>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT THIS FRIDAY, JULY 19TH WE'RE CLOSING OUT A HISTORIC AND DRAMATIC WEEK IN THIS COUNTRY FOLLOWING LAST SATURDAY'S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF FORMER PRESIDENT AND NOW PRESIDENTIAL DONALD TRUMP.

HERE IN COLORADO, FLAGS ARE FLYING AT HALF-STAFF IN MEMORY OF FORMER FIRE CHIEF WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT LAST SATURDAY WHILE PROTECTING HIS FAMILY AT THE TRUMP RALLY.

THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION HAS CARRIED ON AS PLANNED WITH A VERY STRONG SHOWING OF UNITY BEHIND TRUMP/VANCE TICKET.

LET ME GET RIGHT TO INTRODUCING YOU TO OUR INSIDER PANEL PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTORD.

PENFIELD TATE, DENVER ATTORNEY AND COMMUNITY LEADER WHO SERVED IN BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE.

AMBER McREYNOLDS, NATIONAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION EXPERT, FORMER DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER AND COAUTHOR OF WHEN WOMEN VOTE.

SAGE NAUMANN, CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST, COMMENTATOR AND STRATEGIST AND OWNER OF ANTHEM COMMUNICATIONS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.

LAST NIGHT AS HE ACCEPTED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, DONALD TRUMP STARTED WITH A COMPELLING ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND, AND THANKED GOD FOR SAVING HIS LIFE AND THANKED HIS SUPPORTERS.

TRUMP HAD SAID HE TORE UP HIS ORIGINAL SPEECH AFTER LAST WEEKEND AND REWROTE A NEW SCRIPT IT WAS A 133 -- >> TOO MANY.

I THINK HE MIGHT RIPPED THAT SPEECH OR ADDED A NEW SPEECH ON TOP OF IT.

AT THE CONVENTION RIGHT NOW PROBABLY IN MILWAUKEE AS THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THAT CITY NO TELLING THINGS ARE TELL LYRICAL FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

I LOVED HULK WHO RIPPED OFF HIS SHIRT.

BY THE TIME TRUMP GOT UP THERE YOU WERE IMPRESSED HIS FIRST 20 MINUTES WERE PRESIDENTIAL.

HE WAS CALM.

HE WENT OFF THE RAILS IN THE WAY THAT ONLY DONALD TRUMP CAN DO TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE JOBS HE WILL BRING IN.

ALL THE GOOD JOBS.

ALL THE BABY DRILL ACTIONS HE IS GOING TO ENDORSE.

IT WAS THE SAME OLD TRUMP.

>> WHEN I WATCHED HIM, I REMEMBER SOMETHING.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS MY GRANDMOTHER OR GRANDFATHER WHEN SOMEONE SHOWS YOU WHO THEY ARE BELIEVE THEM.

I FOUND IT FRIGHTENING AND CHILLING AS A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA.

TO LISTEN TO HIM WHEN HE TALKS.

HE DOESN'T TALK ABOUT OUR ADMINISTRATION OR WE EVERYTHING IS HE OR I.

NOW HE IS GOING TO CURE CANCER AND CURE ALZHEIMER'S.

WE WILL DRILL BABY DRILL.

HE IS THROWING OUT THE ALL GREEN INITIATIVES IT IS ALL A SCAM.

BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A REAL THING.

IT IS SOMETHING A BUNCH OF EGG HEADS MADE UP.

WHEN HE IS SAYING HE IS SAVING DEMOCRACY, IS THAT WHAT JANUARY 6TH WAS?

YOU DID THAT TO SAVE DEMOCRACY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS MAN IS ABOUT, HE SHOWED YOU LAST NIGHT TALKING ABOUT BEING SHOT.

AFTER THAT, AS PATTY SAID IT WENT OFF THE RAILS.

IT WENT STRAIGHT FROM HIS PLAYBOOK.

LIES, MISREPRESENTATIONS AND ALL.

>> AMBER?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS IS LESS THAN MORE.

