January 9, 2025 • 8 mins
BRITA HORN WANTS TO TRY TO RIGHT THE SHIP As she has put her name into the hat to be the next Colorado GOP Chairperson. I'm talking to Brita today at 1pm.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You all know how I feel about the current leadership
of the Colorado Republican Party, so I'm excited about the
prospect of not having that leadership in place after March
and joining me now is a happy warrior who has
thrown her name officially into the ring to be the
next chairman of the GOP. Britta Horn is on the
(00:20):
horn as they say, Hi, Britta, how you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hello Miss Mandy. I'm doing great. How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
I'm doing fantastic. And you know, Britta, you I said
it earlier on the show. Whenever I see you, you
have a smile on your face. You're You're an upbeat,
optimistic person. Why in the world would you want to
take on this situation right now?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, because I need we need to unite the party.
I mean, right We've got to talk about the things
that are important to me, which are relationships and resources
and responsibility, and it's about the future and delivering results
in twenty twenty six that we're going to start on
day one.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
So right now, the party has some significant issues. And
I'm not pointing fingers in anyone, but here are the
issues as I see them. Number one, to your point,
the current party leadership seems to want to run people
out of the Colorado Republican Party right at a moment
when people are moving towards the Republican Party across the country.
(01:20):
So if you become chair of the Colorado GOP, first
of all, what do you do to woo back disaffected
Republicans frankly like me? And what do you do to
convince Independence that they need to join the party in Colorado?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Well, exactly, you're absolutely right. We got to get the
independence back. We have to get the Republicans back. I mean,
right now, we know that only twenty two point seven
to six percent of voters are active, inactive or pre
registered as Republicans and the unaffiliated. It's just like you said,
forty nine point seven percent are unaffiliated. Sometime this year, Mandy,
(01:58):
we're going to the unaffiliates are going to be bigger
than both the Democrats and the Republicans combined in Colorado.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
So how do you fix it? What do you do?
What's the outreach look like? What's the message?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Okay, so the message is definitely I have, like you know,
all these things that I could have a background in
and fundraising and grassroots and building relationships. I have this huge,
long history, and I know you know this about my
successful organizing of volunteers and having putting my heart in
and my soul to help elect Republicans. I know we
can get all these We have all these different groups
(02:31):
out there. Everybody's doing their own thing, everybody's in their silo.
We're still all conservative in nature, but we're doing everything
in silo and not good at putting it together. So
with maybe I go back to that happy warrior, you know,
getting everybody to come in and be a part of
the fold. And those are the majority of the people.
So we'll snuff out the negative nancies and get work done.
We've got to rep you know, elect Republicans.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Well, to your point about happy warriors, I think this
is one of the things that people sort of overlook about.
By Ronald Reagan is so revered by so many people,
not just because we had a booming economy and really
asserted ourselves on the world stage under Ronald Reagan, but
he himself. You wanted to be a part of whatever
movement he was a part of because he was a
(03:17):
happy warrior. He was upbeat and optimistic and shining beacon
on a hill. I mean he had all of these things,
and I love that about you, but I wonder if
you're going to be able to convince the people who
are entrenched in the party you have been actively working
to get other people out of the party, to put
down their arms and become happy warriors instead of angry
(03:40):
people that people don't want to be around.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Well, I think the reason how it's gonna happen is leadership,
and we're not seeing that leadership. They wanted us trying
to follow that north star, that beacon. I love all that.
And Ronald Reagan was the first person I ever voted
for us, and as I turned eighteen, and at the
time in Chicago where I grew up, I was a Democrat,
I thought my parents would kill me. So thank you
for that for Ronald Reagan. But the thing is they're
(04:05):
looking for leadership, though, and this leadership is just firing down,
fying down, getting smaller and smaller by the minute. Because
I'm every day Mandy. Every day people are coming up
to me, people who have been Republicans for generations. I've
been around here since nineteen eighty nine, and they're saying,
we're thinking of going independent because we don't want to
be any part of this anymore, which is only going
(04:27):
to make that group bigger. They're my independence. We have
to keep them. So leadership and something positive and working
towards the greater good. There's something about that. Did we
not see that? Whatever it was, shut up and then
we voted for Trump? How hand over fist did we
were able to do that?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I don't disagree with you on that, but here's my concern.
I'm concerned that the current leadership will somehow maintain control.
So what is the way to get more optimistic and
upbeat people like you elected?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
What needs to happen?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
What are Republicans who are out there listening right now
who say, you know what, I like Britain's attitude, maybe
I'd like to vote for What is that process?
Speaker 3 (05:11):
And how can they get involved?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Oh, it's definitely getting involved into their county and going
to their reorganizational meeting in February. So the first three
Saturdays in February, it's the first of the fifteens. It
all happened one weeknights two in some of the smaller counties,
and you have to go in and you have to
be a bonus member. You have to be able to
be either be the chair, the vice the secretary. There's
three votes right there, and the rest of the votes
are come from the bonus members based on the number
(05:35):
of population of your county. So small counties like Summit
and Route Well only have three, but bigger counties, you know,
even bolder, you know, has eight bonus members. And you
have to be involved. You can't just be on the sideline.
