
September 22nd, 2023
Season 31 Episode 38 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
LAWSUIT TO KEEP FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OFF COLORADO’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOT I
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun Krista Kafer Eric Sondermann Amber McReynolds COLORADO CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN BOEBERT LAWSUIT TO KEEP FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OFF COLORADO’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOT IN COLORADO RECENT RELEASE OF DENVER MAYOR JOHNSTON’S BUDGET PLAN COLORADO BUFFS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH DEON SANDERS
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September 22nd, 2023
Season 31 Episode 38 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun Krista Kafer Eric Sondermann Amber McReynolds COLORADO CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN BOEBERT LAWSUIT TO KEEP FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OFF COLORADO’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOT IN COLORADO RECENT RELEASE OF DENVER MAYOR JOHNSTON’S BUDGET PLAN COLORADO BUFFS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH DEON SANDERS
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER.
THE DEATH OF THE ARREST IN 2019 LED TO CHANGES IN POLICING IN COLORADO.
WE WILL BE WATCHING HOW THE TESTIMONY UNFOLDS IN THIS TRIAL.
MEANWHILE COLORADO INSIDE OUT LET ME LEAD IN AND OUT WITH THE INTRODUCTION.
PATTY CALHOUN, KRISTA KAFER, ERIC SONDERMANN, AND AMBER McREYNOLDS.
WE ARE STARTING OFF THIS WEEK WHERE WE FINISHED LAST WEEK.
PATTY BROUGHT UP HER DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE WEEK.
MORE HAS TRANSPIRED.
PATTY LET'S START.
>> WHAT HAS BEEN FASCINATING TO WATCH THIS SNOWBALL.
ESPECIALLY AS MORE VIDEO COMES OUT.
I WAS LAMENTING THE FACT THAT THE DENVER THEATER IS SO ACTIVE.
THIS IS THE MOST PUBLICITY THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN.
NOW WHAT THE FASCINATING TO WATCH WHO IS TAKING WHICH SIDE WITH BOEBERT AND SPECULATING ABOUT HER DATE.
WHO IS A DEMOCRAT FROM ASPEN.
IS HE A DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE.
THERE IS A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT HAS BEEN STICKING WITH BOEBERT.
THIS BAD BEHAVIOR AND APOLOGY ABOUT HER MARRIAGE BREAKUP.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO REFRAIN FROM THAT.
>> IT IS NOT WHAT SHE DID.
IT IS A COMPLETE LACK OF SHAME.
I REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE GUYS THAT DID STUPID THINGS.
WHETHER THEY WERE SORRY OR NOT.
HERE WE HAVE LAUREN BOEBERT.
SHE IS ON TV.
IT WAS MY ANIMATED PERSONALITY THAT KICKED ME OUT.
MAYBE YOUR ANIMATED HANDS.
THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THAT.
IT WAS A SOLD OUT SHOW.
SHE HAS THE INDECENCY TO NOT SHOW ANY SHAME.
JUST I'M ANIMATED.
IT IS YET ANOTHER BLEMISH ON HER RECORD.
I'M GLAD SHE WAS HAVING A BALL.
THE FACT IS, I THINK IT WILL HURT HER COME PRIMARY.
>> YOU MENTIONED KIDS.
SHE HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF A YOUTH LINEUP WHERE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK.
>> A NATIONAL YOUTH SUMMIT IN TEXAS.
I'M NOT SURE BILL CLINTON AND NEWT REMORSE.
REFERRING HER TO AS A DISGRACE OF THE COUNTRY.
LAUREN BOEBERT TAKES IT TOO FAR.
I SPENT TIME LAST DAY OR TWO ON SOCIAL MEDIA PARTICULARLY AMONG SOME OF HER FOLLOWERS AND FAN CLUB ON THE WESTERN SLOPE.
I HAD TWO TAKEAWAYS.
THEY WERE LARGELY DEFENDING LAUREN.
TWO, THEY WERE ALMOST TALKING ABOUT HER IN THE PAST SENSE.
