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3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Sen. Ruben Gallego Claims Ignorance as Swalwell Scandal Grows

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Radio America

Government, News, News Commentary

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for the Wednesday 3 Martini Lunch as they break down Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego’s efforts to distance himself from disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, the radical view of popular lefty podcaster and influencer Hasan Piker, the anti-capitalist domestic terrorism attack the media is barely covering, and Joy Behar's cluelessness about Christianity.

First, they dissect Sen. Gallego’s lengthy comments about Swalwell, once described as a close ally, now dismissed as someone living a “double life.” Gallego insists he had no knowledge of the behavior while accusing Republicans of trying to link him to the scandal. Jim and Greg question how such conduct could go unnoticed given Capitol Hill chatter and explain why Gallego is scrambling to politically inoculate himself from the fallout.

First, they go through the extensive comments of Sen. Gallego, who was Swalwell's best friend and now Gallego says he had no idea about Swalwell's "double life." He also accuses Republicans of trying to tie him to the scandal. Jim and Greg explain why Gallego pleading ignorance does not pass the smell test. And they explain why Gallego needs to inoculate himself from the Swalwell scandal as quickly as possible.

Next, they react to lefty podcaster Hasan Piker doubling down on his claim that Israel is a thousand times worse than Hamas. Piker is a prominent voice on the left and some candidates have asked him to campaign with them. You'll also learn who Piker sees as the biggest terrorist organization in the world.

Then, Jim and Greg highlight the domestic terrorism incident where an employee burned down a Kimberly Clark Corp. warehouse in Ontario, California. The suspect was allegedly inspired by Luigi Mangione, who murdered a health insurance executive in New York City, and claimed that his arson was a protest against capitalism.

Finally, they sigh as Joy Behar claims Jesus Christ never claimed to be the Messiah. Even the other lefties on The View corrected her. Greg explains why she's wrong and Jim reveals why this kind of ignorance is so common on that show.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the three martini lunch.

0:04.9

Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

0:10.6

Three martini's coming up.

0:13.1

Really glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the three martini lunch, grab a stool today.

0:18.1

Surprise, surprise.

0:19.1

The view, not exactly experts on Christianity. We'll get to that. We'll talk about a very undercover domestic terrorist incident that happened out in California last week. We'll talk about the podcast problem the left has. We've certainly chronicled the problem the right has with podcasters recently. But we start with the ongoing ripple effects of the Eric Swalwell scandal.

0:38.8

And Jim, it looks like Swalwell has officially resigned, no longer in Congress. Tony Gonzalez

0:42.8

resigning as well. So like we said yesterday, that's good news. But the ripple effects continue.

0:48.1

And one of Swalwell's best friends up until the past couple of days was Arizona Senator,

0:53.2

former Congressman Ruben Gallego,

0:55.3

by his own admission, very, very close over the years. And now the question is, well, what did you know,

1:01.0

Senator Gallego? And so yesterday, Gallego had this pretty lengthy press conference with reporters

1:07.3

and talked about, first of all, his sense of betrayal that Eric Swalwa had lived

1:12.5

this double life and Gallego knew nothing about it. Swalwell had called you his best friend.

1:17.8

You have never asked him about any of the rumors that have been swirling around democratic

1:21.2

politics of his inappropriate behavior. I did. Look, we knew each other differently for what else. My family and his family were as close as it gets. Our kids were in baseball camp together. We had dinner together as a family. It was entirely different, but I think what people understand. But when there was rumors going around a couple weeks ago,

1:46.0

not of the folks in what I've been in September School Chronicle,

1:48.9

I did ask him, and he lied to me.

1:52.1

He knew that I just came off a very, very hard campaign for two years,

1:56.3

where he lied about me and my family for two years.

1:58.0

He manipulated me to have the same sentiment that I was having

2:02.2

back in the day and used as an opportunity to move me to defend him. How did you not know about the

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