>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 19TH.

IT'S THE LAST WEEKEND OF THE NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK SHOW AND AS TRADITION SERVES, WE HAD SOME FREEZING STOCK SHOW WEATHER THIS WEEK HERE IN DENVER.

BUT OUR PANEL IS ALL THAWED UP AND READY TO GO SO LET'S SAY WELCOME TO PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

KRISTA KAFER, COLUMNIST WITH THE DENVER POST.

ERIC SONDERMANN, COLUMNIST FOR COLORADO POLITICS, AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS AND DENVER GAZETTES.

PENFIELD TATE, TORN WITH THE TATE LAW FIRM COLORADO HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

LET'S START OFF IN DENVER, WHICH IS IN A QUAGMIRE WITH THE CONTINUOUS FLOW OF MIGRANTS INTO THE CITY.

THE REALTIES THAT COST WILL AFFECT THE BUDGET AND HOW THE CITY OPERATES.

SO NOW IN A FEW WEEKS, THE CITY WILL GO BACK TO KICKING MIGRANTS, INCLUDING THOSE IN FAMILIES, OUT OF SHELTERS, AFTER THE APPROVED TIME.

>> LET'S BE SPECIFIC.

THE TIME IS 14 DAYS FOR A SINGLE MAN OR INDIVIDUAL.

AND IT'S ELEVATED FROM 37 TO 41 DAYS FOR A FAMILY.

IT IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME IF THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM OUT AND GET INTO A REALISTIC HOUSING SITUATION.

ON THURSDAY, MIKE JOHNSTON WAS WITH MEMBERS AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE MIGRANT INFLUX HERE IN COLORADO.

DENVER HAS SEEN ALMOST FIVE TIMES MOST INLAND CITIES.

MIKE JOHNSTON WAS GEARED TO DEAL WITH HOMELESS.

THIS HAS AGGRAVATED SO MUCH.

OVER 7,000 MIGRANTS MOVED IN BUT MANY HAVE MOVED ON.

THERE WERE STILL 5,000 MIGRANTS THAT NEEDED SHELTER DURING THOSE COLD DAYS.

WHAT THEY REALLY NEED IS WORK.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JARED POLIS CHALLENGE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOO.

WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO WORK IN COLORADO LEGALLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING.

THESE PEOPLE WANT TO WORK.

THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

COLORADO HAS JOBS FOR THEM.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO STEPPING UP WE NEED TO SEE CONGRESS STEP UP.

THEY GOT A DEAL THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO.

THERE IS FUNDING FOR UKRAINE, THERE IS SOME CHANGES IN THE RULE HOW WE DEAL WITH THE BORDER.

I KNOW THERE ARE INCENTIVES ON THE FAR LEFT AND FAR RIGHT TO KNOW THOSE CHANGES AND SAY WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE STATUS QUO BECAUSE IT SUITS OUR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

WE NEED OUR MEMBERS TO STEP UP AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

I ALWAYS THINK THEY NEED TO REVISIT THE REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY.

THAT DOESN'T BURDEN MEXICO MORE.

IT IS WARMER THERE.

NO ONE IS GOING TO GET FROSTBITE WAITING FOR THEIR ASYLUM APPLICATION IN MEXICO.

>> ON THE MICRO LEVEL THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS.

YES, NOT ALL ARE ASIGH LEE.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ENDURED INCREDIBLE HARDSHIPS.

THEY DESERVE WHATEVER WE CAN DO FOR THEM.

THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL STORIES.

A COUNTRY NEEDS TO ENFORCE ITS BORDERS.

THE HARD RIGHT WANTS THIS ISSUE.

THEY PREFER TO HAVE THE ISSUE THAN THE SOLUTION.

THEY THINK IT WORKS TO THEIR BENEFIT COME NOVEMBER.

AND THE HARD LEFT THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THAT LEFT THAT DON'T BELIEVE IN BORDERS.

THEY THINK THEY VIOLATE SOCIAL JUSTICE.

THEY THINK OUR CARING CAPACITY IS UNLIMITED.