THEY WERE EXPECTING HER TO BE DEFEATED IN THE COMING ELECTION.
THEY WERE DOWN IN THE MOUND ABOUT HER POLITICAL PROSPECTS.
WHEN YOUR FRIENDS START TO THINK THE GIG IS UP.
THE GIG IS UP.
>> A RECENT REPRESENT SHOWS THAT BOEBERT IS THE ONLY MEMBER WHO DOESN'T HAVE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR ANY OF HER BILLS, AMBER?
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING REPORT.
COLORADO LITIGATION ALL OF THEM HAVE BIPARTISAN BILLS.
SHE WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE DELEGATION THAT HAS NO BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE ELECTED INTO A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE THAT VOTE FOR YOU, YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE.
SO IT IS JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR DELEGATES THAT CHOOSES TO KIND OF ACT, OBVIOUSLY A HIGH BIPARTISAN WAY.
COLORADO HAS SO MANY AMAZING THINGS.
IT IS JUST TO ME VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS STORY HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH ATTENTION.
IT IS CERTAINLY NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF COLORADOANS.
>> SO PANEL, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF OUR VIEWERS WHO SAID THE ONLY REASON WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT BEETLEJUICE IT INCLUDES CONGRESSWOMAN BOEBERT.
SHE IS THE LEAST FAVORITE REPUBLICAN.
IMAGINE THAT HAPPENED TO A DEMOCRAT, WOULD WE STILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS?
>> FIRST OF ALL WE WOULD FALL OVER TO SEE HER ACTING THAT WAY.
OF COURSE, THAT WOULD GET HEADLINES.
IF IT WHERE ANY OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS AND CAUGHT ON TAPE THAT WAY AND VIDEO WAS LEAKED WHICH WAS IT WAS INITIALLY.
AND YOU REFUSE TO STOP VAPING BECAUSE OF A PREGNANT WOMAN BEHIND YOU THAT IS BAD BEHAVIOR.
>> IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE FAMILY VALUES PERSON.
I REMEMBER HER IN THE PRIMARY DEBATE SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT, THE VERY LEAST YOU TRY TO ACT THE PART.
>> GARY HEART WOULD GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW ME.
NOW THE PUBLIC DOES IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY DON'T NEED JOURNALIST TO TELL THEM WHAT TO THINK.
>> GOOD ANSWERS FOR ED.
A LAWSUIT IN COLORADO IS EXPECTED TO GO BEFORE A JUDGE AT THE END OF OCTOBER ON THE 30th.
IS A LAWSUIT KRISTA, HOW HAS THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BEEN LIKE?
>> WHEN APPROACHED WITH THIS LAWSUIT, I ASKED MYSELF IF A DEMOCRAT TRIED TO OVERTURNED AN ELECTION, TRIED TO INTIMIDATE ELECTION WORKERS, HAD BEEN LYING ABOUT THE RESULTS AND FOOLING A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING GOOD PEOPLE.
IF THAT PERSON FOMENTED A MOB AND THEN PROMISED TO PARDON THE PEOPLE.
THEY WERE TRYING TO STOP THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
THEY WERE TRYING TO STOP THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION.
THAT IS AGAINST DEMOCRACY.
IF A DEMOCRAT DID THAT, WOULD I WANT DEMOCRATS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
THE ANSWER IS YES, I WOULD WANT THAT.
AS A REPUBLICAN.
I CAN'T ASK OF OTHERS AND THEN SAY THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING IF THAT HAPPENED.
IF IT IS WITHIN MY POWER I NEED TO DO THAT.
IT IS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE LAW.
IT IS ABOUT RULE OF LAW.
IT IS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE CONSTITUTION, THE 14th AMENDMENT.
DOES THIS APPLY GIVEN HIS ACTIONS.
SHOULD HE NOT BE ABLE TO RUN AGAIN WITHOUT HAVING A VOTE IN CONGRESS?
THAT IS WHAT THE 14th AMENDMENT SAYS.
