Have Dems Learned Their Lesson? LA's Wildfire Nightmare, Trump's Map Quest

3 Martini Lunch

Radio America

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for 3 Martini Lunch as they discuss hopes rising for the Laken Riley Act to pass the Senate, horror and blame as the California wildfires rage, and Trump's new ideas for the western hemisphere.

First, they celebrate the passage of the Laken Riley Act in the House, with nearly a dozen more Democrats supporting it than in the past. Now, the focus shifts to the Senate, where seven more Democratic votes are needed to pass the bill. Jim and Greg are encouraged by the bill's momentum and applaud Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman for speaking candidly to his party about the importance of the legislation.

Next, they dive into the devastating California wildfires, as shocking images and videos emerge from Pacific Palisades and beyond. Jim and Greg discuss the chaos of the situation, including Mayor Karen Bass being out of the country during the first few days of the crisis. They explore the conditions that turned these fires into a nightmare and examine how environmental policies that are meant to help are instead making the problem worse.

Finally, they discuss Donald Trump’s latest press conference and his interest in acquiring Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even Canada. He also proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Jim and Greg explain what they think Trump is doing and get a kick out of the left once again getting hysterical over everything Trump does.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.9	Grab a stole next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.6	Three martini's coming up.
0:13.1	Really glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:17.2	Good, bad, crazy martinis for you today.
0:20.2	And Jim, let's dive into the good martini.
0:23.1	It's a follow-up on one of yesterday's good martinis. We talked about how the first legislative
0:27.5	priority for the House and Senate was the Laken Riley Act, which means if you're in this country
0:32.3	illegally and you get arrested for things like even shoplifting, but larceny, burglary, obviously anything violent.
0:39.6	You are to be taken into DHS custody, homeland security, and presumably put on the fast track to deportation.
0:46.9	And so that would seem relatively non-controversial, get rid of the criminals who are here illegally.
0:53.2	And thankfully, the vote was pretty lopsided
0:55.6	in the House of Representatives yesterday. The House passed the bill just after we stopped recording
1:00.6	yesterday. And the good news is, in addition to passing it easily, there are more Democrats on board
1:06.0	this time. Last time, the House passed the Lake and Riley Act with 37 Democrats voting in support of it.
1:12.5	This time, 48 Democrats in the House of Representatives joined all Republicans in voting for the legislation.
1:20.3	Now the question is whether they can get seven Democrats to go along with presumably all Republicans in the Senate to get to that magic 60 votes to cut off debate and move to the final vote.
1:29.9	It looks like we're getting close.
1:31.2	There's five Democrats who we think are going to support this.
1:34.5	John Federman, who we'll hear from in just a second, has certainly been a co-sponsor of this.
1:39.1	Ruben Gallego, who backed it in the House last year.
1:41.4	As has said, publicly he'll back it again. We think that same scenario is going to be true for Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan,
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