THE SPEECH THAT CIRCULATED WAS 3,000 WORDS.

AND HE NOW IS THE OWNER OF THE THREE LONGEST SPEECHES IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.

HE OVERTOOK HIS OWN RECORD LAST NIGHT.

I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS MADE SO FAR.

I THINK THE FIRST PART OF THE SPEECH DID HAVE AN ELEMENT OF UNIT WHERE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND.

EVERYONE CAN AGREE THAT POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS BAD.

THEN IT TURNED INTO A RALLY SPEECH THAT INCLUDED MORE LIES ABOUT THE ELECTION PROCESS.

MORE LIES ABOUT VARIOUS FACTS AND STATISTICS WITH REGARDS TO HIS PRESIDENCY.

I DON'T NOW HOW YOU CALL THAT SPEECH UNITY.

>> IF HE CUT HIS SPEECH AT 25 MINUTES.

I WATCHED THE FIRST 25 MINUTES AND SAID HE IS GOING TO WIN.

THEN HE WENT ON FOR AN HOUR.

THE SPEECH HE GAVE LAST NIGHT IS THE SPEECH YOU HEAR AT ANY RALLY.

HE PERHAPS MENTIONED JOE BIDEN A LITTLE BIT LESS.

WE ARE LIVING IN STRANGE TIMES.

WE CAME WITHIN AN INCH OF THE LEADING CANDIDATE.

WE ARE BACK WITH THE RHETORIC.

IT WAS ONE MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL HIM.

IT WAS NOT THE ENTIRE LEFT.

THE SAME GOES FOR THE LEFT TALKING ABOUT THOSE ON THE RIGHT.

PUT OUT A VIDEO OF DONALD TRUMP AND VIDEOS AND PICTURES OF ADOLPH HITLER AND TRYING TO COMPARE THEM.

WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WITH THE RESULTS WHEN THAT IS THE CASE.

>>> NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN.

DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST VAN JONES SAID WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN PRESIDENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID, A BULLET COULDN'T STOP TRUMP.

A VIRUS JUST STOPPED BIDEN.

AS WE SIT HERE FRIDAY MORNING, THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT GIVEN IN TO REQUESTS FROM THOSE IN HIS PARTY TO STEP DOWN FROM THE TICKET BUT THE WORD IS IT'S COMING.

>> IT IS INTERESTING TO WATCH BOTH ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND LOCAL LEVEL.

I THINK THE BIGGEST OPPONENTS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THEY CAN'T SEEM TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT.

INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THEIR OPPONENT WHO IS -- HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF 34 PHENOMENAL COUNTS INCLUDING PAYING AN ADULT STAR AND PAYING THEM OFF TO DENY IT.

THEY SPENT ALL OF THEIR TIME BEATING UP ON THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE NOMINEE WHO IS THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

BUT THEY ARE NOW FOCUSING ON HIS AGE AND QUESTIONING HIS ABILITY.

I UNDERSTAND JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS WHO SAYS I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN MAKE THIS DECISION.

THE TIME TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WAS TWO YEARS AGO NOT EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE AN ELECTION.

I THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SETTING ITSELF UP TO LOSE THIS ELECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDERMINING THEIR INCUMBENT CANDIDATE AT THE WRONG TIME.

>> FIRST, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOTH CANDIDATES ARE HERE BECAUSE OF FRANKLY THEY ARE FLAWED PROCESS.

TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAD NO SAY IN THAT PROCESS IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE UNAFFILIATED.

NOW 51% OF THE POPULATION ARE UNAFFILIATED.

THEY MOSTLY HAD NO SAY EITHER IN 2020 IN 2016 AND IN 2024 ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE THESE TWO TOP CANDIDATES GOING TO THE BALLOT.

I THINK WHEN YOU GOT AN INCUMBENCY THEY DID SHUT DOWN THE PRIMARY BECAUSE THEY DID HAVE AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT.

THAT SIMILAR SENTIMENT HAPPENED.

DEMOCRATS CANCELLED THE PRIMARIES COMPLETELY.

