
September 8th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 36 | 29mVideo has Closed Captions
Election Season Is Picking Up
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun David Kopel Eric Sondermann George Brauchler Topics Election Season Is Picking Up State Department Of Revenue Hosting Meetings Regarding Psychedelic Healing Centers State Regulations Are Extreme Burden On Businesses Cu Buffs Ranked In Top 25 College Football Teams
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September 8th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 36 | 29mVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun David Kopel Eric Sondermann George Brauchler Topics Election Season Is Picking Up State Department Of Revenue Hosting Meetings Regarding Psychedelic Healing Centers State Regulations Are Extreme Burden On Businesses Cu Buffs Ranked In Top 25 College Football Teams
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HI, EVERYONE I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
LET ME INTRODUCE THE PANEL.
PATTY CALHOUN, ALSO DAVID KOPEL, ED SEAOVER AND THEN WE HAVE GEORGE BRAUCHLER.
WITH LABOR DAY NOW BEHIND US, ELECTION SEASON IS STARTING TO PICK UP.
ELECTING LEADERS AND LOCAL AS WELL AND TWO STATEWIDE REFERENDUMS.
BUT BECAUSE OF THINGS TRANSPIREDED THIS WEEK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE.
PATTY LET'S START WITH YOU.
>> WE THOUGHT THAT A CAT IN COLORADO IS TRYING TO GET ON THE BALLOT.
WITH THE LAWSUIT JUST FILED TO TRY TO GET TRUMP OFF OF ANY POTENTIAL COLORADO BALLOT FOR PRESIDENT IT IS FASCINATING TO WATCH THE COVERAGE OF IT.
WORKING WITH THE D.C. FIRM AND DAVID WILL TALK ABOUT THE LEGALITIES.
HE CANNOT BE ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE OF THE 14th AMENDMENT.
IT IS AN AMAZING STORY.
IT IS COMING AFTER WE HEAR CNN'S POLLING WITH BIDEN GOING DOWN AMONG DEMOCRATS.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO PROBLEM CONSIDERING VOTING FOR A MAN WHO AT LEAST ENDORSED AT THE U.S. CAPITAL.
IT IS LOOKING LIKE A WILD NOVEMBER 2024.
A CAT WILL BE A RELIEF.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THIS LAWSUIT.
>> I THINK IT IS A CREDIBLE LAWSUIT, I'M NOT PREDICTING A RESULT.
DOES IT HAVE A RESPONSIBLE BASIS?
NO PERSON SHALL HOLD THE OFFICE UNDER THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY TAKEN AN OATH ENGAGE REBELLION OR GIVEN AIDE AND COMFORT TO ENEMIES.
SOME OF THE PLAINTIFFS ARE KRISTA KAFER.
NORMA ANDERSON, SOLID REPUBLICAN.
SOME OTHERS, THE MAIN ATTORNEYS ARE THIS GROUP IN WASHINGTON.
A LEFT WING ACTIVIST DESIGNED TO OPPRESS REPUBLICANS.
BUT SOMETIMES THEY WIN THEIR CASES.
HERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR CASE, THEY SHOW SOME FACTS SUPPORTING THAT.
WE HAVE A FEDERAL STATUTE THAT PUNISHES INSURRECTION.
NO ONE HAS CHARGED WITH THAT OFFENSE.
THEY HAVE BEEN THROWING THE BOOK AT THESE PEOPLE FOR EVERY POSSIBLE THING.
NO ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THIS.
LIKEWISE THE FEDERAL INDICTMENT OF TRUMP, LIKEWISE DOESN'T EVEN ALLEGE A VIOLATION OF THIS STATUTE.
>> ED?
>> DITTO.
JUST KIDDING.
I THINK IT IS FAIR TO FOCUS ON THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THIS.
IT ALMOST OPENS UP MORE THE ABILITY FOR REPUBLICANS TO COME OUT AND SAY USE THE WORD COMEOUT, THEY ARE COMING OUT SCARY PLACE OF HIDING.
MAYBE I'M NOT FOR TRUMP.
MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS.
WE CAN BE VOCAL AND SAY OUR FELLOW REPUBLICANS, AS HE MENTIONED ARE ASKING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
MAYBE I CAN NOW SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO BACK HIM EITHER.
I THINK IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF KEYS HERE.
YOU ARE LOOKING HOW CAN THIS AFFECT THE THIRD CD WHERE YOU HAVE LAUREN BOEBERT BEING CHALLENGED BY AN ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO IS BACKED BY HANK BROWN.
DOES IT HELP?