If you really want to make this happen, You've got
to put your time in and put your effort in
and saying we want to make this change. And we're
having a people every day saying we want to join,
(05:57):
we want to join. What do we need to do?
And it's going to your county parties, finding out when
they are and going and making sure your voice is heard.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
I think Britta Horne, who wants to be the next
chairman of the GOP, that's who I'm speaking with. I
think there's a lot of opportunities right now in Colorado
where the Republican Party could make really good arguments that
the path we're headed on and the policies that have
been adopted have been disastrous. I mean the Colorado that
I moved to, wait how many years ago? Now I
(06:26):
don't even know is not the Colorado that we're living
in now. So, as the party chair, what issues do
you think would be winning issues for the Republican Party
in Colorado?
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Well, then let's major in the majors that we could
all agree on. Obviously, rule of law. We all want
rule of law yet and that could be a pleasor
of things. Rule of law. We're following the rules and
being good citizens. The second one is cost of living.
We could call it economic, but we're everybody's having a
tough time even finding eggs. I mean, how are we
going to make sure we have you know, cost of
living is taking care of And third, I think it's
(06:58):
now education the you know what I said, the sorry,
the curtain has been pulled back and said that somebody's
trying to call me. I apologize. And we're finding out
what's really going on in the public schools that I
never had when I was in a public school. We
never saw that in Illinois, and I don't know about you,
they have totally changed. So we really need major in
(07:21):
the majors and then where we define our differences. To
stay in your corner and we'll figure out where to
go and make sure we're getting the right constituents, having
the right the candidates to run in their area to
win as a Republican.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Well, Bretta, I'm rooting for you. Like I said before.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
If there's anybody else that's running, I'm going to give
them airtime as well, because I just want I just
want good leadership for the Colorado Republican Party because the
state is going to continue to move in the wrong
direction when you look at the agenda items that the
Democrats have already put forth, more gun control, easier union force, unionization.
(07:59):
I mean, there are things that are going to make
Colorado an even worse business environment that is going to
continue to chip away our gun rights.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I mean, things are not going well.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
We have to have not just a functioning Republican party,
but a robust Republican party.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
And I want someone like you.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I believe that you can do it, and I hope
that the Republicans choose wisely in this go round.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Britta Horn. I appreciate you coming on the show today.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it
all right.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Hopefully, hopefully we'll talk to you after and I'll be
able to say Chairman Britta Horn, we'll see
Speaker 3 (08:33):
All right, Brenda, thank you,
You all know how I feel about the current leadership
of the Colorado Republican Party, so I'm excited about the
prospect of not having that leadership in place after March
and joining me now is a happy warrior who has
thrown her name officially into the ring to be the
next chairman of the GOP. Britta Horn is on the
(00:20):
horn as they say, Hi, Britta, how you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hello Miss Mandy. I'm doing great. How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:27):
I'm doing fantastic. And you know, Britta, you I said
it earlier on the show. Whenever I see you, you
have a smile on your face. You're You're an upbeat,
optimistic person. Why in the world would you want to
take on this situation right now?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, because I need we need to unite the party.
I mean, right We've got to talk about the things
that are important to me, which are relationships and resources
and responsibility, and it's about the future and delivering results
in twenty twenty six that we're going to start on
day one.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
So right now, the party has some significant issues. And
I'm not pointing fingers in anyone, but here are the
issues as I see them. Number one, to your point,
the current party leadership seems to want to run people
out of the Colorado Republican Party right at a moment
when people are moving towards the Republican Party across the country.
(01:20):
So if you become chair of the Colorado GOP, first
of all, what do you do to woo back disaffected
Republicans frankly like me? And what do you do to
convince Independence that they need to join the party in Colorado?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Well, exactly, you're absolutely right. We got to get the
independence back. We have to get the Republicans back. I mean,
right now, we know that only twenty two point seven
to six percent of voters are active, inactive or pre
registered as Republicans and the unaffiliated. It's just like you said,
forty nine point seven percent are unaffiliated. Sometime this year, Mandy,
(01:58):
we're going to the unaffiliates are going to be bigger
than both the Democrats and the Republicans combined in Colorado.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
So how do you fix it? What do you do?
What's the outreach look like? What's the message?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Okay, so the message is definitely I have, like you know,
all these things that I could have a background in
and fundraising and grassroots and building relationships. I have this huge,
long history, and I know you know this about my
successful organizing of volunteers and having putting my heart in
and my soul to help elect Republicans. I know we
can get all these We have all these different groups
(02:31):
out there. Everybody's doing their own thing, everybody's in their silo.
We're still all conservative in nature, but we're doing everything
in silo and not good at putting it together. So
with maybe I go back to that happy warrior, you know,
getting everybody to come in and be a part of
the fold. And those are the majority of the people.
So we'll snuff out the negative nancies and get work done.
