Democrats Deeply Divided, Virginia GOP’s Uphill Battle, Another House Dem Dies

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for the Friday 3 Martini Lunch as they break down deep divisions among Democrats over the spending bill, the Virginia GOP’s steep challenges in this year’s elections, and the House Democrats losing two members in just over a week.

First, Republicans finally get a chance to watch Democrats openly feud over whether to pass a spending bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer now reluctantly supports the bill, sparking an intense backlash from progressives. Jim also explains how Democrats are struggling to accept their minority status in Congress.

Next, they wince at the prospects for Virginia Republicans in this year's elections. They usually don't go well for the party that holds the White House. Virginia is also home to the second most federal employees in the nation, and the DOGE cuts are likely to be unpopular in the DC suburbs. Republicans do have an excellent candidate in Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, but will the headwinds against her be too strong?

Finally, they discuss the passing of Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, marking the second House Democrat to die in under two weeks. They note the oddity of Grijalva’s X account continuing to post after his death and also examine how these vacancies will impact the House until special elections are held to fill those vacancies.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.9	Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.5	Three martini's coming up.
0:13.2	Very glad you are with us for the Friday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:17.3	We have once again successfully made it to the end of another week.
0:20.1	And we have
0:21.5	good, bad, and crazy martini's to get to today. One will be about the fight over spending and
0:28.9	whether the government will shut down. That's the good martini, certainly in multiple ways.
0:34.2	Then we'll be going to take a look at Virginia statewide elections in 2025. That's a little
0:38.9	bit dicier. And then we will be taking a look at kind of a macabre trend in the House of Representatives
0:45.7	and some other aspects of the passing of a Democratic member of Congress. But let's start with
0:51.6	the biggest news of the day, probably in Washington, and that is that
0:55.2	probably the government's not going to shut down. We haven't had the vote in the Senate yet, but the fact
1:01.1	that Chuck Schumer is now saying that he will support the Republicans continuing resolution,
1:07.2	John Federman's saying it, but something tells me Schumer wouldn't do it if he didn't
1:11.8	already think it was going to pass without his vote. So here is Chuck Schumer, at least in part
1:16.4	yesterday on the Senate floor. I believe it is my job to make the best choice for the country
1:22.2	to minimize the harms to the American people. Therefore, I will vote to keep the government open
1:29.9	and not shut it down. There is nobody in the world, nobody, who wants to shut the government
1:37.7	down more than Donald Trump and more than Elon Musk. We should not give it to them.
1:49.5	And make no mistake, Donald Democrats will continue to fight what Donald Trump is doing.
1:51.6	Yes, Donald Trump wanted to shut down the government.
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