I THINK WORTH NOTING STATE REPRESENTATIVE GABE ACQUITTED HIMSELF VERY WELL IN TERMS WHO CAN THOUGHTFULLY DISCUSS ISSUES.
ASSUMING HE CAN WIN THAT PRIMARY.
THAT WILL MAKE THAT A TIGHT RACE.
DOES IT GET TO PEOPLE TO LOOK AT HIM WHO MIGHT BE A TRUMP SUPPORTER.
I THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE VALID IMPLICATIONS.
>> GEORGE?
>> I WANT TO ECHO WHAT DAVE AND ED SAID BUT COMPLETELY DISAGREE.
I ECHO THE PART ABOUT KRISTA KAFER.
NORMA ANDERSON WAS MY STATE SENATOR.
I DISAGREE WITH THE LEGITIMACY OF THE LAWSUIT.
THE ATTORNEYS ARE DRIVING THIS SUIT.
THE FOLKS THEY NAMED UNSUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THE CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT PUSHING THIS.
HERE IS THE KILLER.
THAT SECTION THAT DAVE READ THERE IF YOU DROP DOWN TWO SECTIONS TO SECTION FIVE IT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT IT IS CONGRESS AND CONGRESS ALONE ENFORCE THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
AIN'T NO ONE ON THAT LAWSUIT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
EMPOWER PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, THIS CASE SHOULD BE DUMPED JUST ON STANDING GROUNDS.
>> I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT.
SECTION FIVE GRANTS CONGRESS A NEW POWER TO ENFORCE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE 14th AMENDMENT.
THE TEXT OF THAT IS NOT EXCLUSIVE POWER.
AND SO AS THE AUTHORS OF THE ARTICLE ALL OVER SECTION 3 DOESN'T HAVE ANY LIMITATIONS LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN GO BACK AND FORTH DEFENDING THIS SUIT MIGHT BE TAKING THE NOTES.
I THINK WE HAVE THE RECORD OF 14th AMENDMENT ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING SECTION ONE IS NOT LIMITED TO CONGRESS EVEN THOUGH CONGRESS HAS GIVEN NONEXCLUSIVE POWER TO ENFORCE IT.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHY PUT IT IN THERE AT ALL?
IF EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO FILE THE SUIT, WHY PUT IN CONGRESS' REFERENCE.
THE OTHER THING, THIS MAY BE OUR VERY FIRST CIO BET.
>> IT ISN'T THE FIRST CIO BET.
WE HAVE DONE MANY.
>> IT ALWAYS ENDED IN DISASTER.
>> I LOST THEM ALL.
>> THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.
SINCE COLORADO VOTERS VOTED TO -- OUR STATE NOW WANTS TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE HOW THIS WILL WORK.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT WILL GO FOR ANOTHER FOUR WEEKS.
THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE ON ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT ISSUES ON HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT.
>> GOOD FOR THEM.
AFTER THE VOTERS IN COLORADO BY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ADULT USE OF MARIJUANA.
THE STATE WORKED TO SET UP A HIGHLY REGULATED FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM OF LEGAL ADULT MARIJUANA SALES.
I THINK THEY ARE OFF TO A GOOD START FOR MUSHROOMS AND SIMILAR NATURAL PSYCHEDELICS.
SHOWING THAT THE INGREDIENT IN MUSHROOMS ONE TIME SUPERVISED USE HAD DRAMATIC EFFECTS.
FAR LARGER THAN THE TYPICAL REGIMEN.
THERE IS A LOT OF SOLID SCIENCE BEHIND MAKING THESE CENTERS AVAILABLE ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES.
>> ED?
>> I THINK THE BIG THING TO SAY START GETTING RID OF MISCONCEPTIONS.
YOU WILL SEE THE MUSHROOMS POP UP IN EVERY CORNER.
THIS IS GOING TO BE HEALING CENTERS.
THIS WILL BE A LIMITED MARKET FOR THE FOLKS GOING INTO THAT.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE STATE WILL HAVE TO WATCH AGAINST.
THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP NATURAL MEDICINES.
YOU WILL HAVE IN THE PRESENCE WHO IS TRAINED TO SUPERVISE YOU.
THAT IS GOING TO SERVE AS AN ECONOMIC BARRIER TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE THESE MUSHROOMS.
CUT OUT THE BLACK MARKET EARLY ON.
IF PEOPLE SEE THIS IS GOING TO BE A MORE EXPENSIVE DRUG PEOPLE WILL TRY TO UNDER CUT THESE BUSINESSES.
HOW IT DOES RIGHT.
>> I'LL SAY THIS.
COLORADO EXPERIMENT WITH MARIJUANA AT BEST HAS BEEN A MIXED BAG.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE BLACK MARKET IT IS A DISASTER.
WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD END THE BLACK MARKET.
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN MORE BLACK MARKET IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.
I WAS IN A PLACE THEY PULLED 1100 PLANTS AT A 2500 SQUARE FOOT HOME.
LARGELY BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT ED TALKED ABOUT AND DAVE TALKED ABOUT.
WHEN YOU ALLOW THEM TO PRODUCE IT IN THEIR HOME.
THEIR INTENSETIVE -- THE THING YOU WILL SEE BECAUSE OF THE REGULATION, THE INCENTIVE WILL BE FINANCIALLY TO SELL IT CHEAPER OR BUY IT CHEAPER FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.
WHATEVER BAD COMES FROM THIS, I WANT TO CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
COLORADO VOTERS GET THEIR WAY.
WE HAD THE DEBATE.
NOW WE WILL DEAL WITH THE AFTER MATH.
>> YOU JUST WATCH THE PIECE ON CNN.
THE NUMBERS OF SENIORS USING MARIJUANA FOR MEDICINE IS FASCINATING.
MAYBE THEY ARE KEEPING THEIR BILLS LOWER.
TO GO ON TO THE PSYCHEDELICS.
GOOD FOR THE STATES IN HAVING THESE HEARINGS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE LOOK ON THE TASK FORCE, YOU HAVE DR. SUE WHO IS BASED IN ARIZONA DOING INCREDIBLE WORK WITH VETERANS WITH PTSD ISSUES.
HOW THEY HAVE REALLY HELPED.
YOU HAVE A DOCTOR WHO IS AN EXPERT OF HEALING WITH USING THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL WORK.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING WORK.
BUT THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK SMOOTHLY.
THE MORE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE GOOD AND THE BACK AND REGULATORS PUT THEM THE BETTER OFF IN 2024.
>> STATE REGULATIONS ARE BECOMING AN EXTREME BURDEN TO A LEVEL THAT HADN'T BEEN SEEN AT ANY OTHER STATE.
>> THE POSTER WORKING FOR US SAID THE SHOCKING RESULTS.
THEY SAY IT IS A LOOK OF WORKERS.
IN COLORADO 11% AGREED WITH THAT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM THE EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS SUCH AS THE CREATION OF FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM TO SOME OF THE UPGRADES IN HARASSMENT LAW TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
THE UNDERLYING MESSAGE OF THIS, ONE STAT STOOD OUT TO ME IS OF BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE IN MULTIPLE STATES.
39% SAID WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND ELSEWHERE BECAUSE OF THIS.
THAT IS BUSINESSES OPERATING HERE.
WE ARE CLOSING THE DOOR TO COLORADO EXPANSION.
YOU ONLY GOT IN A STATE THAT USED TO BE THE HOT BED OF BUSINESSES WANTING TO RELOCATE HERE.
ONLY 17% ARE OPERATING IN MULTIPLE STATES WE ARE GOING TO COLORADO WITH OUR EXPANSION.
THESE REGULATIONS NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
THE COSTS NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
THE JOBS WON'T COME HERE.
THE JOBS WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE THE STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM COLORADO SCHOOLS IF BUSINESSES DON'T FEEL IT IS BUSINESS FRIENDLY ANYMORE.
>> IT FOCUSED A TON ON THE IMPACT OF ALL THESE EMPLOYER DRIVEN AND EMPLOYMENT DRIVEN REGULATIONS.
THIS SHOULD COME AS A SURPRISE TO NO ONE.
THESE ARE THINGS VOTERS WERE TOLD ABOUT THAT FAMILY WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT.
THE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE HEAR.
EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY COME UP WITH AN INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE OR ANOTHER BENEFIT THEY PROVIDE TO EMPLOYEES.
THIS DOESN'T SURPRISE ME.
I THINK WE WILL ONLY SEE IT GET WORSE IN THE FUTURE.
>> PATTY?
>> YOU HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING OUTSIDE OF DENVER BECAUSE OF THE MINIMUM WAGE IS LOWER OUTSIDE OF DENVER.
YOU HAVE THEM GOING TO THE SUBURBS.
RESIDENTS IN DENVER, THERE ARE SIDEWALK FEES.
THERE ARE NOW TRASH FEES THEY ARE PAYING FOR.
EVERYONE WILL BE PAYING MORE AROUND THE STATE.
WE WILL SEE A LOT MORE DISCONTENT COME DECEMBER WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THOSE BILLS.
>> THE REGULATIONS ARE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.
LATER ENDED RUNNING A HOTEL.