We've got to rep you know, elect Republicans.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Well, to your point about happy warriors, I think this
is one of the things that people sort of overlook about.
By Ronald Reagan is so revered by so many people,
not just because we had a booming economy and really
asserted ourselves on the world stage under Ronald Reagan, but
he himself. You wanted to be a part of whatever
movement he was a part of because he was a
(03:17):
happy warrior. He was upbeat and optimistic and shining beacon
on a hill. I mean he had all of these things,
and I love that about you, but I wonder if
you're going to be able to convince the people who
are entrenched in the party you have been actively working
to get other people out of the party, to put
down their arms and become happy warriors instead of angry
(03:40):
people that people don't want to be around.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Well, I think the reason how it's gonna happen is leadership,
and we're not seeing that leadership. They wanted us trying
to follow that north star, that beacon. I love all that.
And Ronald Reagan was the first person I ever voted
for us, and as I turned eighteen, and at the
time in Chicago where I grew up, I was a Democrat,
I thought my parents would kill me. So thank you
for that for Ronald Reagan. But the thing is they're
(04:05):
looking for leadership, though, and this leadership is just firing down,
fying down, getting smaller and smaller by the minute. Because
I'm every day Mandy. Every day people are coming up
to me, people who have been Republicans for generations. I've
been around here since nineteen eighty nine, and they're saying,
we're thinking of going independent because we don't want to
be any part of this anymore, which is only going
(04:27):
to make that group bigger. They're my independence. We have
to keep them. So leadership and something positive and working
towards the greater good. There's something about that. Did we
not see that? Whatever it was, shut up and then
we voted for Trump? How hand over fist did we
were able to do that?
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I don't disagree with you on that, but here's my concern.
I'm concerned that the current leadership will somehow maintain control.
So what is the way to get more optimistic and
upbeat people like you elected?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
What needs to happen?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
What are Republicans who are out there listening right now
who say, you know what, I like Britain's attitude, maybe
I'd like to vote for What is that process?
Speaker 3 (05:11):
And how can they get involved?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Oh, it's definitely getting involved into their county and going
to their reorganizational meeting in February. So the first three
Saturdays in February, it's the first of the fifteens. It
all happened one weeknights two in some of the smaller counties,
and you have to go in and you have to
be a bonus member. You have to be able to
be either be the chair, the vice the secretary. There's
three votes right there, and the rest of the votes
are come from the bonus members based on the number
(05:35):
of population of your county. So small counties like Summit
and Route Well only have three, but bigger counties, you know,
even bolder, you know, has eight bonus members. And you
have to be involved. You can't just be on the sideline.
If you really want to make this happen, You've got
to put your time in and put your effort in
and saying we want to make this change. And we're
having a people every day saying we want to join,
(05:57):
we want to join. What do we need to do?
And it's going to your county parties, finding out when
they are and going and making sure your voice is heard.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
I think Britta Horne, who wants to be the next
chairman of the GOP, that's who I'm speaking with. I
think there's a lot of opportunities right now in Colorado
where the Republican Party could make really good arguments that
the path we're headed on and the policies that have
been adopted have been disastrous. I mean the Colorado that
I moved to, wait how many years ago? Now I
(06:26):
don't even know is not the Colorado that we're living
in now. So, as the party chair, what issues do
you think would be winning issues for the Republican Party
in Colorado?
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Well, then let's major in the majors that we could
all agree on. Obviously, rule of law. We all want
rule of law yet and that could be a pleasor
of things. Rule of law. We're following the rules and
being good citizens. The second one is cost of living.
We could call it economic, but we're everybody's having a
tough time even finding eggs. I mean, how are we
going to make sure we have you know, cost of
living is taking care of And third, I think it's
(06:58):
now education the you know what I said, the sorry,
the curtain has been pulled back and said that somebody's
trying to call me. I apologize. And we're finding out
what's really going on in the public schools that I
never had when I was in a public school. We
never saw that in Illinois, and I don't know about you,
they have totally changed. So we really need major in
(07:21):
the majors and then where we define our differences. To
stay in your corner and we'll figure out where to
go and make sure we're getting the right constituents, having
the right the candidates to run in their area to
win as a Republican.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Well, Bretta, I'm rooting for you. Like I said before.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
If there's anybody else that's running, I'm going to give
them airtime as well, because I just want I just
want good leadership for the Colorado Republican Party because the
state is going to continue to move in the wrong
direction when you look at the agenda items that the
Democrats have already put forth, more gun control, easier union force, unionization.
(07:59):
I mean, there are things that are going to make
Colorado an even worse business environment that is going to
continue to chip away our gun rights.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I mean, things are not going well.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
We have to have not just a functioning Republican party,
but a robust Republican party.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
And I want someone like you.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I believe that you can do it, and I hope
that the Republicans choose wisely in this go round.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Britta Horn. I appreciate you coming on the show today.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it
all right.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Hopefully, hopefully we'll talk to you after and I'll be
able to say Chairman Britta Horn, we'll see
Speaker 3 (08:33):
All right, Brenda, thank you,
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