Martinis We Almost Missed: The Voter ID Mandate, Florida vs. New York, Tim Walz & China

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Join Jim and Greg as they head into Independence Day by looking at stories they would have chosen for martinis in recent weeks if huge news events had not intervened. Today on 3 Martini Lunch, they discuss good news in an unlikely place in the quest for building trust in elections. They also react to the very different track records for Florida and New York over the past 25 years, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's disturbing affection for China.

First, they look at polling showing a strong majority of people in California supporting laws requiring people to prove their citizenship before they can vote. But they also scratch their heads as Nevada's Republican governor vetoes a Voter ID bill because of other provisions in the bill he doesn't like.

Next, they look at data showing the stark difference in how much New York and Florida are spending per capita on programs like education and Medicaid. Despite spending almost three times more than Florida per pupil, New York students fared far worse in reading and math. They also consider how the populations of the two states are trending in very different directions.

Finally, they dig into why Gov. Walz would suggest China has surpassed the U.S. and other nations as having the most moral authority to broker calm in the Middle East. Walz said this just after Israel's airstrikes began three weeks ago. What does Walz fail to understand about the Middle East and why is he so fond of Communist China?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Three Martini Lunch.
0:04.5	Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:09.5	Three Martini's coming up.
0:12.5	Hey, so glad you're with us for the Thursday edition of the Three Martini Lunch.
0:17.5	We're just one day away from Independence Day, wishing you a great 4th of July.
0:22.6	And don't forget that tomorrow we'll have our 4th of July special here on the 3 martini lunch.
0:27.6	It'll be an encore presentation of what we love about America.
0:30.6	There are many things we love about America.
0:32.6	We've done multiple specials on that over the years and we're going to play one of our favorites on Friday.
0:39.5	So please join us for that.
0:45.9	But today we're going to be looking at stories that have been on our list day after day sometimes over the past few weeks,
0:56.2	and we just didn't get to it because there was so much other stuff going on, whether it's the L.A. riots or whether it's what's going on in the Middle East and on and on. So we've chosen a number of stories here, three as usual, as we examine things that came really, really close to being
1:02.7	part of the three martini lunch and only massive headlines got in the way. And so, Jim,
1:08.0	let's first of all talk about voter ID. The Democrats keep calling this a massive
1:12.7	civil rights issue, and it's just so hard for minorities and other people to get IDs, and it's
1:20.0	Jim Crow all over again. We've heard this so many different times. And Jim Eagle, Jim Eagle,
1:25.1	even bigger bird, as President Biden famously put it.
1:29.5	Yes, if you support it, you're the same as Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis, I believe, among other people.
1:35.8	Maybe George Wallace, too.
1:37.4	But when you actually ask people what they think about this, even in the bluest of areas, they're like, yeah, that makes sense.
1:44.1	This story is from
1:45.3	8-10 KSFO radio out in California, and this is from May 9th. A majority of California voters
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