GOP Favored in House Midterms? Newsom's Gerrymandering Obsession, Hunter Biden's 2024 Excuses

3 Martini Lunch

Radio America

Politics, Daily News, News Commentary, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for Thursday’s 3 Martini Lunch as they assess a strong outlook for House Republicans in the 2026 midterms, Gov. Gavin Newsom's scheme to gerrymander California’s congressional map, and Hunter Biden’s ridiculous excuse about why Democrats suffered major losses in 2024.

First, they are pleasantly stunned to see that House Republicans are predicted to pick up seats in next year's midterm elections. While there is a long way to go before the 2026 elections, the GOP is in a much better position that the last two times it faced midterms with a president of their own party. The Democrats are also contributing to this trend thanks to their staggering levels of unpopularity.

Next, they react to Gov. Newsom once again worrying about national politics and his own political future instead of the many problems in his state. Newsom is now planning to gerrymander the state's congressional map - especially if Texas Republicans do the same. He doesn't seem bothered by the fact such a move would violate the California constitution.

Finally, they roll their eyes as former DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison launches a new podcast and has Hunter Biden as one of his first guests. They also laugh as Biden suggests Democrats lost so badly last year because they "did not remain loyal to the leader of the party." Jim has choice comments about why both Harrison and Hunter Biden are not worth our time. Greg explains what would have actually made the conversation worth listening to.

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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.
0:12.6	Hey, really glad you're with us for the Thursday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:16.1	A lot of election talk for you today.
0:18.0	Two focusing on the future, one looking at the past.
0:21.6	Apparently Hunter Biden has chimed in on what he thinks was the fatal flaw for Democrats last year,
0:27.6	but I don't think we're going to agree with him. Gavin Newsom is now obsessed with gerrymandering in California.
0:33.6	But even if that happens, it might not be enough because surprisingly, Republicans are looking
0:38.9	pretty strong to not only keep, but potentially grow their lead in the House of Representatives.
0:43.7	So we'll get into all that.
0:45.1	And Jim, it's all quiet on the Garrity front right now.
0:48.7	But as you were mentioning this morning, and for our listeners who remember the tree incident
0:52.0	of a couple months ago now, if they hear anything loud and crashing, it's just progress happening over there at your house, right?
0:59.6	Yes. And thank you for reminding me that it was indeed a couple months ago. And we are still in the process of rebuilding Casa Deggerty. I'm starting to understand how Boston felt about the Big Dig,
1:16.1	one of the most infamously delayed and expensive ones. So if you hear banging,
1:20.9	it's either construction or me hitting my head against the wall. I really should do that because I could make another part of the house all over. Well, is there a California Democrat in
1:24.5	charge of this project? It's on the same speed as the high-speed rail project, yes.
1:30.3	Which was a big issue in True Detective Season 2, which was like a decade ago.
1:36.3	So, you know, for perspective on that mess.
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