I THINK THIS ADJUDICATION IS IMPORTANT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT DEMANDS TO BE HEARD.
AND SO COME MAY, I WAS GLAD TO JOIN THAT EFFORT.
>> THIS THING SHOULD BE LITIGATED.
I GO BACK TO THIS SECOND IMPEACHMENT OF DONALD TRUMP.
TO BE ABLE TO BRING A FEW OTHER REPUBLICANS ALONG, THAT WAS THE PROPER FORUM IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTER MATH OF JANUARY 6TH TO TRUMP'S APPLICABLE VIABILITY.
IN THIS SITUATION THERE IS A CONSTITUENT OUT THERE WHO VIEWS DONALD TRUMP AS MARTYRS.
I FEAR IF THIS LAWSUIT IS SUCCESSFUL, THAT IT WILL ONLY ACCELERATE THAT.
THERE ARE TWO IMPERATIVES WE FACE AS A COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
ONE IS TO KEEP DONALD TRUMP THE HECK AWAY FROM THE OVAL OFFENSE AGAIN.
THE SECOND IMPERATIVE IS TO REINVEST A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE AND HAVING FAITH IN OUR SYSTEM NO MATTER ITS LAW -- FLAWS.
>> THE COLORADO REPUBLICANS PARTIES SET TO MEET SATURDAY THE 30th.
CHOOSE THE REPUBLICAN ELECT CANDIDATES THROUGH AN IN-HOUSE PROCESS.
AMBER AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES AND BREATHES FOR ELECTIONS WHEN YOU HEAR THIS YOU THINK?
>> CLEARLY A VOTING PROCESS TO THE VOTERS OF COLORADO AND DEMOCRACY.
I HELPED PASS THE BALLOT ISSUE.
VOTERS VOTED FOR THIS BY A WIDE MARGIN.
THIS ISN'T THE VOTER HAVE CHOSEN AND CHANGED OUR LAWS.
TO HAVE A PRIMARY.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH THE RULE CHANGES THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IS TELLING COLORADO VOTERS WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK.
WE WILL DO IT THE WAY WE WANT TO DO IT.
ALSO THERE IS RULES THAT INVOLVE LEAVING PEOPLE OUT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
IT IS A FRONT TO VOTERS, IT IS A FRONT TO COLORADOANS.
I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, I THINK IT IS A POLITICALLY STUPID STRATEGY IF YOU INTEND TO WIN A GENERAL ELECTION.
ANYTHING YOU DO TO TRY TO LEAVE OUT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF COLORADOANS THAT ARE IN FRONT INDEPENDENT AND WANT TO HAVE A VOICE AND PAY FOR THE ELECTIONS.
IT IS BAD.
>> YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THIS STATE.
IT IS NOT REBUST.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE FLEEING IT.
YOU HAVE THE GROWTH OF THE AFFILIATED GROUPS.
WE VOTED TO HAVE THAT PRIMARY.
IT IS IRONIC IT IS AFTER THE FIRST TRUMP TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO START.
THIS STATE AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS BETTER WITH TWO ROBUST PARTIES.
YOU KEEP HONEST.
YOU KEEP NEW IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS.
YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE JOINING THE PARTY.
IF IT WEREN'T SUCH A CLOSED MINDED GROUP.
THIS IS REALLY DISHEARTENING TO SEE THERE IS A MOVE TO CUT OUT PEOPLE MORE.
DEMOCRATS NEED A ROBUST REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THE UNAFFILIATES.
I THINK A LOT OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED BUT THEY DON'T LIKE EITHER PARTY.
>> SPEAKING OF HAVING A ROBUST ELECTION, ONE IN FOUR ELIGIBLE AMERICANS IS NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE.
AMBER I KNOW YOU KNOW IT WAS NATIONAL REGISTRATION DAY.
HOW DID IT GO?
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
MORE REGISTRATIONS WERE FILED ON TUESDAY THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
I THINK A LOT OF IT IS DUE TO A STORY THAT CAME OUT THIS MORNING ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT.
