Inside Labor Sec. Chavez-DeRemer’s Scandal & Sudden Resignation
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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First, they're not at all sorry to see President Trump forcing Sec. Chavez-DeRemer to resign. Jim and Greg explain how she was always far too cozy with big labor and a threat to the freelance economy. They also note the serious ethics problems, both personal and professionsl, that were mounting against her.
Next, House Democrats now seemed more inclined to expel Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick or at least pressure her to resign over allegations that she stole millions in COVID-era FEMA funds for personal and political benefit. But Democrats were adamantly opposed to punishing her just a few weeks ago. What changed?
Then they are startled to see Sec. Becerra leap to the front of the pack in the California governor’s race, especially since he was barely an afterthought for most of the campaign until Eric Swalwell was forced to withdraw.
Finally, they take a quick look at the Los Angeles mayoral race, where Karen Bass appears on track for re-election. But as leading challenger and former reality television star Spencer Pratt alleges the Chinese are aggressively buying up lots after the Palisades and other fires, Jim and Greg wonder whether Pratt’s celebrity will help or hurt his campaign.
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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. |
| 0:12.9 | So glad you're with us for the Tuesday edition of the three martini lunch. |
| 0:16.4 | If you live in Virginia, get out and vote. |
| 0:18.4 | But we start, Jim, with spring cleaning. This is the time of |
| 0:21.9 | year where people clean out their closets, maybe the garage. Sometimes it's their cabinets. And for |
| 0:26.2 | President Trump, it's the cabinet. First, it was the DHS secretary, Christy Noam, then it was |
| 0:32.4 | Attorney General Pam Bondi. Now it is Labor Secretary, Lori Chavez-Durimer. And you and I were never excited about Lori Chavez-Durreemar. |
| 0:40.3 | She was a Congresswoman from Oregon. |
| 0:42.3 | Pretty liberal Republican. |
| 0:44.3 | She had actually been one of the few Republicans in Congress to support the Pro Act, |
| 0:48.3 | which would have gutted freelance employment nationwide. |
| 0:51.3 | Thankfully, it did not pass. |
| 0:53.3 | But she was kind of seen as a thank you to the Teamsters for not making an endorsement at all. |
| 0:58.7 | In other words, not endorsing Kamala Harris in the 2024 campaign. |
| 1:02.4 | She really didn't make any headlines other than scandal. |
| 1:05.2 | She's been under investigation by the Inspector General's office for a number of things, |
| 1:08.7 | including day drinking on the job, |
| 1:11.3 | having her staff scheduled trips to visit family and friends with just a little bit of work squeezed |
| 1:17.1 | in there, so the taxpayer has to pay for all of it. |
| 1:19.5 | There's accusations that she was having an affair with the head of security. |
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