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Anderson Gubernatorial Debate; Thune admits he doesn't run the show

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In the second segment of hour three, Charlie James breaks down the highlights from the Anderson Gubernatorial Debate, where the leading Republican contenders faced off over South Carolina’s economic future and infrastructure. The discussion centers on how candidates like Pamela Evette and John Warren handled questions on the state’s soaring property taxes and the controversial Senate pay raise. Transitioning to national politics, the segment features a blunt critique of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who reportedly admitted in a private meeting that he "doesn't run the show," fueling James' argument that the D.C. establishment is increasingly beholden to unelected bureaucrats and special interest donors rather than their own leadership or the voters.

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00:00 All right, welcome back to the program. Let's go to Ken over in Pickens. How you doing, Ken? Thank you, Charlie, for taking my call. was trying to get some information. You may have covered it already, but under the gubernatorial debate tomorrow night in Anderson. Yeah. Is there a way you have to buy tickets or order them? I'm 80 years old, my wife and I, but we'd like to go to that event. Right. I know I have heard it is free. 00:27 But what you need to do is register to be there. Okay, and I was trying to do that online a little bit ago. Maybe I ought to try it again. Yeah, yeah, I would definitely try it again. Josh Kimbrel is going to be there. Nancy Mace, Ralph Norman, Alan Wilson, Pamela Ebbett. The only one that is not going to be there is going to be Rom Ready. um And I don't know why, but it's going to be moderated by our very own Joey Hudson. So it ought to be a good night. 00:54 Yes sir, and that's at the Civic Center, I believe. Yes it is. You're exactly right. It's put on by the Anderson County Republican Party and the Clemson College Republicans. So it'll be a good night. So Ken, keep trying and get registered for that event tomorrow night. It's going to be a good one. Let's go to Jason and Lawrence. How you doing, Jason? 01:14 Hey bud. 01:20 Do your very best to give the most accurate information as possible. You lay down your opinion at it. I appreciate that because you stand your footing. Thank you. One thing that I do wanted to kind of piggyback on was the doctor's call. And I just want to kind of simplify things for the common folk. History is doomed to repeat itself. The stuff that 01:49 She was talking about has been going on since the beginning of civilization, the beginning of politics. It is going on consistently. It's never changed. You always have that one party, that one person who's jealousy about another person's power and grief, thrives. And they bring in the... 02:17 folks who are afraid to stand their own ground. They'd be a bunch of followers so that the finger is not pointed at them. What I can say about this, and what I can say about this, uh and this is my opinion, that I love Trump because he stands his ground and he's not afraid to speak what is on his mind. And in 20 years' time, he will be remembered as that. 02:45 there's the man who stood his footing. Yeah. And it's the same thing. It's like a lot of people do not appreciate what other past leaders, George Bush Jr. at the time. mean, he almost came off like an idiot, but he was not the one who was projecting his words. He waned consistently to be said what to say because he did not want to turn the public against him. Yeah. Yeah. And then Trump just doesn't care. 03:15 Trump's going to say what he says and you know he's going to say it the way he says it. think history, I believe history will look back very favorably on Donald Trump. Obama, same thing. said what he believed and what people were feeding him was going to make people say, yes, you're right. It's the same thing. Joe Biden. Joe Biden indeed. Exactly the same thing. 03:43 And then you have Donald who's on his own, who's been that first person besides Ronald Reagan and Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln, who stood their footing. You know? Those guys stood their footing. Garfield stood his footing. The only issue is if you look back at those things, is that they were attempted, assassinated or assassinated because they stood their ground against the greed and the power. 04:14 Yeah, you're exactly right. Jason, buddy, I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Let's go to Gerald in Cowpens. Gerald, what's on your mind? Hey, Charlie, it would be interesting if the DOJ would dig into the NAACP and see what they find. Yeah, well, you never know them, the National Action Network. You never know who is coming up next. OK, I want to get to this before we get to the news break at the bottom of the hour. John Thune over in the Senate. Listen, he is pretty much ...

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