I THINK THAT WHAT THAT DOES IT FURTHER MARGINALIZED VOTERS.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO FOCUS ON WHAT THIS ACTUAL PROCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR NOMINATION.

AND IN THE FINAL THING I WOULD SAY.

I LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF CONTESTED ELECTIONS, TWO SIGNIFICANT PRESIDENTS CAME OUT OF CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

ONE WAS FDR DURING THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND ANOTHER WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

THERE ARE PROCESSES.

THERE ARE PROCEDURES AND HISTORICAL PRECEDENT FOR OUR NOTABLE PRESIDENTS THAT COME OUT OF THAT SITUATION.

>> I THINK THAT DEMOCRATS ASKING BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE IS THE RIGHT MOVE.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE MAN AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IF YOU WATCHED HIM ON TELEVISION HE WILL NOT MAKE IT TO THIS CAMPAIGN TO PUT UP A FIGHT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.

I ADMIRED DEMOCRATS WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND BUCK THE HEAD OF THEIR PARTY AND SAY, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO STEP ASIDE.

I THINK IT WILL BE FASCINATING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I THINK TO A CERTAIN DEGREE IT WILL INFUSE ENTHUSIASM IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN GENERATIONS.

FORD VERSUS REAGAN IS THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE HAD.

RIGHT NOW THE DEMOCRATIC DOESN'T HAVE.

>> I REMEMBER THIS TIME LAST WEEK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MICHAEL BENNET.

YOU SAID HIM SPEAKING OUT ABOUT A POTENTIAL HAD SLIDE FOR THE REPUBLICANS.

YOU SAID THAT IS GOING TO START SOMETHING.

>> TWO SENATORS HAVE FLAT OUT SAID THAT BIDEN HAS TO GO.

WE SAT HERE THREE WEEKS AGO PRETTY DUMBFOUNDED BECAUSE THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST DEBATE.

NONE OF US THOUGHT BIDEN WOULD DO AS BADLY AS HE DID.

THE HALTING SPEECH OF BIDEN WAS SHOCKING.

WE CAN'T GET AN OLDER CANDIDATE WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.

I'M GLAD SAGE MENTIONED WE WOULD GET A YOUNGER CANDIDATE.

WE ARE THINKING WHO WILL DO A GOOD JOB FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

WHO IS GOING TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD?

WHO WILL DESTROY WHAT WE HAVE?

I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKING PEOPLE SO NERVOUS.

THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE TO GET ENGAGED.

IT IS NOT LIKE THE ELECTION IS FIXED.

THE SYSTEM IS OPEN.

TO GET NEW VOICES IN.

THE PEOPLE WE WANT TO HEAR THEY ARE NOT COMING FORWARD.

THIS MAYBE BE THE SACRIFICE ZONE AND A COVID BUG MAY DO IT.

>>> THE QUESTIONING OVER THE VALIDITY AND SECURITY OF OUR ELECTIONS CONTINUES TO GET LOUDER.

ELECTION INTEGRITY IS SOMETHING YOU DEFEND FIERCELY, AS YOU DID IN A RESPONSE TO A POST FROM ELON MUSK.

THERE ARE PEOPLE AND LAST NIGHT WE HEARD IT AGAIN.

>> IT HAPPENED ALL WEEK AT THE CONVENTION.

THEY HAD MANY BREAKOUT SESSIONS WHERE THEY HIGHLIGHTED AND PLATFORMED ELECTION DENIERS AND FOLKS THAT NEVER HAD AN ELECTION BEFORE.

ELON MUSK WOULD BE GREAT IF HE STUCK TO ROCKETS AND CARS.

VARIOUS INVITED TO COME TO THE OFFICE.

I INVITED DONALD TRUMP IN 2016 WHEN HE SAID INACCURATE COLORADO PROCESS IN HIS SPEECH AND I GOT A DEATH THREAT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

WE WILL SHOW YOU, WE WILL EXPLAIN IT.

NONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT SAID IT ENGAGE ON THE CONVERSATION TO SEE HOW IT WORKS OR UNDERSTAND IT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HARM OR DEMOCRACY UNTIL THESE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE IT.

>> I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO FIRST OFF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN POLARIZATION WHERE NO ONE IS WILLING TO BE THE ADULT IN THE ROOM.

THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM ARE LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS.

THEIR PLATFORM IS MINIMAL IN COMPARISON TO NATIONAL AND STATE POLITICAL FIGURES.

I'VE BEEN A FREQUENT CRITIC OUR SECRETARY OF STATE JENNA GRISWOLD.

SHE IS TALKING ALL THE TIME HOW TERRIBLE DONALD TRUMP IS.

YOUR JOB IS TO ENSURE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE SAFE AND SECURE.

REGARDLESS THEY ARE UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS.

IT IS NOT THE GRISWOLD PROBLEM.

EVERYONE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION.

OUR ELECTIONS ARE SAFE AND SECURE.

THERE ARE A BUNCH OF LUNATICS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY AMERICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT OUR ELECTIONS BEING STOLEN.

WE HAVE TO TURN THAT AROUND.

>> WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK TO COLORADO.

IT WAS APRIL 2016 WHEN TRUMP FIRST ACCUSED COLORADO OF RIGGING THE ELECTION.

WHEN TED CRUZ TALKED TO HIM AT THE PRIMARY.

HERE IS WHAT IS WHAT IS CALLED THE GOLD STANDARD.

THE MAIL-IN BALLOT WHICH MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER TO PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE THAT SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

YOU CAN HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO MAKE IT WORK.

WE WILL BE HEARING IN COLORADO AGAIN MORE AND MORE FROM THE REPUBLICANS IN POWER IN THE PARTY THAT OUR ELECTION IS FIXED AND IT IS A FLAWED SYSTEM HERE.

OUR ELECTION OFFICIALS, GOOD LUCK TO YOU, YOU DESERVE OUR SUPPORT.

>> WE GOT TO MOVE BEYOND THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE TAKE THE POSITION I LOST THE ELECTION SOMETHING HAD TO BE RIGGED.

I'M CLEARLY SMARTER AND BETTER THAN EVERYBODY.

THERE IS NO WAY VOTERS COULD HAVE CHOSEN SOMEONE ELSE.

BUT THEY DID.

IT IS INCUM -- INCUMBENT ABOUT IT.

IF YOU LOOK AT COLORADO IN PARTICULAR WE HAVE HAD MAIL-IN VOTING FOR YEARS.

IT HAS BEEN SPONSORS BY BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN.

NO ONE HAS QUESTIONED THE INTEGRITY OF THE MAIL-IN BALLOT PROCESS.

A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE LIKE MINE WE GET OUR BALLOT AND SIT AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE AND TALK ABOUT STUFF.

THAT IS HOW IT SHOULD BE.

FOR OUR DEMOCRACY TO SURVIVE THIS MAY BE THE BIGGEST BATTLE IS CONVINCING PEOPLE WE HAVE FAIR AND HONEST AND VALID ELECTIONS WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE.

>>> EVEN THOUGH PROJECT 2025 WAS WRITTEN A YEAR AGO, IT'S GETTING LOTS OF BUSS NOW.

THE 900-PLUS PAGE DOCUMENT PUT OUT BY THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION OUTLINES WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

NEWSWEEK SAYS IF ENACTED, IT WOULD BRING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ACROSS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AMERICAN LIFE.

INCLUDING HERE IN COLORADO.

I WILL START WITH YOU SAGE.

>> A PHILOSOPHY FOR THE QUIPS AND CRACKS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS WHAT IT IS.

900 PAGES MOST WHICH ARE DEVOTED TO ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TRYING TO GET DEFINITION TO WHAT THAT MEANS.

MOVING AGENCIES, RESTRICTING THEIR POWER AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

THIS IS THIS YEAR'S GREEN NEW DEAL.

YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF POLICY.

SOME WERE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION OR PART OF THE PARTY APPARATUS.

