Rep. Massie Gets Crushed as Trump Makes His Move
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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First, they react to Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie losing decisively to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein. They also examine how Massie’s image shifted from principled libertarian conservative to a frequent obstacle to the broader GOP agenda.
Next, they consider the fallout from President Trump's formal endorsement of Ken Paxton over John Cornyn in the Texas GOP U.S. Senate primary. Senate Republicans are frustrated by the endorsement. Will Trump's move put that seat and the Republican majority in serious danger or will it mean a more conservative senator from Texas?
Then, they dive into major union victories in New York involving Long Island Railroad employees and hotel housekeepers. Those housekeepers will get a 50 percent raise and now enjoy average salaries above $100,000 per year. And guess who pays for all of this?
Finally, they look back at the U.S. Senate. With Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy losing his primary on Saturday after Trump endorsed one of his challengers, and Sen. Cornyn possibly losing next week, will they make it tougher for Republicans to get things done?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the three martini lunch. |
| 0:04.9 | Grab a stole next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review. |
| 0:10.6 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:13.2 | So glad you're with us for the Wednesday three martini lunch. |
| 0:16.2 | Jim Garrity is away, but keep reading those morning jolts. |
| 0:18.8 | He is working while he is away, and you're going to learn a lot about what he's learning overseas here in his place once again today, and as Stetman of independent women. And that's great to have you back. It's always great to be here. Well, usually don't get massive political in terms of election news in the middle of May, but that's where we are. It's primary season, of course, in this midterm election year. And a lot of different primaries happened yesterday, races in Georgia and Alabama for |
| 0:44.0 | Senate and governor and all sorts of other things. But we're going to start in Kentucky. |
| 0:48.5 | It's also not often that a single house race gets more national attention and becomes the most |
| 0:53.9 | expensive house race ever either. |
| 0:55.9 | But that's exactly what happened in Kentucky's fourth district |
| 0:58.1 | because Thomas Massey, who's been there quite a while, |
| 1:01.3 | but has become almost the reliable no vote |
| 1:04.0 | on the Republican side in the House of Representatives |
| 1:05.9 | on a lot of different issues was in the fight of his political life |
| 1:09.7 | against a challenger named |
| 1:10.9 | Ed Galrine, who had the endorsement, of course, of President Trump. Massey came to Washington |
| 1:16.1 | a while ago, and he was kind of the, seemed like the successor of Ron Paul, Annes, and for a while |
| 1:21.3 | he was, you know, very tough on spending and debts and, like most libertarians, trying to protect privacy from government snooping |
| 1:29.3 | and other things. But then he got into trouble in recent years for bucking Trump on a number |
| 1:36.5 | of issues, including the Save America Act. He voted against that. He voted against all the |
| 1:41.9 | continuing resolutions. And I know you've got an even |
| 1:44.7 | more intense reason for wishing that Thomas Massey would lose in this primary, which he did. |
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