SHE ENCOURAGED ALL OF HER FOLLOWERS TO GO TO A VOTER REGISTRATION WEB SITE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE POWERFUL VOICES.
PLEASE GO AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE.
THE SITE SHE REFERENCED HAD 13,000 HITS EVERY 30 MINUTES FOR HOURS FOR TUESDAY.
TAYLOR SWIFT HAS A BIG WAY OF INFLUENCING PEOPLE IN CIVICS.
>> THAT IS GOOD.
THAT IS GOOD.
WITH THE RECENT RELEASE OF THE BUDGET PLAN WE ARE SEEING BEYOND WHAT HE WANTS TO DO FOR HOUSING THE HOMELESS.
INCLUDING BRINGING PEOPLE BACK TO DOWNTOWN WITH A $50 MILLION INVESTMENT PLAN.
THERE IS MONEY AIMED IMPROVING SAFETY.
SAFETY IS A HUGE CONCERN.
>> WE ARE STARTING TO SEE MIKE JOHNSTONS BROADER PLAN.
THE FULL RESPONSIBILITIES OF HIS OFFICE.
ON THE SAFETY GOOD FOR HIM FOR BUDGETING TO GET THE DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FULL STRENGTH OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FULL STRENGTH.
ON THE SAFETY ISSUE I WANT TO MOVE QUICKLY TO DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT THEY ARE BASICALLY THE WHOLE SAFETY ISSUE.
ALL OF HIS OUTREACH AND DISCUSSION WITH PEOPLE IN AND OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF A TOP CONCERN.
HIS QUOTE THE REALITY IS OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN OR CONTINUE TO BE SAFE AND SECURE.
TELL THAT TO THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL.
TELL THAT TO PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
HE IS DEFENDING WHAT IN MY MIND IS DEAD WRONG.
WHICH IS THE IDEA THAT STUDENTS, EVEN STUDENTS WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE THEY ARE FACING STILL HAVE A HOME IN MAINSTREAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> THE CITY HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE CAN SEE THOSE GROWTH PRESSURES EVERY DAY WITH TRAFFIC AND GETTING AROUND.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THING I HOPE THERE IS A FOCUS ON.
NOT ONLY THE REINVESTMENT AND ATTRACTING MORE COMMERCE IN THE CITY.
GETTING AROUND THE CITY AS A WORKER WHO HAS TO GO IN AND SERVE THE PUBLIC.
THERE HAS TO BE GOOD SOLUTIONS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN GET TO THEIR JOBS AND MOVE AROUND EASILY WHEN THEY GO TO LUNCH AND GET BACK.
MOBILITY PIECE IS A BIG ONE.
>> THE CRIME JUST ISN'T IN DENVER.
YOU HAD THIS INSTANCE A MASS SHOOTING BY A WOMAN AT A NIGHTCLUB.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF MASS SHOOTINGS BY WOMEN.
FIVE VICTIMS HOSPITALIZED.
WE HAVE UNEXPECTED VIOLENCE IN THE SUBURBS.
IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY YOU HAD A REFUGEE WHO WAS CARJACKED AND KILLED.
IT IS NOT JUST IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
WE STUDIED THE STATS OVER THE YEARS.
LET OUT TIME IS ALWAYS BAD IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
PEOPLE PREY ON OTHER PEOPLE.
THE VIOLENCE IS IN SURROUNDING AREAS.
BUT RAISING THE POLICE FORCE IS GOOD.
GETTING MORE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN WILL MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BETTER.
THERE ARE OTHER AMENITIES.
WE LOST HUNDREDS OF PARKING PLACES DOWNTOWN DOES NOT MAKE IT EASIER TO GET DOWNTOWN.
YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM ALL ON BUS.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE DETOURS.
THERE IS A BIG MOVE NEXT WEEK.
MY DENVER A BIG EVENT DOWNTOWN TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO BRING DOWNTOWN BACK.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS GO DOWNTOWN AND REALIZE THE MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU MIGHT FIND IS LAUREN BOEBERT.