THIS IS THEIR PLAN.

DON'T GET ME WRONG, I THINK THERE ARE MANY THINGS IN THAT PLAN THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD LOVE.

SOME OF THE THINGS ESPECIALLY THE SOCIAL THINGS ARE ALMOST LAUGHABLE.

BANNING PORN.

WITH THAT BEING SAID I THINK YOU WILL KEEP SEEING -- I THINK JOE BIDEN CAMPAIGN REFERENCED PROJECT 2025.

IT IS 900 PAGES WORTH OF CONTENT.

DONALD TRUMP'S SPEECHES ARE THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.

12,000 WORDS OF WHICH THE MAJORITY WERE REPEATED.

NOW YOU HAVE 900 PAGES OF REAL POLICY PROPOSALS THAT YOU CAN DIG INTO AND TEAR APART.

DO I THINK DONALD TRUMP?

NO.

IT IS A POLICY INSTITUTE WHO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING AND PUT IT OUT THERE.

IT SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

>> OKAY.

>> YOU TAKE A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND THEY ARE HORRIFYING.

THEY CAN TERRIFY YOU IF YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE THE MARCHING ORDER FOR DONALD TRUMP.

NO ONE GIVES DONALD TRUMP MARCHING ORDERS.

HE COMES UP WITH HIS OWN.

YOU CAN GIVE HIM EXCUSES AND SUGGESTIONS HE WILL WIND UP DOING WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.

WHICH MIGHT BE SIGNING A LAW BANNING PORNOGRAPHY.

HE WILL DO WHAT HE WANTS TO.

>> PEN?

>> I HAVE NOT READ PROJECT 2025.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL.

I APPRECIATE SAGE'S COMMENTS.

I WILL SHARE AN EXPERIENCE I HAVE WITH A FRIEND WHO IS POLITICALLY ACTIVE.

SHE SAID YOU NEED TO READ THIS THING.

IT IS FRIGHTENING.

SHE GAVE SOME EXAMPLES.

IT IS KIND OF OUT THERE.

SHE SAID IT IS SO IR REHENCEABLE.

SO YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, I THINK PATTY IS RIGHT.

DONALD TRUMP MARCHES TO HIS OWN FEET.

NO ONE IS GOING TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO.

THIS IS AMERICA, EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINIONS AND OWN POINT OF VIEW.

TO SEE A 900 PAGE DOCUMENT PUT ON THE TABLE AS A MANIFESTO OR GUIDE HOW AMERICA SHOULD BE GOVERNED AND LED IS FRIGHTENING.

>> THEY ARE ANOTHER ONE -- THEY HAVE WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ABOUT TRYING TO REVERSE POLICIES THAT HELP VOTERS VOTE IN VARIOUS STATES.

THEY HAVE ALSO HAD A BIG ROLE IN THAT SIDE OF THE MOVEMENT.

WITH REGARD TO THE SPECIFIC DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT SORT OF GOES BACK TO SOMEONE TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE BELIEVE THEM THE FIRST TIME.

A LOT OF THE PEOPLE DRAFTED THIS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE RESEARCH AND PART OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER WERE IN THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION AND WOULD LIKELY BE IN THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION.

YES THEY PUT THIS TOGETHER, IT IS AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF IDEAS AND PRIORITIES THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE ADMINISTRATION THE FIRST TIME.

WE CAN REMEMBER HE WAS FRUSTRATED HE DIDN'T HAVE MORE POWER THAN HE FELT HE SHOULD HAVE HAD.

THIS IS A PATH TO ENACT THAT AND DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE FRUSTRATIONS THAT THEY HAD.

IT IS PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS.

WE WILL BE PART OF ANY FUTURE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>> LET'S GET TO HIGHS AND LOWS.

LET'S CONTINUE WITH THAT SO WE CAN END IN A POSITIVE.

>> I'M GOING TO END IN A HIGH LOW.

THE COLORADO SINGER INGRID WHO SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON MONDAY NIGHT GAVE ALL COLORADO SINGERS A BAD NAME.

