Virginia Races Tighten Amid Dem Scandal
3 Martini Lunch
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🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
First, they break down new polling showing Republican Winsome Earle-Sears cutting Democrat Abigail Spanberger’s lead to less than three points. The momentum shift comes after revelations that Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones sent violent text messages about murdering political opponents and wishing harm on their children. The same poll shows GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares up nearly six points over Jones. Jim unloads on Jones for acting like a "psychopath" toward the opposing party, but he's not sure it will be enough to push Republicans to victory.
Next, they wince as CNN's Christiane Amanpour suggests Israeli hostages were treated better than people in Gaza during the recent war. She later issued an on-camera apology, but Jim is disgusted that Amanpour could not hide her disdain for Israel for even one day.
Finally, they turn to Maine, where Gov. Janet Mills is entering the U.S. Senate race to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Mills is leaning heavily on her brief defiance of President Trump over gender policies. Meanwhile, a big primary fight among Democrats could be coming. The 77-year-old Mills faces veteran Graham Platner, who is enthusiastically endorsed by Bernie Sanders.
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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. |
| 0:10.2 | Three martini's coming up. |
| 0:12.9 | So glad you're with us for the Tuesday edition of the three martini lunch. |
| 0:17.3 | And we have so much to get to today including what could be a very ugly democratic senate |
| 0:22.7 | primary in Maine for the right to take on susan collins the governor there janet mills is now in the race |
| 0:29.3 | days after bernie sanders who's strongly endorsing another candidate in that race uh wish that she |
| 0:35.4 | would not get in will also be taking a look at Christian Ammanpoor, |
| 0:39.0 | a long-time correspondent for CNN, had some very curious comments about the Israeli hostages |
| 0:44.7 | and how they were treated and was forced, probably. At least she gave a formal red apology |
| 0:51.3 | on air yesterday as everything was unfolding in the Middle East. And Jim, we start with |
| 0:55.6 | right here in Virginia, where it is now October 14th, which means we are three weeks from |
| 1:02.3 | Election Day already. And so we've got these statewide races, none of which we're looking all |
| 1:06.7 | that spectacular for most of the last several months. But then, due to the excellent reporting from your colleague, Audrey Falberg, the texts from |
| 1:17.6 | Jay Jones to his Republican delegate colleague, Kerry Coiner from back in 2022, saying he |
| 1:24.1 | wanted to put two bullets in the head of then house speaker Todd Gilbert, wanted Gilbert's wife to have to hold a dying child, and then maybe, then Gilbert would change |
| 1:32.3 | his mind on a number of key issues. And so this issue is not only affecting the AG race, it's |
| 1:37.8 | also affecting the governor's race. It came up in the one debate between Lieutenant Governor Winsem Sears |
| 1:42.8 | and Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee |
| 1:45.1 | last week. And let's just say Spanberger did not handle it well, which is why Win some Sears is |
| 1:51.1 | running this nonstop on social media and television. Would it take him pulling the trigger? Is that what |
| 1:57.2 | would do it? And then you would say he needs to get out of the race Abigail you have |
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