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Joe Kent Says He’d Defend Charlie Kirk Assassin in Court

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Blake Neff says Tyler Robinson's own parents helped turn him in after seeing the shooter photo.

1. Three Martini Lunch focuses on Joe Kent's comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination and the stalled DHS shutdown fight. 2. Greg Karambas of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review host the show and trade commentary throughout the episode. 3. The core question is whether Democrats, Republicans, airlines, and officials are acting on the issues they claim to care about. 4. Bill Malusian reports that John Thune's office had still received no Democratic counterproposal after Republicans offered to fund all of DHS except ICE's deportation wing. 5. The hosts say Democrats rejected reforms involving unmasking of agents and judicial warrants, which they frame as an unnecessary hard line. 6. Greg Karambas argues that Americans vote for promises on inflation, gas prices, groceries, and cost of living, then get very different results. 7. He uses Abigail Spanberger's Virginia ads, a chainsaw tax example, and TSA delays as evidence that politicians often do not campaign on what they later deliver. 8. Jim Garrity and Greg Karambas note that the shutdown is causing airport frustration and that Democrats could take the deal already on the table. 9. The Joe Kent segment centers on a Michael Schellenberger interview in which Kent says the FBI did not properly investigate Charlie Kirk's killing. 10. Kent says he was warned that he might be called as a witness if a "foreign nexus" was involved and said, "If it gets us to the truth, that's obviously the risk that I'm taking." 11. Kent also repeats an Israel-related theory tied to Charlie Kirk's criticism of war with Iran and the relationship with Israelis. 12. Blake Neff of TPUSA answers that Tyler Robinson's family, the murder weapon, and the photo of the shooter all point to Robinson. 13. Neff says Robinson's parents recognized him, asked where he was, and helped arrange for him to turn himself in at Orem. 14. Jim Garrity says Robinson's own family never publicly claimed the account was fabricated. 15. Garrity argues that Kent and Candace Owens are turning a murder case into a vehicle for conspiracy claims. 16. He says Joe Kent should not have been trusted to run the National Counterterrorism Center or even "the CIA headquarters Starbucks and gift shop." 17. The tone is argumentative, sarcastic, and fast-moving, with the hosts using jokes to puncture political claims. 18. The format alternates between news commentary, ad reads, and sustained back-and-forth between Greg Karambas and Jim Garrity. 19. Listeners following shutdown politics, Charlie Kirk coverage, or California Democratic infighting would likely stay with it. 20. Listeners wanting nonpartisan reporting or minimal political banter would probably skip it.

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