THAT OUR CHECKBOOK IS UNLIMITED.

THESE PEOPLE WILL CHANGE THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF THIS COUNTRY OVER THE LONG HALL.

IT IS TIME FOR COMMON SENSE MIDDLE TO SPEAK UP AND COME TO SOME KIND OF SOLUTION HERE BECAUSE OF THE STATUS QUO IS UNSUSTAINABLE.

>> IT IS UNSUSTAINABLE.

>> I AGREE WITH WA MUCH HAS BEEN SAID.

MY GRANDPA WAS AN IMMIGRANT.

HE WAS A PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIEN.

HE RAISE A FAMILY AND THREE OF THE SONS SERVED IN THE MILITARY.

FOR A LONG TIME WE HAD A SYSTEM TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

THE POLITICAL HAS DESTROYED TO HAVE AN ORDERLY WAY TO HAVE PEOPLE COME INTO THE COUNTRY, WORK IN THE COUNTRY, AND STAY IN THE COUNTRY.

IMMIGRATION IS INEVITABLE.

WITH THE BIRTHRATE IN THE U.S. WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME HERE TO WORK.

WE NEED THE MICRO FIX TO FIX THE MACRO PROBLEM.

>> I WANTED TO SAY ONE OTHER I THINK.

CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING 10% TO 15% CUT TO AFFORD THE MIGRANT SERVICES.

WE DON'T WANT DENVER WHICH HAS BEEN A COMPASSIONATE CITY TO HAVE ITS RESIDENTS WARRIORED ABOUT CUT BACKS.

>> THAT EXSAS -- EXACERBATES THE CITY HAS TO SPEND 180 MILLION TO DEAL WITH THE CRISIS.

IT IS A LEGITIMATE BEEF THAT YOU GET THE VOICE.

>>> IT WAS A SHORT WEEK IN THE 2024 COLORADO LEGISLATURE BECAUSE OF MONDAY'S MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY, AND THEN, THE COLD WEATHER TUESDAY.

KRISTA LET'S TALK HOW THINGS ARE GOING FOR OUR LAWMAKERS.

>> I WOULD LOVE IT TO BE SHORT WEEK EVERY WEEK.

HOW ABOUT SHORT-TERM.

GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS AND WRAP THIS UP.

LET'S GET RID -- REDUCE OUR TABOR REFUNDS.

LET'S MANDATE KIDS ARE CALLED BY THEIR NAME.

WE GOT LEGISLATION AGAIN TO HAVE HEROIN INJECTION SITES.

PEOPLE USE ILLEGAL DRUGS.

I REALIZE IT IS DONE OUT OF GOOD WILL.

MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE AT THEIR DISPOSAL NARCAN SHOULD THEY OVERDOSE.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE LINE HELPING AND ENABLING.

WE ARE EMPOWERING THE ADDICTION.

WE REEMPOWERING THE DRUG DEALER AND HURTING THE INDIVIDUAL WHO NEEDS TO GET THAT SUBSTANCE UP.

>> ERIK YOUR THOUGHT?

>> THERE IS ENOUGH HEAT IN THE STATE CAPITOL.

KRISTA NAILED SOME OF THE LOW LIGHTS.

I WOULD ADD TO THAT THERE IS YET TO BE -- BACK DURING THE SPECIAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER.

SPEAKER JULIE SENT HER A STRONG LETTER OF REPROMANNED.

THE DEMOCRATS WOULD NOT SETTLE FOR A LETTER REPRIMAND THEY WOULD WANT SOMETHING STRONGER.

THERE IS A BILL TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR FELONS TO CHANGE THEIR NAME AND CHANGE THEIR LISTING BY GENDER WITHIN THE CORRECTION SYSTEM.

WE CAN DEBATE THE MERITS OF THAT.

WHETHER THAT RISES TO THE STATE OF LIST OF COLOR PRIORITIES.

I WOULD GET BACK TO OUR PREVIOUS ISSUE OF MIGRANTS.

WHERE HAS OUR GOVERNOR BEEN ON THIS ISSUE.

