Top Virginia Dem Urges Voters to ‘Let Your Rage Fuel You’

Join Jim and Greg for the Thursday 3 Martini Lunch as they cheer upward revisions in the economy, scold the Democrat running for governor in Virginia for encouraging supporters to let their rage fuel them, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cutting through the identity politics clutter of the Kamala Harris-Pete Buttigieg controversy. First, they cheer the news that the U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2025, an upward revision from the earlier 3.3 percent estimate. Surging consumer spending drove the gains. Can we keep it going? Next, they hammer Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger for urging her supporters to “let your rage fuel you.” While Spanberger claims it was a call for political engagement, the rhetoric comes off as tone deaf in the wake of recent violence. They also update listeners on the latest developments from Wednesday’s shootings at the ICE detention facility in Dallas. Finally, they laugh as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cuts through the noise surrounding Harris’s decision not to pick Pete Buttigieg as her running mate. While Democrats and the media obsess over identity politics, Bessent argues that both Harris and Buttigieg failed miserably in their past roles and would have been disastrous as president and vice president.