>> THAT CONVERSATION IS NOT ENDING IS IT?
NO.
>> WE HAD SOME REALLY AMAZING CULTURE ASSETS DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FANTASTIC MUSEUMS.
WE GOT A GREAT ZOO.
WE HAVE AMAZING GARDEN.
I DON'T GO DOWNTOWN FOR A DINNER.
IT IS THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
IT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE.
I WOULD GO ANYWHERE BUT DOWNTOWN TO SPEND MY MONEY.
I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR IS SETTING ASIDE SECURITY AND POLICE.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE BEGGARS THAT WILL PUT PRESSURE ON BUSINESSES TO CLOSE.
THAT WILL BE PEOPLE LIKE ME LET'S GO TO PEARL STREET.
LET'S GO TO DOWNTOWN LITTLETON.
SOME OTHER CUTE MAIN STREET WHERE WE CAN ENJOY SHOPS, GO TO DINNER.
UNTIL THAT IS ADDRESSED, I GUESS I WILL BELIEVE IT UNTIL I SEE IT.
>> ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFS HEAD COACH DEION SANDERS WAS 60 MINUTES.
THEY PROFILED HIM.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR STATE.
AMBER THE ATTENTION YOU CANNOT DENY THAT OUR STATE IS GETTING RIGHT NOW.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
I WATCHED THE 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW.
I'M THE MOM OF A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY.
THE MESSAGE HE DELIVERED IS AMAZING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.
IT IS ABOUT THE DRIVE AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH THAT HE HAS.
HOW HE IS GETTING THE TEAM EXCITED.
YOU CAN FEEL THE EXCITEMENT.
I THINK HE NEEDS HIS OWN PRIME DRINK.
PRIME CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
THAT WOULD BE THE BEST SELLER FOR SURE AROUND COLORADO.
>> THE GAME WASN'T OVER 18 HOURS EARLIER BECAUSE IT WENT INTO THE DOUBLE OVERTIME.
HE IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.
HE IS BRINGING ATTENTION TO CU.
HE DOES NOT HIDE HIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
HE HAS NO PROBLEM TALKING ABOUT HIS FAMILY BEING INVOLVED.
HE HAS NO PROBLEM TALKING ABOUT HIS RELIGION.
HE IS UPFRONT.
IT IS A FACE NATING THING TO FOLLOW.
EVEN THOUGH HE WEARS HIS SUNGLASSES AND HAT TO HIS MOTHER HE DID SAY QUIT THREATEN THE CSU PLAYER.
>> I'M NOT A SPORTS PERSON BUT I FOLLOW HIM ON TWITTER BECAUSE HE IS INSPIRATIONAL AND GRACIOUS.
THE INCIDENT TAKING OUT THE BEST PLAYER, BUT THEN IMPLORING PEOPLE YOU DON'T NEED TO BE THREATENING THIS YOUNG PERSON.
HE DOES SEE THE BIG PICTURE.
THIS IS ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE AND ABOUT PURSUING THEIR DREAMS AND THAT WE NEED TO BE ENCOURAGING ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
IN PART WINNING GAMES IS GREAT BUT IT IS REALLY ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE.
I THINK HE IS AN INSPIRATION.
>> HE IS A VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTER.
I HAVE DONE MY OWN TRANSITION MANY WATCHING HIM.
WHEN HIS HIRING WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED.
THE WHOLE BLING PUT ME OFF.
AS I WATCHED THE 60 MINUTE INTERVIEW.
HE IS A RALLYING CRY TO BLACK AMERICA AND WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT.
THE COACHING BUSINESS AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL HAS BEEN GOOD WHITE BOYS PROVINCE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND HE HAS A DIFFERENT CONCEPT.
HE IS PROVING THAT CONCEPT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THIS WEEK.
PATTY AS ALWAYS START US OFF SOMETHING THAT DISAPPOINTING YOU.
>> THE ELIJAH McCLAIN CASE.
