Dem Debacle at Hegseth Hearings, Minnesota Legislature Standoff, Bass Still Floundering
3 Martini Lunch
Radio America
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
First, they analyze Pete Hegseth's opening statement during his bid to become Secretary of Defense. Then they focus on the embarrassing spectacle put on by Senate Democrats. Rather than focusing on persuasive arguments, many Senate Democrats appeared more interested in creating viral moments and making it far more likely that Hegseth will be confirmed.
Next, they discuss the political turmoil in Minnesota, where Republicans hold a slim one-seat majority in the state House of Representatives. Democrats are boycotting the chamber to prevent Republicans from forming committees and advancing their legislative agenda. With a special election approaching, Democrats are accusing the GOP of a "coup" and demanding further delay before any legislative action can take place.
Finally, they shake their heads as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass still doesn't have a good answer about whether she should have left for Ghana when the warnings for severe wildfire conditions were so high. Jim minces few words about the mayor's job performance and her very unimpressive public appearances.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:04.9 | Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.6 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:13.0 | Hey, so glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the Three Martini Lunch. |
| 0:17.3 | Good, bad, crazy martinis for you today. |
| 0:20.7 | Been a little bit of an interesting morning here in Corumbus Land. |
| 0:23.9 | I told you a couple of days ago, and we were talking about the California wildfires |
| 0:27.0 | about how we had a neighbor a couple doors down a couple of years ago. |
| 0:30.7 | Had a small house fire that kept him out for a few months. |
| 0:33.7 | Now a couple doors in the other direction had a fire this morning. |
| 0:36.3 | So we're all out there bonding as neighbors and wishing the best. |
| 0:40.2 | Fortunately, no one was home, so there's no injuries there. |
| 0:42.9 | It's going to be a considerable amount of interior damage. |
| 0:46.5 | And so my prayers are certainly with them. |
| 0:49.0 | But great credit to the local fire department and surrounding counties even showing up. |
| 0:53.7 | There were more fire trucks |
| 0:54.8 | on our street than I think that showed up for the threat at Chester A. Arthur Elementary School |
| 1:01.2 | in New York in Die Hard 3. It was an impressive swift response. Grateful for that and grateful |
| 1:06.8 | to get back to normal. Normal sounds pretty darn good right now. I was going to say, we've been |
| 1:10.8 | talking a lot about firefighters of this podcast lately, uh, went through a small fire in our, |
| 1:16.7 | the bottom level of our two level townhouse back in Alexandria. Firefighters were right there, |
| 1:21.4 | worked really fast. You'll love to see these guys and they only seem to have just the right touch |
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