Texas Dems Flee Redistricting, Georgia Senate Showdown, NYT Triggered by Trump's Fitness Test

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour host Scot Bertram fills in for Jim on Thursday’s 3 Martini Lunch. Join Scot and Greg as they dive into Texas Democrats fleeing the state over congressional redistricting, the Republican U.S. Senate primary heating up in Georgia, and The New York Times whining about the return of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test.

First, they blast Texas Democrats for their blatant hypocrisy as members of the state legislature flee to Illinois in an effort to block a new congressional map that favors Republicans. Scot and Greg dig into the absurd comments made by Texas Democrats, and they thoroughly relish that Dems went to Illinois, home of the worst gerrymandering in the nation - by Democrats.

Next, they analyze the GOP U.S. Senate primary in Georgia, as Gov. Brian Kemp successfully recruits former college football coach Derek Dooley into the race. Two Republican congressmen are also vying for the nomination and actively courting President Trump’s endorsement. Scot hopes Kemp and Trump will unite behind a single candidate to boost Republican chances. Greg wishes that were the case, but he expects Trump to back one of the lawmakers, setting up a very intense primary.

Finally, they sigh as a New York Times news article suggests President Trump bringing back the Presidential Physical Fitness test "revives painful memories" for people who struggled to do pull-ups in front of their classmates. Scot and Greg contend the test is a good step in trying to get kids to be more physically active and that not doing well in certain areas should be motivation to get better.

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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.
0:10.5	Three martini's coming up.
0:12.8	Really glad you're with us for the Monday edition of the Three Martini Lunch.
0:16.3	If you were with us at the end of last week, you know that Jim Garrity is on vacation.
0:19.8	Here in his place today, we're happy to have Scott Bertram, the general manager of WRFH, Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM on the campus
0:27.6	of Hillsdale College. He's also the director of the Hillsdale College Podcast Network, hosts the
0:32.5	Radio Free Hillsdale Hour and co-host of Wasn't That Special 50 Years of Saturday Night Live.
0:38.4	Find out more at Wasn't That Special.com.
0:41.3	Scott, great to have you with us again.
0:42.8	Greg, a pleasure to be here as always.
0:44.8	One of the things that always seems to happen when you're here is that your experience in Illinois,
0:49.9	you grew up there, you worked there, you went to college there,
0:52.6	and the politics in Illinois has been crazy for a long time, from the Daily Machine to so many different aspects of Illinois
0:58.6	politics. And so the fact that Illinois now plays a role in this Texas redistricting story where
1:04.3	the Democrats have skipped town in Austin so they don't have to take this vote that they were
1:09.4	going to lose to redraw the federal congressional map. But picking Illinois was just kind of the chef's kiss here. So we'll get
1:17.2	into the details in a moment, but I know you're just licking your chops of the fact that Illinois
1:21.9	became part of this story. It helps the governor has zero shame whatsoever and clearly is focused on his presidential ambitions in 2028.
1:30.8	That makes it all very fun.
1:32.5	Oh, definitely, definitely.
1:33.9	Let's talk about a brand new sponsor here.
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