WE ARE LOOKING MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER HE WAS KILLED THIS YOUNG INNOCENT KID.
IF YOU LISTEN TO HIM TALKING ON THESE TAPES.
IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET JUSTICE.
THE COVER-UPS IS HORRIFYING.
>> IT COMES AS A SHOCK TO YOU.
I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH THE COLORADO GOP.
AMBER DID A GREAT JOB DESCRIBING WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THE CENTRAL COMMUNITY MEETING AND TO DENY MEMBERS THE ABILITY TO VOTE IF THEY ARE NOT THERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR END GAME.
THEY WANT TO CUT OUT INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE THEY WANT A REALLY CONSERVATIVE, HARD CORE LUNATICS ON THE BALLOTS.
IT WILL MARGINALIZE THAT PARTY.
SHAME OF THE WEEK GOES TO THEM.
>> ERIC?
>> I'M GOING TO DIA DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THERE WAS ANNOUNCEMENT WHERE FOR $59 THEY WILL HELP YOU NAVIGATE YOUR WAY TO THE AIRPORT.
SOMEBODY IS MAKING A BUCK HERE.
THE NOTION THAT THIS AIRPORT IS SO COMPLICATED AND SUCH A MESS THAT IT IS WORTH SOMEBODY SPENDING 60 BUCKS TO HAVE SOMEONE HELP THEM THROUGH THE AIRPORT SAYS A LOT.
>> THE CASE PATTY TALKED ABOUT IN AURORA IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THIS POOR BOY LOST HIS LIFE FOR NO REASON.
THEN YOU HAVE THE DEATH THREATS AGAINST THE FOOTBALL PLAYER FROM CSU FOR THE BAD HIT.
THEN YOU HAVE THE ACTIONS OF ONE OF OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IN ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
I DON'T WANT COLORADO BE KNOWN FOR THE LOWS.
>> ME EITHER.
POSITIVE?
>> I HATE TO SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT A JOHNSTON.
I WILL SAY THE MAYOR WHO IS JOINING MICHAEL JOHNSTON'S TEAM TO TALK ABOUT REGIONALISM.
THE SHOOTING IN AURORA, THE CARJACKING, WE HAVE REGIONAL ISSUES.
IT IS GREAT THAT PAUL HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN TO WORK WITH OTHER AREAS.
>> I WANT TO COMMEND THE 300 PROFESSORS AND HISTORIANS WHO WROTE A LETTER ABOUT PATTY LEMRIC.
AND I JUST KUDOS TO THEM FOR HAVING HER BACK.
>> KEN BUCK IS A MAN OF HONOR AND A MAN OF PRINCIPLE.
HE WAS THE ONLY COLORADO MEMBER OF CONGRESS REPUBLICAN TO VOTE YES.
MORE RECENTLY EVEN THOUGH HE IS PART OF THE FREEDOM CAUCUS WHICH IS PUSHING THIS IMPEACHMENT MOVE.
SHE CAME OUT AND SAID SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE.
YOU HAVE NOT PRODUCED ANY EVIDENCE.
GOOD FOR KEN BUCK.
>> MY HIGH IS POP CULTURE IMPACT ON POLITICS.
I THINK A LOT OF POLITICIANS CAN LEARN A LOT FROM HIM.
THE IMPACT TAYLOR SWIFT HAD IS SIGNIFICANT.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT POLITICS THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER INFLUENCES AND IMPACTS THAT CAN BE POSITIVE.
>> WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER.
MY POSITIVE THIS WEEK HAS TO DO WITH THE LEADER OF THE PACK.
HUGE KUDOS.
A LOT OF FOCUS IS ON FOOTBALL.
WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATS THE CYCLIST WON A BIKE TOUR.
IN THE SPIRIT BEER FESTIVAL.
CHEERS TO HIM.
CHEERS TO OUR PANELIST.
TO YOU AT HOME, THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING AT HOME OR LISTENING TO OUR PODCAST.
I'M KYLE DYER I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON PBS 12.
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