IT IS NOT JUST DENVER.

YOU READ THE STORIES OUT OF CARBONDALE.

>> PENN?

>> MY CONSTITUENTS USED TO ASK ME HOW DAYS ARE GOING.

I WOULD SAY SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS.

I COULD ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION IT WAS EXTREMELY RARE WHEN ANOTHER ELECTED MEMBER WAS RUDE OR OFFENSIVE DEALING WITH ME.

WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THE LOSS OF CIVILITY.

WHAT IT DOES IS IT IMPEDES YOUR ABILITY.

EVERYONE RUNS TO THEIR CORNERS AND STARTS THROWING STUFF TO EACH OTHER.

WHEN I WAS IN THE MINORITY OF THE HOUSE, WE WOULD ARGUE THINGS ON THE ISSUES.

I USED TO SAY WE WON EVERY ARGUMENT, WE JUST LOST EVERY VOTE.

INEVITABLY YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE.

ALL OF IT REFLECTS A LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE INSTITUTION, THE PROCESS, AND THE WHOLE PROCESS OF GOVERNORING.

AND THAT TROUBLES ME.

>> I THINK THERE IS STILL A LITTLE FROZEN AFTER THE MARTIN LUTHER KING DEEP FREEZE.

CERTAINLY THE SPEECH POLIS NOT MENTIONING MIGRANTS.

POLIS PUTTING OUT THE EMERGENCY DECORATION TALKING ABOUT SHELTERS AND OTHER THINGS.

LAWMAKERS AND OTHER RURAL RESIDENTS WERE OFFENDED BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY ARE BEING LEFT OUT.

THAT IS A RECURRING THEME.

IT WILL KEEP POPPING UP IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THE ISSUE OF TAXES WHICH WAS FASCINATING WHEN POLIS SAID OUR TAXES ARE TOO HIGH WE SHOULD BE CUTTING THEM.

THAT IS SOMETHING THE DEMOCRAT PARTY WOULD HEAR.

HE GOT SOME UNAPPLAUSE FROM UNLIKELY PLACES THE RIGHT.

THIS WEEK IS KIND OF CHILL.

THE SAME THINGS, PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING CIVIL.

WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE WILL KEEP HEARING THAT THROUGH THE SESSION.

>>> EVEN BEFORE DONALD TRUMP WALKED AWAY FROM THE IOWA CAUCUSES WITH A VICTORY TUESDAY NIGHT, THE COLORADO GOP WENT AHEAD AND ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP, AHEAD OF OUR PRIMARY ON MARCH 5TH.

>> THE LEVEL OF HYPOCRISY IS STUNNING.

YOU HAVE LAUREN BOEBERT WHO KEEPS TALKING ABOUT THE SWAMP IN WASHINGTON NOW MOVING ACROSS THE STATE TO A NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO STAY PART OF THE SWAMP THAT SHE SO LAMENTS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE DAVE WILLIAMS WHO IS USING ALL THE POWER SUCH AS IT IS OF BEING THE STATE PARTY CHAIR TO TRY TO LOAD THE DICE IN HIS FAVOR IN TERMS OF HIS RUN FOR CONGRESS DOWN IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

IT GOES TO IOWA AS WELL.

IF YOU LOOK AT POLLS OF PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THESE CAUCUSES.

65% REGARD JOE BIDEN AS AN ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT.

IF YOU TAKE A NUMBER OF THOSE CAUCUS ATTENDEES TO CAUCUS FOR TRUMP THAT 65 NUMBER BECOMES 90%.

IT IS CRAZY.

>> PENFIELD.

>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DYSFUNCTION OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.

THIS FURTHER ILLUSTRATES IT.

YOU GOT A PARTY THAT IS ALREADY FRACTURES TO BEGIN WITH.

WE HAVE A PRIMARY IN OUR STATE.

THE PARTY DECIDED TO ENDORSE ONE OF THE CANDIDATES WHO DIDN'T WIN THE PRIMARY BEFORE.

I THINK TED CRUZ WON THE PRIMARY THE LAST TIME.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STATE PARTY DOING THIS.

