Moody Replacing Rubio, Trump & the TikTok Ban, Dems Confess Biden's Decline

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Join Jim and Greg on 3 Martini Lunch as they examine Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis selecting Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate, the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a TikTok ban, and a new report exposing Democrats’ long-standing doubts about President Biden’s capabilities.

First, they cautiously commend Gov. DeSantis for appointing Ashley Moody to succeed Marco Rubio once Rubio assumes his new role as Secretary of State. Moody’s strong conservative credentials and statewide electoral success make her a solid choice. They also contrast the timing of this announcement with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who was had more than two months to pick someone to fill the seat vacated by Vice President-Elect JD Vance and still allowed the seat to remain vacant for a week.

Next, they analyze the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the TikTok ban, mandating the app’s sale to an entity unaffiliated with hostile nations. The law is designed to address national security concerns, but Donald Trump’s recent support for keeping TikTok unchanged adds a layer of complexity to the issue.

Finally, Jim and Greg dissect a revealing New York Times report detailing how Senate Democrats lost confidence in President Biden after his disastrous debate performance. They discuss how Biden’s pollsters gave him a mere five percent chance of defeating Trump but never told that to Biden. They also marvel at the lengths to which Democrats and the media tried to deny Biden's decline when it was blatantly obvious to everyone.

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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.
0:10.6	Three martini's coming up.
0:13.3	Hey, very glad you're with us for the Friday edition of the Three Martini Lunch,
0:17.6	the last three martini lunch podcast where Joe Biden will be president of the United
0:22.8	States. By the time we talk to you on Monday, that will no longer be the case. But Jim, we'll get to
0:29.6	that a little bit later, a little bit more on Joe Biden in our crazy martini. We're also going to talk
0:33.7	about Supreme Court decision on TikTok as well as how the incoming president is
0:38.9	approaching that issue, a little bit different than he was just a few months ago. But we start with
0:43.6	the U.S. Senate. Of course, we just swore in, for the most part, a brand new U.S. Senate on January
0:49.6	3rd, but we've also got a couple of vacancies to fill. One is in Ohio where J.D. Vance, of course, is going to be vice president. He actually
0:57.6	resigned last week, and we're finally going to get a replacement from Mike DeWine announced
1:02.2	today. So we've been down one Republican senator in the U.S. Senate for the past week.
1:08.0	But in Florida, Marco Rubio is still the sitting senator, but he probably
1:11.4	won't be for long. By all accounts, his confirmation hearing went fine. He'll probably get easily
1:16.5	confirmed as soon as Trump becomes president. And so Florida's going to need a new senator.
1:21.9	There had been some chatter about Lara Trump. She took her name out of the running. There are a few
1:26.1	House members that wanted in, but you can't have another House vacancy. And so then you're looking at state officials,
1:31.0	and that's exactly what we got yesterday when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis selected Attorney General
1:36.9	Ashley Moody to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate. And in addition to naming her, explains that
1:43.2	if you like what Ron DeSantis has done in Florida, Ashley Moody's been along for the ride every step of the U.S. Senate. And in addition to naming her, explains that if you like what Ron DeSantis
1:44.3	has done in Florida, Ashley Moody's been along for the ride every step of the way.
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