Real NBA Courage, Trump's Letter, Beto Embraces Gun Confiscation

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

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🗓️ 17 October 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

David French joins us for a drink today in place of Jim, who will be back on Friday. Today, David and Greg discuss the courage of Enes Kanter, a Turkish player for the Boston Celtics. In the wake of widespread NBA cowardice on China, Kanter continues to defy the repressive Turkish government even though it persecutes his family members and he faces threats against his life. They also wince at President Trump's Twitter-esque letter urging Turkish President Erdogan to seek a cease-fire with the Kurds and blast Trump for pulling back so suddenly in Syria that our own military is scrambling to get out of there. They work in a much-needed laugh as Beto O'Rourke now admits he would have law enforcement come and take away your AR-15 and any other weapons he would ban.

At the conclusion of today's episode, they pay tribute to the late Rep. Elijah Cummings and then remark on David's upcoming departure from National Review to join a new venture known as The Dispatch.

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0:00.0	Now the three martini lunch with Greg Carumbus and Jim Garrity.
0:05.0	And we're glad you're with us on the three martini lunch for Thursday.
0:10.0	Jim is actually not here yet again. He'll be here tomorrow. David French of National
0:14.2	Review is here for Jim. David, good to be with you again.
0:17.4	Thanks so much for having me. I appreciate it. It's been quite a couple of weeks here for
0:20.7	David. We'll talk a little bit more about that in just a moment. As many of you know, if you follow of over to a new publication, online publication, The Dispatch, very, very soon.
0:35.7	As you also know, David is a huge NBA fan, and I'm guessing this has not been his favorite
0:40.6	NBA preseason given everything we've been talking about in the past few days, particularly the
0:46.0	the NBA's kowtowing to China.
0:48.4	And we've obviously had lots of bads, lots of crazies
0:51.1	in the last few days about how the League has responded, how
0:54.4	LeBron has responded, how Steph Curry and Steve Kerr responded, on and on and on.
0:58.2	But we actually have a good twist on this today for the NBA, because believe it or not,
1:02.2	there are actually people of courage
1:03.7	who play in the National Basketball Association. One of them is a native of
1:07.8	Turkey. His name is Ennis Cantor. He's been in the league for a number of years
1:11.0	now. I believe he's in his late 20s. He's now with the
1:13.8	Boston Celtics, which makes this story even more interesting, but he can't leave the
1:19.6	country. He can't go back to his home in Turkey because he's been critical of President Erdogan.
1:25.2	He's been a supporter of the exiled Muslim cleric Gulen, who is actually in the United States.
1:31.2	And so as a result, his family is being persecuted if you were ever
1:34.8	to try to go back to Turkey he certainly would be persecuted.
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