Charlie James analyzes campaign funding and legislative tactics for Darlene Graham

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Pledge / Patriotic Song Clips: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. (Music: "America the Beautiful") O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! Donald Trump: America is back! Charlie James: Ah, yes sir! Welcome back to the program! Well, you know we all got the big race coming up. Um, seven people have filed to be the next senator from the great state of South Carolina. This is going to be—well, no, not going to be—it's already a big money race. Lots of money being poured into this thing already, and she hasn't even signed the paperwork yet! But I want you to—I'm going to play you something that is absolutely going to blow your mind. All right? Uh, this is done by Pink Zinnia B, I don't know who that is, but somebody sent me this song that was written. Let's take a listen to this: (Song plays) Well Darlene, you came strolling in with every door held wide, Never built a record, just inherited the ride. The insiders raise a toast before the race began, Calling it democracy with a carefully written plan. Oh Darlene, Darlene, Washington's favorite queen, Born with every blessing, backed by the machine. No years on the frontlines, no battles hard and long, Yet somehow every headline says you can't be wrong. The consultants wrote the speeches, the donors set the pace, The grassroots kept on wondering who picked this in the first place. Oh Darlene, Darlene, always camera clean, Every answer polished, every edge unseen... Charlie James: Wow, that—[laughs] I tell you what, I've—I've heard a lot of campaign songs in my life, but that—that was absolutely fantastic! So, uh, Pink Zinnia B, whoever you are, that was, uh, absolutely fantastic. So, money, money, money that is going into this campaign! Already we've got—let me see here—there's a group out there called Security is Strength. It's a PAC, and they were—they came about in order to prop up Lindsey Graham. They are going to be spending $419,896 on this campaign on television advertising. Push Digital LLC is going to be spending, um, looks like $200,000. The subtotal of these expenditures: $619,896. That's a lot of—that's beaucoup dinero. Beaucoup dinero. I do think there was a press release put out by, um, Security is Strength saying in total they're going to spend around $900,000. They're going to be doing high-frequency digital advertising on all the platforms, direct mail campaigns, targeted text messaging, um, television advertising, um, so... and what are the messages? They're going to have "Carrying the Legacy Forward"—that's going to be a big one—affordability for South Carolina families, border security, and the rule of law. So that's—that's what they're going to be weighing in on, okay? So, she—because I follow her over on X—this—she put this out today, when was it? It was, uh, yeah, around 10 o'clock this morning: "President Trump was elected with a mandate to clean up the immigration catastrophe created by Joe Biden. I applaud the work the President has done to secure the southern border, but there's more to be done. That's why I'm proud to back common-sense immigration policy changes that support the President's efforts to remove dangerous illegal aliens from our communities. These provisions will destroy the incentives that entice illegal immigration in the first place and keep law-abiding American citizens safe." Here are the bills that she is backing: The, uh, let me see here, legislation to abuse—to end the abuse of birthright citizenship. She's backing the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025. She is backing the legislation to crack down on sanctuary cities. She is backing legislation to protect law-abiding American citiz ...

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