EPISODE · Jul 30, 2026 · 13 MIN
H2, Segment 2 -Charlie James and callers discuss COVID-19 mandates and Fauci's testimony.
from The Charlie James Show Podcast
In this segment of The Charlie James Show, host Charlie James opens by addressing Dr. Anthony Fauci's recent congressional testimony, mockingly noting how Fauci repeatedly pleaded the Fifth Amendment during questioning. James revisits the early days of the pandemic, playing a montage of past statements from prominent public figures and health officials who promised that COVID-19 vaccines would completely halt transmission and end the pandemic—claims James roundly dismisses as political rhetoric. He highlights comments from Dr. Deborah Birx acknowledging that early pandemic restrictions and school closures had become heavily politicized during an election year. The show then opens the phone lines to listeners who share their personal experiences during the pandemic. Richard from Dallas calls in to complain about government workers getting paid during furloughs while private sector workers were forced to rely on unemployment benefits. Louise from Columbus calls to question health complications linked to vaccines and discusses Senator Lindsey Graham's past political support for the Bush family. Finally, Billy from Anderson recounts his personal struggles with contracting COVID-19 multiple times despite taking the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, detailing his frustrating experiences attempting to obtain alternative treatments like Ivermectin from his doctor.
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Segment Transcript Charlie James: And welcome back to the program. Thanks for tuning in, and I want to thank all the folks over on the stream this afternoon. We are on Facebook, we're on YouTube, we're... are we on Instagram? I don't know if we're on Instagram. Um, but uh, thank you so much for uh checking us out on the stream. We really, really appreciate it. Well, Dr. Fauci, we all... [chuckles] We all remember what Dr. Fauci said yesterday and all of that. It was non-testimony. It was literally non-testimony yesterday. This was... this was Dr. Fauci. Let's take a listen: [Audio Clip - Dave Chappelle / Dave Chappelle Show - "I Plead the Fif"] Dave Chappelle: Ask me the Fifth! Ask me the Fifth! One, two, three, four, Fif! Anything you say, Fif! Go ahead, ask me a question... Fif! Charlie James: Yeah, the Fifth. He pleaded the Fifth all day long. But we all remember COVID. Still pretty fresh in our minds. But let's go back and just remember everything that they wanted you to believe during COVID. [Audio Clip - COVID-19 Vaccine Promises Montage] Bill Gates: During 2021, we should be able to manufacture a lot of vaccines. And that vaccine, a key goal is to stop the transmission, to get the immunity levels up so that you get almost no, almost no uh infection going on whatsoever. Public Official: Everyone who takes the vaccine is not just protecting themselves, but reducing their transmission uh to other people and allowing society to get back to normal. Dr. Rochelle Walensky: We can kind of almost see the end. We're we're vaccinating so very fast. Our data from the CDC today suggest um, you know, that that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don't get sick... Media Presenter: Now we know that the vaccines work well enough that the virus stops with every vaccinated person. A vaccinated person gets exposed to the virus, the virus does not infect them. The virus cannot then use that person to go anywhere else. It cannot use a vaccinated person as a host to go get more people. That means the vaccines will get us to the end of this. Dr. Leana Wen: Essentially, vaccines block you from getting and giving um the virus. Joe Biden: Fully vaccinated people are at a very, very low risk of getting COVID-19. Therefore... Charlie James: And we all knew that was a bunch of BS. BS. So that's what... that's what they came out of there. They said, "All right, you get the jab, you don't get COVID." "Oh, oh, okay. Well, well, all right, fine. You get COVID, but you don't get really sick." "Oh, okay. Fine. You get COVID and you get really sick, but you probably won't have to go to the hospital." "Okay, fine. You get COVID, you get really sick, say you'll probably have to go to the hospital, but but you won't die. You won't die." "Okay, fine. You'll get COVID, you'll get sick, you'll probably go to the hospital, you might die, but at least you won’t be able to give it to anybody else." Dope! All of that was a bunch of BS. All of it. It was political. I want you to listen to this. This is Dr. Birx. This is... I'm going to go to... go to Fox News, and this is Dr. Birx. Listen to this. [Audio Clip - Fox News Interview with Dr. Deborah Birx] Fox News Host: ...it's interesting, by the way, we're starting to hear from other people that were on his team who are writing a book. Right, uh Deborah Birx, who at one point led the coronavirus task force, weighed in yesterday. Here's what she said: Dr. Deborah Birx: If you got them tested, instead of quarantining people who are exposed, you just only tell the people who are infected to stay home. That is a very different approach. It worked fabulously in universities, it's why we were able to keep them open, and Secretary DeVos was working on keeping K through 12 open. There were solutions, but it became very political. And we all have to be aware, because it was a presidential election year, it was really important for blue states to show that they were taking it very seriously, and they over-cl ...
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