AND I WILL FINALLY ADD THE MAJORITY LEADER I SERVED WITH NORMA ANDERSON ARE REPUBLICANS ARE SAID ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

THEY ARE CHALLENGING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RIGHT TO BE ON THE BALLOT UNDER THE 14th AMENDMENT AND THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO TAKE THAT UP.

THAT IS WHAT WE NEED IS PEOPLE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND A COMMITMENT TO OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

>> HIS NAME WILL BE ON THE BALLOT.

I'M CURIOUS DIDN'T YOU HAVE TO -- IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PAY TO GET ON THE COLORADO BALLOT?

>> SHOULDN'T THEY GET REFUNDS?

>> PATTY YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> IN ADDITION TO CIVILITY WHICH POLITICAL LEADERS NEED A LESSON IN.

HOW ABOUT A LESSON IN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

DAVE WILLIAMS IS LET'S GO BRANDON.

HE WAS UNOPPOSED WHEN HE RAN THE PARTY.

THAT IS A HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

IT SHOWS HOW THIS SMALL GROUP RUNS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS OF MORALS.

LET'S POINT OUT, IF INDEED, THEIR CHOSEN CANDIDATE IS GOING TO WIN THE PRIMARY WHAT HAPPENS IF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DETERMINES THAT UNDER COLORADO LAW AGREES WITH COLORADO SUPREME COURT AND DONALD TRUMP CANNOT BE ON THE COLORADO BALLOT.

WHO WINS?

>> I THINK EVERYONE LOSES IN THIS SCENARIO.

I WILL GO A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ROUTE.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE TWO EVIL THINGS.

THE PRIMARY WE HAVE THREE OTHER PEOPLE.

HUTCHINSON IS NOW OUT.

WE HAVE DESANTOS AND NOW HALY.

NONE HAVE BEEN INDICTED, HAVE TRIED TO OVERTURN AN ELECTION.

HAVE BEEN CONVICTED BY A JURY OF ASSAULTING A WOMAN.

THERE IS STILL ON THAT BALLOT.

WHY IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THIS STATE SAYING NO, NO, NO NOT THOSE GUYS NOT THE UNINDICTED CROWD.

LET'S GO WITH THIS GUY INSTEAD.

WE WILL PUT OUR VOICE FROM BEHIND IT.

IT WAS CLEAR THAT THIS WAS THEIR MAN.

SO ALL I CAN SAY IS DAVE, LET'S GO BRANDON.

WILLIAMS SHAME ON YOU.

>> THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WE HAVE PEOPLE INVESTED IN THE SYSTEM.

THEY WANT SPECIFIC THINGS AND DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE OR ANYTHING ELSE.

DAVE WILLIAMS KNOWS WHAT HEP WANTS.

ENDORSING TRUMP FEELS WILL GET HIM THERE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF HE HAS OTHER OBLIGATIONS TO OTHER CANDIDATES WHO HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED.

HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS.

THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE THINK WHO THINK THAT WAY.

WHAT IS SCARY, THEY THINK IT IS OKAY.

AS LONG AS I'M GETTING WHAT I WANT TO HECK WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

THAT IS THE FRIGHTENING PART OF ALL OF THIS.

THAT IS WHY IT KEEPS GROWING.

>>> FOSTER CARE IN COLORADO IS GETTING THE SPOTLIGHT WITH THE RELEASE OF THE DOCUMENTARY REBECOMING ME.

AS WELL AS A REPORT FROM COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE.

WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF THE SYSTEM THEIR FUTURES ARE RATHER BLEAK.

>> THE REPORT WAS EYE OPENING AND FRIGHTENING ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

TO SEE YOU HAVE AVERAGE 5200 KIDS IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM.

WHEN YOU AGE OUT IS WHEN YOU TURN 18.

IT IS KIND OF BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR OF YOUR HOUSE.

ONLY 30% OF THEM ARE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

THEIR ABILITY TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING IS IMPACTED.

