Paul Krugman Calls for 'De-MAGAification' After Trump
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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First, Jim and Greg blast far-left Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman's argument that the United States should undergo a "thorough purging" of the MAGA movement, comparing it to Germany's de-Nazification process after World War II.
Next, they hammer Democrats such as Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for continuing to dodge questions about Platner's mounting controversies. Jim asks whether Democrats are willing to enforce even the most basic standards of character and accountability for their own candidates.
Then, Jim and Greg are baffled by California unions representing government employees continuing to push for delays in returning to in-person work. They also laugh at the arguments for them not coming back to work.
Finally, they react to Sen. Mark Warner's accusation that the Supreme Court is showing partisan bias in its congressional redistricting rulings. Jim and Greg explain why the decisions are not a double standard and how the court is really approaching these issues.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:05.2 | Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.9 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:13.5 | So glad you're with us for the Thursday edition of the three martini lunch. |
| 0:17.2 | It's an all crazy edition of the three martini lunch. |
| 0:20.0 | And I think that's the second time this week, Jim. But who's counting anyway? There's so much crazy news going on. It's hard to keep track of it. But let's start with Paul Krugman. Why not start your lunch with Paul Krugman? The Nobel winning economist and columnist being wrong about just about everything. |
| 0:38.9 | Apparently it doesn't disqualify you from winning a Nobel Prize, |
| 0:41.5 | but that's neither here nor there. |
| 0:43.1 | This is not about economics. |
| 0:44.7 | Paul Krugman is looking for some political cleansing once Donald Trump is out of the White House |
| 0:50.5 | and just like so many other super stable people on the left, he's conflating people |
| 0:56.8 | who support the president, of course, with Nazis. |
| 1:00.6 | We need to, obviously, we need to defang Trump as much as possible and make sure that |
| 1:08.1 | neither he nor anybody who follows in his footsteps has power after the next two elections. |
| 1:14.6 | But beyond that, we really need to do a thorough purging of the United States. |
| 1:20.6 | We need a demogification, and that is, you know, I'm not going over the top by using a word that's very similar to the denatsification |
| 1:29.4 | that we pursued successfully after World War II in Germany. |
| 1:33.7 | Yeah, Jim, I don't think thorough purging. I think that actually is over the top. I think that |
| 1:38.2 | is extreme, but he just acts like it's a normal course of events. |
| 1:42.9 | If the policy recommendation on your mind inspired a series of horror movies where crime is |
| 1:51.8 | legal for 24 hours, 12 hours, or whatever it is, you probably need to hit the breaks and go back |
| 1:57.5 | in the other direction. Also, breaking news this morning, Paul Prugman still alive. |
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