interesting that everybody's talking about.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
What makes you say that. I'm curious, we're what does
the Republican Party have a spine? Because I'm not seeing
in Washington where they do have the majority. Other than
the one big, beautiful bill, I don't see what Republicans
have accomplished.
Speaker 4 (25:13):
Well. I would say Trump with the Supreme Court justices
and that type of thing has.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
That has largely been from his first term. He has
not been able a lot of judges confirmed in his
second term.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
Sure, but I would actually put him closer to Reagan
than any other president I in the last fifty years.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Joan, I would agree with you, But that's not what
you said. But that's not hang on, I didn't ask
you about that. You made a comment that the Republicans
now have a spine and are getting things done. I
don't see it. Well.
Speaker 4 (25:54):
I would say with the elections, with with the not
the generals yet obviously with the primaries, everything that Trump
has supported has come through for him, and it'll be
interesting in the general if if that works out.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
But that was all right, So if you're.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
The Republican people that are voting for that person saying
we believe in Trump enough to vote for who he
stands for.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
So if you're if you believe that under the terminology
of getting things done, getting rid of Massey and Cornyn,
that those are those are steps in the in the
right direction, then yeah, the Republicans are getting things done.
It'll be interesting to see if they make it out
(26:40):
of out of the m out of the UH general election. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
I totally agree.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
There's no question that that Trump has reshaped the party.
He has reshaped the party into a populist party and
one where loyalty and fidelity to him is the top
the top value. I'm very uncomfortable with that, are you?
Speaker 3 (27:13):
Actually?
Speaker 4 (27:14):
I don't think I am, because we went through a bush,
we went through another bush, and I don't see much
loyalty to them, and I think with the loyalty, how
you get stuff done?
Speaker 2 (27:28):
All right, So let me get back to that same question,
what stuff is getting done? Outside? I mean, there are
some great regulatory changes that are happening in the Trump administration.
But I'm talking about the Republicans. Republicans do have control
of the House, they do have control of the Senate,
and they haven't done squat.
Speaker 4 (27:51):
No, you're exactly right. The Congress needs to go in
and start doing the laws and executive orders need to stop.
You know, Trump, we could go through a thousand executive
orders that he's put in, but if we get the
right Republicans in the House, maybe that will start to
start the system of actually getting the malls passed and
(28:12):
and the heck with these you know, executive orders. That's
what needs to happen. And the only way I see
that happen is if you do have a leader that
you can be loyal to and come in and start
making changes. Get rid of these guys that have been
in their massive that's been in there for the twenty
five years. Get rid of all these guys that have
done that.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
But here's here's the issue. Trump has has brought forward
some incredible regulatory reforms and executive orders, but very few
of them, almost none of them outside of the one
big beautiful bill, have been codified so that the next
president has to live under them. So everything Trump has
(28:56):
done will get wiped away by President A or whomever
the next Democrat is. It is a failure of Republicans.
Republicans have failed to take any of the any of
these things and make them permanent. I got to run
to a break, but a great, great call. Thank you
(29:17):
so much. Give me a buzz three O three seven
to one, three eight two five five seven to one
three talk.
Speaker 5 (29:27):
And now back to the Dan Kaplis show cots seven
minutes to the top.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
I'm John Caldera in for the big man who will
be back? Yes, he will next week. Give me a call.
Three h three seven to one, three eight two five five.
All right, let's try to let's try to wrap up
this whole whole couple of hours. One. Victor Mark story
is still burning hot. Will he show up on the
(29:52):
debate on Tuesday? Yeah? I think he will. I think
he has to. It was such an embarrass meant that
that Kyle Clark debate was such an embarrassment. I think
he needs to try to do something to recover. Just
my thoughts. Who do you vote for? Isn't the question?
(30:20):
The question is? The question is which ballot do you
pick up? Remember fifty one percent of us are unaffiliated independent.
Both the Republican primary and the Democratic primary rely completely
(30:42):
on us. So that's the way that is. You might
not like the law, you might hate the law, but
that's the law. So unaffiliateds will decide who wins each
of these primaries. I could see a scenario where most
(31:03):
unaffiliateds decide to play in the Democratic primary because that's
going to be a much bigger fight between Wiser and Bennett.
Likely one of them will be governor or Will the
clown show of the Republican Party primary get people voting
in there? If more people vote in the Democratic primary,
(31:29):
it means that the maga folks, we're going to have
an outsized impact. I could see Victor Marx winning. This
is that nuts? Yeah, that's complete nuts. So which ballot
will you return? Right now? I'm tempted to return the
(31:52):
Democratic ballot as an unaffiliated The last thing I want
to see is as a governor Phil Wiser. That would
be horrid. I don't want to see ag Jenny Griswold,
what say you? When did you leave the party? If
(32:15):
fifty one percent, remember it used to be that Republicans
were the largest group, then Democrats, and then a small
minority were unaffiliated, and I would always lambast those unaffiliateds
because they say I'm independent, But they couldn't vote in
the caucus, they couldn't vote in the assembly, they couldn't
vote in the primary, and their vote was there at
(32:38):
the weakest. Well, now the law has changed, and for
the most part, it makes more sense to be unaffiliated
now because you can choose which primary you want to
vote in. Now fifty one percent of us are unaffiliated.
(32:58):
It's a whole different game. It's a whole different rule.
Huh So where does this? Where does this roll? And finally,
a two hundred and fifty dollars bill with Trump on it?
What is with this guy? I'm all for the two
(33:21):
hundred and fifty dollars bill, bring it on, great idea,
but his demand to shove his name on buildings. There's
now a court order saying his name has to cut
off the Kennedy Center. Let's let's remember that Mint has
approved a limited production commemorative twenty four carrot gold coin
(33:44):
with his likeness on it. Now, mind you, that's not currency,
it's just a coin. Let's see Trump accounts for the kids,
trump our ex prescription drug portal the Trump Gold card
visas for immigrants who want to buy their way into
the United States. Apparently his mug is hanging outside the
(34:08):
Justice Department. This is the kind of stuff Castro and
Mao did. We don't do that stuff in America. Hey,
check out Independent Institute. Go to thinkfreedom dot org. That's
(34:30):
Thinkfreedom dot org. Go check out Complete Colorado. While you're
at it, Complete Colorado dot com. Have yourself a terrific
weekend and keep it on khow
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