THE YOUNG LADIES ARE TEN TIMES TO BECOME PARENTS THAN THE REST OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY.

IT IS NOT RIGHT.

THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING WITH TAX DOLLARS AND IT IS FAILING SOCIETY.

IT IS FAILING OUT OF THESE KIDS AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE I WOULD ARGUE WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP AT LEAST PUT THEM ON A PATH WHERE THEY CAN BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT AND SUCCESSFUL.

WHEN I HEARD THE STORY OF THE ONE GUY WHO SPENT 11 DAYS IN JAIL BECAUSE HE WAS 11 MINUTES LATE GETTING HOME.

THIS IS NUTS.

I WOULD DARE SAY A FEW PEOPLE AROUND THIS TABLE BUSTED CURFEW.

I NEVER THOUGHT MY PARENTS WOULD SENT ME TO JAIL.

THAT SHOWS THE DEGREE OF DYSFUNCTION IN THE SYSTEM.

I HOPE THE DOCUMENTARY AND THE REPORT AND THE ECONOMIC COST OF THE REPORTS AND THE TENS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS REALLY PROMPTS THE LEGISLATURE TO TAKE ACTION.

MAYBE THE GOVERNOR WILL BEGIN TO SAY WE GOT TO OVERHAUL THIS SYSTEM ALSO.

>> PATTY?

>> THE SHAME IS BEFORE YOU GET INTO THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO REDEFINING CHILD ABUSE.

POVERTY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THROWN IN.

YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

LET'S LOOK AT MAKING SURE EVERY CHILD WHO IS BORN IN COLORADO IS WANTED AND PARENTS CAN HANDLE THEM RATHER THAN CREATE THE CHAOS THAT LEADS TO CHILDREN GOING TO FOSTER CARE.

WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT NEW LEGISLATIONS, NEW PROPOSALS REGARDING CHOICE.

CHILDREN NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF FROM THE START.

WHEN THEY ARE BORN.

THEY SHOULD BE WANTED.

THEY SHOULD BE EDUCATED.

THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT JUST IN FOSTER CARE.

>> KRISTA?

>> WHEN THEY ARE UNWANTED IN THE WOMB OR NEGLECTED.

WE NEED TO CARE FOR ALL OF THEM.

THERE IS NO STABILITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THE REPORT WANTED TO LOOK AT IS EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

THERE ARE STATES THAT HAVE VOUCHERS SO THEY MAY REMAIN AT ONE SCHOOL THE ENTIRE TIME AND GET THE SPECIALIZED CARE THAT A PRIVATE SCHOOL CAN PROVIDE.

I THINK THAT IS ONE THING TO LOOK AT.

I THINK LOOKING AT THE MODEL OF IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO CARE FOR THESE KIDS SO THEY HAVE STABILITY.

THROUGH THAT STABILITY MIGHT DO BETTER ONCE THEY ARE ON THEIR FEET.

>> THESE ARE HUMAN TRAGEDIES.

THERE IS NO WAY TO WATCH THIS FILM REBECOMING ME OR TO READ THE REPORT FROM COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE WITH ANY EMOTION OTHER THAN THAT OF SADNESS.

THERE CAN BE ANGER AND HOPEFULLY COMMITMENT TO GET THE SYSTEM RIGHT.

IT IS GROUNDED IN SADNESS.

HUGE HATS OFF TO RACHEL WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE PRODUCER OF THIS SHOW COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON PBS12 WHO ALSO WAS THE PRODUCER OF THIS MOVIE.

SHOUTOUT TO JOHN AND THE FOLKS AT THE COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE.

IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR COLORADO.

>> NOW IT IS TIME TO GO THROUGH THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS.

WE WILL START ON THE LOW NOTE, PATTY.

>> REMEMBER YOU WERE SHOCKED WHEN IT WAS DEAD FOR THE YEAR.

TASTE OF COLORADO MORPHED.

LET'S BRING BACK THAT TAET OF COLORADO.

