Is Tim Walz in Big Political Trouble?
3 Martini Lunch
Radio America
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
First, they’re encouraged to see even the New York Times hammering Gov. Tim Walz for failing to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in public assistance fraud on his watch. It's partly because the evidence is irrefutable, but Jim also says the political handwriting is on the wall for last year's Democratic vice presidential nominee.
They also point to new data showing California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage is playing out exactly as critics predicted. The state lost 19,000 fast-food jobs over the past year while menu prices surged. Jim and Greg explain yet again why this policy cannot work but also question whether Democrats will ever learn.
Finally, they rub their hands with glee as Rep. Jasmine Crockett signals she’s preparing a U.S. Senate run in Texas next year. Jim and Greg look at the likely Democratic field and the potential for a fiery GOP primary too. They're both pretty skeptical that Crockett could win statewide or even keep it fairly close.
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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 | Hey, so glad you're with us for the Monday edition of the three martini lunch. |
| 0:16.8 | Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. |
| 0:18.6 | I also hope you listened to our Thanksgiving specials, the things that we're most politically thankful for, as well as our |
| 0:24.5 | Black Friday gift specials, what we would buy for political figures. Always fun episodes, |
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| 0:38.0 | as well as all the social media sites on X. And now, of course, we're on Facebook and Instagram. But by the way, don't follow. Don't look for us on Facebook and Instagram. Look actually for three martini lunch. The number three martini lunch is where you want to go for that. So, Jim, welcome back. full slate of topics today where you talk |
| 0:55.2 | looks like Jasmine Crockets inching |
| 0:57.2 | closer and closer to a set. lunch is where you want to go for that. So Jim, welcome back. Full slate of topics today where you talk, it looks like Jasmine Crockett's inching |
| 0:57.2 | closer and closer to a Senate run, which has Republicans very, very happy in the state |
| 1:01.6 | of Texas. |
| 1:02.5 | We'll also be taking a look at more proof that spiking the minimum wage has the exact |
| 1:07.7 | opposite effect of what the left thinks. |
| 1:09.8 | Just talked about a push in Maryland |
| 1:12.1 | for $25 an hour, $20 in California not working out very well. And it looks like even the New York |
| 1:18.0 | Times is ready to hold Tim Walls accountable for the massive welfare fraud that we talked about |
| 1:25.0 | last week as well. So amazing. Even the New York Times sometimes gets it right. Well, first of all, listeners, if you look for me on Instagram, you may find my account, but it's all like pictures of India and Syria and Ukraine. So it's not going to have three martini lunch stuff because I haven't hooked that up yet. It's mostly pretty pictures. So don't look for that. Second of all, Greg, you haven't mentioned this is a very special Monday morning for the three martini lunch. |
| 1:48.0 | How many times this year have the Jets and Bears won in the same week? |
| 1:52.0 | Three would be the most, I don't think it's been three. So I think this is either the second time. |
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