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H3, Segment 1 - Charlie James discusses the threat of rising socialism and voter trends.

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In this segment of The Charlie James Show, the host sounds the alarm on what he perceives as a profound crisis within the Democratic Party: the growing influence of the Democratic Socialists of America. He argues that these progressive factions are working from the grassroots up to fundamentally dismantle the traditional party structure. Highlighting shifts in political ideology over the decades, James asserts that modern progressives would have been considered radical in the 1960s, driven largely by a demographic of young, urban women. While noting that recent polling shows Republicans closing the gap ahead of the 2026 midterms, he expresses frustration over low conservative and Christian voter turnout. Ultimately, James establishes a strict litmus test for any candidate seeking his support, demanding absolute alignment with the Save America Act and a willingness to eliminate the filibuster to pass it.

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Transcript Charlie James: The Democrats have a real, serious problem with the Democratic Socialists of America, or just the Socialist Party. They're trying to get in, in the grassroots, in the ground floor, and blow up the building—literally and figuratively. That's, that's what they—now, the first target are the Democrats. Then they're going to come after us. So, we need to be alert. We need to be watching. You got all these people out there that are endorsing these socialist candidates. Somebody said the other day, if you took a Democrat from 1963 and you brought them to 2026, they'd be considered a conservative. If you took a Democrat from 2026 and took them back to 1963, they would be considered a nut! They'd be put in some sort of an insane asylum. And they rightfully so. So you got people like Elizabeth Warren, um, Bernie Sanders, AOC endorsing people like Abdul El-Sayed in that Michigan Democrat Senate primary. In fact, they're endorsing this guy. He's running against Representative Haley Stevens to replace retiring Democratic Senator Gary Peters. So, and he's a rabid socialist! They're allowing their own destruction. Now, part of me says, yeah, this is good. I'm, I'm, I'm liking this. But this is a dangerous trend that is going on in this country. Socialism is growing by leaps and bounds. Pretty soon, pretty soon you're going to see something you have not seen in this country. You're going to see the bumper stickers. You're going to see the t-shirts. You're going to see moms pushing the strollers with a, with a sticker on it that says, "I'm raising a socialist child." That is coming. That's right around the corner. And it's going to be driven primarily by the young women. Do you remember what Orwell said, George Orwell said? It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents to the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy. The young urban female, they're driving this movement right now. They were the ones behind Platner. They're the ones behind El-Sayed. These are the ones. They're the one—oh, they're the ones that are just flocking to Hasan Piker, which we're going to be talking about coming up in just a second. But they got a real serious problem. And right now, that seems to be favor—favoring the Republicans. Republicans have actually cut the lead that the Democrats have heading into the 2026 midterms. That's according to the latest Washington Post-Ipsos poll. The new poll showed Democrats have a 48 to 45 edge on Republicans—where Democrats have 48, Republicans have 45. That's among registered voters. Which means the GOP has sliced into about 5 percentage points on the Democrats. Dems have a bigger lead in, um, among voters who are absolutely certain to vote with a 53 to 45 cushion. That's what infuriates me about the Republicans! You cannot get them off their butts to vote! And coming up in just a little bit, I'm going to tell you probably one of the biggest voting blocks of Republicans that do not vote are the Christians. And Christians are the ones that need to be out there voting. They absolutely do. I don't, I don't, I don't—I just, it boggles my mind that a Christian—Christian can come up and say, "Well, I don't need to vote. Oh, well, I don't know much about it, we're not supposed to get in..." That's a bunch of BS. BS. Let's go to Anthony in Greer. Anthony, how are you? Anthony: Good sir, yourself? Charlie James: I'm really good. What's up, man? Anthony: Not much. I just wanted to make a comment about your talking about today's government, the socialism and everything. And I was watching a program this morning—I was younger, couldn't vote at the time—but Ross Perot had a very big, um, direction about the way the world was going. And if we did the whole NAFTA agreement and stuff, how the government would turn and the, uh, industries would leave the country and everything. And I just wanted to point out how much into ...

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