Props to the Patriots, 6.6 Million More Out of Work, Clueless Kemp

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

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🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The coronavirus crisis has gotten to the point where Jim Geraghty is saying nice things about the New England Patriots and owner Robert Kraft after Kraft dispatched the team plane to China to pick up 1.2 million N95 masks. Jim and Greg also tackle the brutal loss of 6.6 million more jobs in the past week and wonder how soon we'll have no choice but to reopen various sectors or regions of our economy. And they throw their hands up as Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp says he only realized this week that COVID-19 could be spread by people before they start feeling sick.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Three Martini lunch.
0:04.8	Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:09.6	Three Martini's coming up.
0:11.8	So glad you're with us for the Thursday edition of the Three Martini lunch.
0:17.0	We're almost through this week.
0:19.0	It's another tough week, but we're getting there.
0:21.0	Tomorrow actually is Friday, and so that's good
0:24.1	news we've got some definite bad news coming at you and some crazy news that's
0:28.5	definitely not good and we've got to call out a Republican in that regard. But Jim, as we've been saying here in our good Martini
0:35.2	over the last several days, people need to step up.
0:38.3	People are stepping up, and that's great.
0:41.0	And we're at such a point now that you are ready to say really nice things about the
0:45.7	New England Patriots and their owner, Robert Kraft.
0:48.5	We've certainly had plenty to say about the Patriots in the opposite direction over the years
0:52.0	from Deflate Gate and Spy Gate. the Patriots in the opposite direction over the years from the
0:52.9	Flategate and Spygate and everything else over the years but according to the
0:56.7	Wall Street Journal the New England Patriots team plane departed 338 a.m.
1:02.1	from Shenzhen China, Wednesday morning, on board the Boeing 767,
1:07.0	1.2 million N95 masks, pound for the United States.
1:12.0	Basically, this plane was permitted to be on the ground in
1:14.8	China for three hours. It was sent over there because it's just very complicated to get unique
1:20.2	shipments quickly and obviously we need these masks quickly.
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