IF I HAD BEEN RUNNING A BUSINESS BEFORE IN THE SENATE I WOULD HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE PAYROLL AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
WE HAVE A LEGISLATURE THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING THAT SENATOR DID LEARN.
THEY STARTED OFF BY COPYING CALIFORNIA.
YOU CAN TAKE THE GOLDEN STATE WITH THESE RESOURCES AND DESTROY THE MIDDLE CLASS.
NOW THEY HAVE GONE BEYOND CALIFORNIA.
RATHER COPYING CALIFORNIA, WE ARE FIRST IN THE NATION AND CALIFORNIA IS COPYING US.
IF YOU WANT A THRIVING ECONOMY WITH PEOPLE ABLE TO HAVE JOBS, THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT ARE OPPOSITE OF THE TRACK.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO?
THE FOOTBALL TEAM HAD ONE WIN LAST SEASON.
AFTER LAST WEEKEND'S GAME WITH COACH PRIME, THEY ARE TOP TWO IN THE TOP 25.
START THIS CONVERSATION FOR US.
>> FIRST OFF GO BUFFS I SPENT SEVEN YEARS AT CU.
IT WAS UNDERGRAD AND LAW SCHOOL.
THIS IS NOT JUST SWEEPING COLORADO.
IT IS INTENSE HERE.
YOU HAD THE DRY DESERT WITH A COUPLE OF GOOD POINTS.
I HAVE A BUDDY OF MINE WHO LIVES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
RETIRED ARMY COLONEL.
HE BUILT UP THIS ALUMNI GRADS.
THAT'S NOT EVEN HERE IN COLORADO.
I THINK THAT PRIME IS ON THE VERGE IF IT CONTINUES THE WAY IT IS GOING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL START NAMING THEIR KIDS PRIME.
I DO THINK IT WILL REMAKE THE NCAA.
THIS WHOLE PORTAL NONSENSE AND REMAKE A TEAM FOR SUCCESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL WILL LOOK LIKE IN TWO OR THREE YEARS.
RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS GOOD FOR CU.
>> WE HAD COACH PRIME IN OUR OUR COVER THIS WEEK.
I WILL SAY THIS, I WOULDN'T THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE SAID IT.
COACH PRIME WAS A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR CU UNLIKE SAY JOHN EASTMAN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THREE KEY FACTS.
NEBRASKA FANS ARE RENOUNCE -- RENOWNED TO VISITING TEAMS.
SECOND YOU HAVE TO RESPECT NEBRASKA'S SUPPORT FOR ITS TEAMS.
JUST A FEW DAYS AGO HOSTED THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPORTING EVENT EVERY FOR FEMALE ATHLETES.
92,000 PEOPLE SEEING THE NEBRASKA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM.
AND THIRD, JUST A WARNING, IF THIS IS A RIVALRY GAME.
CU ONLY HAS 12 PLAYERS WHO CAME FROM COLORADO.
NEBRASKA HAS 53.
EVEN IF THEY WERE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER THE RIVALY DAYS THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS DO.
>> YOU LIVE IN BOULDER.
>> I'M JUST SETTING THE FACTS.
YOU CAN'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THE HOME TEAM THAT YOU IGNORE THE STRENGTH OF THE OTHER SIDE.
>> COME ON.
>> GO BIG GREEN.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY.
EXPECTED ABOUT A $35 MILLION IMPACT FROM THAT.
THE STADIUM HOLDS 50,000 PEOPLE.
THERE AT LEAST SIX HOME GAMES A YEAR.
AT THIS POINT THEY WILL BRING IN A LOT OF FOLKS FROM OUT OF STATE WHO WILL NEEDING HOTEL ROOMS AND EATING IN RESTAURANTS.
CLEARLY CLOTTERING THE BARS.
THIS CAN BE AN ECONOMIC BOOM FOR THE BOULDER AREA THAT WILL SPILL WELL BEYOND THE CITY.
IN THAT GO COACH PRIME THANKS FOR THE ECONOMIC LIFT.
>> LET'S GO TO THE HIGHS AND LOWS THIS WEEK.
WE WILL START WITH PATTY WITH THE NOTES SO GREAT.
>> WE PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE THE STRONG INITIATIVE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE INSANE SHENANIGANS.
MAYBE PRESSURE ON PEOPLE.
THERE IS ONE LAST HEARING THAT THE COUNTY CLERK HAS UNTIL DECEMBER 11th.
I THINK WE WON'T SEE IT.
>> SOME OF THE COLORADO TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT GO TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GO TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES.
GAVE THIS SPEECH THAT HITLER HAD THE RIGHT IDEA.
ALL THE JEWS HE PERSECUTED WEREN'T REAL JEWS.
