Mass Shooting Nightmare in Michigan

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for the Monday edition of the 3 Martini Lunch as they break down the mass shooting and arson at an LDS church in Michigan, the looming federal government shutdown, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams abruptly ending his re-election campaign.

First, they react to the shocking violence at an LDS church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, where four people and the shooter are dead following a mass shooting and arson attack on Sunday. Jim and Greg explain what information is confirmed at this point and which questions remain unanswered. They also discuss the debate over red flag laws.

Next, they hear the ticking of the clock as a partial federal government shutdown looms at the end of Tuesday unless a spending deal is in place. Republicans have far more leverage and the far more coherent argument. The GOP is calling for a mostly clean extension of existing funding while Democrats want to spend an additional $1.5 trillion. And a lot of that extra money would be spent on health care for illegal aliens.

Finally, they get a good laugh as New York City Mayor Eric Adams end his bid for a second term. He was consistently polling in fourth place. The decision is especially bizarre since Adams called a press conference a few weeks ago to insist he would not drop out of the race. Will this decision have much of an impact on the campaign?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.4	Grab a stole next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:09.2	Three martini is coming up.
0:11.5	Really glad you're with us for the Monday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:16.8	We wish we had a good martini for you.
0:19.2	We really don't. We have lamented over the past few weeks that we can't get through a week without another heinous mass shooting. And that is already the case this week as a result of what happened yesterday in Grand Blank, Michigan. Today we'll also be talking about the looming government shutdown and Eric Adams reversing course and dropping out of the New York City mayor's race.
0:40.8	But Jim, we start in Grand Blank, Michigan. I think most people know by now that even though it looks like Blanc, it's pronounced blank there.
0:48.3	Community just outside of Flint, about an hour northwest of Detroit. And this was a Latter-day Saints, a Mormon church attacked yesterday,
0:57.8	hundreds of people inside during the services. And this person was attacking the church first with
1:05.1	the truck, literally, driving the truck into the church. And then when people came out to try and see
1:10.6	what in the world was that loud crash,
1:12.8	he opens fire on people, several people hit,
1:15.0	at least 10, I think was the number.
1:16.6	And then he was prepared to and executed
1:19.8	the arson of the church,
1:21.6	belief to use an accelerant, massive blaze.
1:24.7	I assume that's a total loss based on what we saw yesterday. So now the question is,
1:29.8	who is this guy and why did he do it? And his name is Thomas Sanford, 40 years old.
1:35.2	USA Today reports that, and the authority said this yesterday, he's a former Marine, served in Iraq,
1:41.3	as a mechanic, I believe, not in direct combat, but still served in Iraq, left
1:46.2	the Marine Corps in 2008. A local city council candidate who knows this guy, says he had been
1:52.7	ranting about Mormons as recently as a week earlier, and we still don't know, though, exactly
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