>> YES.

FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY AND SAID SHE WAS DRUNK AND GOING TO GET HELP.

>> SHE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HELP BEFORE SHE SANG.

FOR ME IT IS LAUREN BOEBERT.

FOR RATHER FOCUSING ON THE ISSUE INTRODUCING A BILL TO DENY PAY TO THE SECRETARY SERVICE.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MISGUIDED PRIORITIES.

>> AMBER?

>> MY LOW IS POLITICS.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> THE PERSON THAT CAME TO MIND ALL OF THE ABOVE.

ON A KNOWN POLITICAL NOTE WE LOST BOB NEWHART.

HE IS NO LONGER WITH US.

IT IS SAD TO SEE ANOTHER ONE GO.

>> YEAH.

JUST THE THOUGHT OF HIM MAKES ME SMILE.

HE WAS GREAT.

SOMETHING GOOD.

>> A RECORD YEAR FOR DENVER TOURISM.

WE JUST ENDED THE FIRST YEAR OF MIKE JOHNSTON ROLE AS MAYOR OF DENVER.

LET'S HOPE THE CITY KEEPS IMPROVING.

>> PEN?

>> THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING.

WE NEED SOMETHING LIGHT AND HAPPY.

>> AMBER?

>> FOR ME ONCE A MONTH THE WOMEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD GET TOGETHER FOR -- IT IS ALWAYS ON A THURSDAY.

AND THE FIRST TIME I WENT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I MET A LOT OF THEM.

THEY ASKED ME WHAT I DID.

THIS IS THE THIRD ONE I WAS ASKED.

THEIR QUESTIONS ABOUT ELECTIONS CONTINUE TO BUILD.

WE HAD A THREE HOUR CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT.

MANY OF THEM WERE COMPLETELY DISINTERESTED OF WATCHING THE SPEECH AND WANTED TO SIT AND HEAR AND ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS.

THEY ALL -- ONE OF THEM SAID I SERVED AS A POLL WORKER IN 2022.

FOUR OR FIVE OTHER OF THEM SAID I WANTED TO DO THAT.

THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT.

MY HIGH IS THESE COMMUNAL CONVERSATIONS THAT I THINK, THEY WERE ALL TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND THINKING ABOUT THIS.

I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING HERE THAT WE CAN ALL BE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR GROUPS TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND TEACH FROM EACH OTHER AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND THAT WILL HEAL OUR POLITICS.

>> I LIKE THAT.

>> GOOD.

>> I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO READ ANY HAPPY STORIES THIS LAST WEEK.

ONE THAT I SEE COME ACROSS MY FEED TWICE.

I READ THE FACEBOOK COMMENTS WAS THERE IS A GIANT ANIMAL THAT RESEMBLES A GIANT GUINEA PIG.

I HAVE SEEN A PICTURE AND READ THE COMMENTS TO LEAVE IT THE HECK ALONE AND LET IT LIVE ITS LIFE OR DIE NATURALLY.

THAT PICTURE OF THIS ANIMAL HAS TWICE FOR A BRIEF MOMENT TAKEN MY MIND OFF THE CRAZY WEEK.

>> I'M JUST WAITING FOR NEXT FRIDAY AND THE OPENING CEREMONY.

CHEER ON TEAM USA.

26 OF OUR ATHLETES ARE FROM COLORADO.

WE HAVE PEOPLE COMPETING IN SOCCER, SWIMMING, BASKETBALL, CYCLING, GOLF, SPORT CLIMBING, TRACK AND FIELD AND VOLLEYBALL.

LET'S BE LOUD AND PROUD FOR OUR 26 COLORADOANS WHO REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY WITH STRENGTH, GRACE, AND SPORTSMANSHIP.

THANKS FOR OUR PANEL FOR COMING IN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND LISTENING TO OUR CONVERSATION ON YOUR DEVICE, OR TV, OR ON PODCAST.

I'M KYLE DYER, I'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.

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