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE FUNDING HIS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO INSIGHT NEW GENERATIONS IN HATRED AND ANTI-SEMITISM.
>> THE CONTINUING NEWS THAT COMES OUT ABOUT THE UNFORTUNATE PLANE CRASH REALLY SHOULD -- IN THE LIGHT OF A ROGUE STATE.
USING ASSASSINATION TATTICS.
WE NEED TO TREAT RUSSIA LIKE WE TREAT NORTH KOREA AT THIS POINT.
>> YESTERDAY A REPORT ON A TRAGIC DEATH OF A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO ARMED HIMSELF WITH A GUN.
THEY MASKED UP, HOODED UP AND ROBBED A LIQUOR STORE OWNER.
A CHASE INSUED WITH THE POLICE.
THE POLICE TACKLED THIS 14-YEAR-OLD TO THE GROUND.
HE CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE FOR THE HANDGUN.
THE POLICE USED LETHAL FORCE TO STOP HIM.
THAT USE OF FORM WAS APPROPRIATE WITHIN AN HOUR OF THAT REPORT.
THE KIND OF DIVISIVE RHETORIC THAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY AND CITY WORSE OFF WHEN TRAGEDY TAKES PLACE.
THE QUESTION OUGHT TO BE HOW DID THESE 14-YEAR-OLD KIDS TRY TO ROB A LIQUOR STORE AND THEN TAKE ON THE POLICE.
>> BOULDER IS NOT ABOUT FOOTBALL.
THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THE NEW POET FOR COLORADO.
>> THAT IS GOOD.
>> NEW CNN POLL SHOWS DONALD TRUMP IS SUPPORTED BY REPUBLICAN LEANING VOTERS.
ABOUT TWO-THIRDS WANT SOMEONE ELSE.
THAT SOMEBODY ELSE, ONE CANDIDATE HAS BEEN PLUMMETING SINCE THE DEBATE.
HE IS A VERY GOOD SPEAKER.
IF YOU HEAR HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE DEBATE EXPOSED HE IS REALLY KIND OF A SLIPPERY FABRICATION, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE SAME DR. OZ RATHER THAN AN ENTREPRENEUR MAKING MONEY OFF THE CAMPAIGN THAN SOMEONE SERIOUS ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE.
>> GOVERNOR POLIS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING THE STATE AGENCY TO INCREASE APPRENTICESHIPS.
IT IS A REALLY GOOD STEP.
DOING THIS WILL GET A LOT MORE KIDS INVOLVED IN CAREER THINKING AND CAREER PIPELINES.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT POLIS ENCOURAGES BUSINESSES TO DO THIS TOO.
THE GOVERNOR NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND FOR SMALLER EMPLOYERS THERE IS A BARRIER DOING THIS ON THEIR OWN.
HE OUGHT TO DO MORE THAN JUST ENCOURAGE THEM.
HE NEEDS TO INCENTIVIZE THEM.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A NARRATIVE THAT SOME OF THE JANUARY 6TH RIDER HAVE BEEN HELD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP DARK WELL WITHOUT ACCESS TO FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY PARTY.
THIS LAST WEEK KEN BUCK CAME FORWARD WITH A LETTER THAT DISPELLED ALL OF THAT WITH FACTS AVAILABLE AND CHECKABLE SUGGESTING THAT IS NOT ONLY FALSE, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT REMAIN IN CUSTODY ARE 20 FOLKS ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICERS.
THE OTHER WITH WEAPON CHARGES.
MY HATS OFF TO KEN AT A TIME WHEN IT WOULD BE EASY TO JUST REMAIN SILENT.
>> MY POSITIVE THIS WEEK IS FEEDBACK WE ARE GETTING FROM OUR VIEWERS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED WITH THE SHOW.
WE ARE EAGER TO HEAR FROM YOU.
ESPECIALLY WITH OUR MOST RECENT REMINDER FOR POLITE OPINION GIVING.
REFERRING TO ONE OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AFTER THE MOST RECENT ROUND.
SHE SAID SHE IS NOT A REPUBLICAN.
WHEN REPUBLICANS SHOULD HAVE AN IQ TEST.
SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS OVER THE TOP.
TO TAMRA AND OUR VIEWERS I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HEAR EACH OTHER PERSPECTIVES.
I MUST SAY, WE DO A FABULOUS JOB OF BEING VERY POLITE ON MOST DAYS TO EACH OTHER.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE HEAR YOU.
IT IS A GOOD REMINDER.
RIGHT TEAM?
RIGHT TEAM?
RIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING FROM HOME OR ON YOUR DEVICE.
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