WHO WANT TO BRING BACK DOWNTOWN.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THE SHAME OF THE WEEK FOR TAKING THE CONTRACT OR THE JEFFCO COMMISSIONERS FOR OFFERING $360,000 CONTRACT TO THE HUSBAND OF CONGRESSWOMAN PETERSON TO TRY TO TAKE AWAY TABOR REFUNDS FROM THAT DISTRICT.

THE WHOLE THING IS FRIENDS HELPING FRIENDS TO SCREW OVER TAXPAYERS.

I THINK THERE ARE PROBLEMS ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.

>> THE DEBT WE OWE OTHERS HAS PASSED $34 TRILLION THAT IS TRILLION WITH THE THREE.

WE ARE WITH HIGHER INTEREST RATES PAYING $730 BILLION A YEAR JUST IN SERVICING THAT DEBT.

JUST IN INTEREST PAYMENTS.

WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS, POLICY DISCUSSIONS TAXING THE RICH.

AS POINTED OUT THIS WEEK, YOU CAN CONFISCATE EVERY DOLLARS OWNED BY THE JEFF BEZO.

YOU WILL NOT EVEN PAY THE INTEREST ON THAT DEBT.

THIS WILL NOT END WELL.

>> THAT IS DEPRESSING.

>> DIDN'T WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT ELIMINATED THE DEBT?

>> THE DEFICIT.

>> THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER LYNCH RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.

MAYBE YOU GOT TO GET STREET CRED IN ORDER TO RUN FOR OFFENSE AND THE PARTY.

RUNNING AROUND -- LOADED AND STRAPPED WITH A PISTOL IN YOUR CARE MAYBE TO GET THE STREET CRED SO YOU ARE A VIABLE CANDIDATE.

>> LESSON LEARNED.

THE POSITIVE NOTE.

>> THIS HAS BEEN THE LAUNCHING PAD FOR OTHER POLITICIANS.

THIS TABLE STRAIGHT TO CONGRESS.

THERE YOU GO.

>> THE STOCK SHOW RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY.

GET OUT THERE IF YOU CAN.

LET'S MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE THE FACILITIES YEAR AROUND.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THESE PEOPLE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY WILL HAVE SERVICES.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE THEY WILL BE.

I APPRECIATE THE DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICANS LEADERS HAVE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO HAVE A BETTER DECORUM.

>> IT HAS BEEN A WILD WEEK UP THERE.

THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WHICH WE RECEIVED IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.

DENVER HAD THIS FRIGID COLD.

THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WE HAVE IS ASTOUNDING.

NOW OPEN.

WAS CLOSED FOR THE LONGEST TIME.

KUDOS TO THE WORKERS.

TO ALL THE TRAVELLERS WHO TOOK THE LONG WAY AROUND.

IT WAS AN UGLY TRIP.

>> YOU KNOW FOR SURE.

>> I KNOW.

>> IT WAS VERY COLD THIS WEEK, I REMAIN HEARTEN THAT 250 SHOWED UP FOR THE MLK PARADE IN BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES.

AS CHUNK OF OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

IT LIFTS YOUR SPIRIT THAT EVEN WEATHER WON'T DAMPEN IT.

IT WAS A GREAT MLK DAY.

>> WITH ALL THE ISSUES THAT STARTED 2024.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE FOUR EXAMPLES OF GREATNESS.

THE PEOPLE THAT GOT THEIR SHOVELS AND GOT THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THE AVALANCHE THEIR CARS WERE BURIED.

NUMBER TWO PEOPLE LIKE PENFIELD WHO WALKED THE MLK PARADE.

AND THE YOUNG KIDS AT THE STOCK SHOW.

THIS WEEK WAS A BIG DEAL FOR SHOWING.

AND THEN THE COLORADO WOMAN WHO LOST HER MOM TO CANCER AT 17 WENT TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY EARNED THE TITLE OF SECOND LIEUTENANT AND BECAME THE FIRST EVERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE MEMBER TO BE NAMED MISS AMERICA.

THANK YOU PANEL FOR COMING THIS WEEK.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AT HOME.

WE ARE LISTENING ON OUR PODCAST.

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

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