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EPISODE · Aug 19, 2026 · 8 MIN

H3, Segment 1 - Voters discuss turnout, candidate endorsements, and political rumors on-air.

from The Charlie James Show Podcast

During The Charlie James Show segment, host Charlie James checks in with local callers regarding political developments in South Carolina. Callers discuss high early voter turnout numbers in Spartanburg County for the upcoming runoff compared to the primary, debate candidate endorsements, and question Darlene Graham’s foreign policy knowledge. The discussion turns to the National Right to Life endorsement of Graham, which led board member Randy Page to resign in protest. Finally, the segment wraps up with James addressing an unconfirmed rumor that political commentator Scott Jennings could be named the next White House Press Secretary.

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Transcript Charlie James: It's quitting time. Time for you guys to pack up and head on home and spend some time with your family. But before you get there, you got to get caught up on everything that was going on. I want to go to Dave in Spartanburg because if this is true—and I don't doubt you, Dave—these are pretty big numbers. What are you hearing coming out of Spartanburg? Dave: Charlie, all I can tell you is what the man behind the machine told me. He said that my wife and I at 4:54 was 1,300 at Spartanburg County Office. And I will tell you, there was still people coming in. It wasn't 5:00 yet, but it's close to it. And 1,300 at Spartanburg County Office. Now, one last thing, I can tell you this, it's all about turnout. Everybody knows that, you hear it all the time. But there's been a lot of surprises nationwide on the turnout shocked a lot of people. And another thing, I guarantee you at the Annie Andrews watch party last night, they were clinking glasses when that answer she gave came out. You, you better believe it. You better believe it, yeah. If Darlene's the nominee, get ready for a Democrat for eight—six years. Anyway, have a good one, Charlie. Love the show, buddy. Charlie James: I appreciate—thank you, Dave. I appreciate it, buddy. Let's go to Chad in Boiling Springs. Chad, welcome. Chad: Hey Charlie. Uh, I got a little different take on it. Okay. You know, if you go—if you go to like your Christmas dinner or your Thanksgiving dinner, what's your first question? "Hey, how have you been? What you've been doing?" Darlene Graham has had insight on national security from her brother probably deeper than a lot of other senators. So for her to sit there and say that that's not her expertise, she's lying. Now, we know China has the Democrats in their pocket. So if they're funding her campaign with a million dollars—now, that's a whole lot more than what she'd give Katrina Shealy, which, you know, couldn't buy a yard sign; you can buy a lot of yard signs for a million dollars—she can't go against what they're going to have her vote on. Charlie James: Let me—Chad, let me tell you something. I had this same thought today. What if they—what if they said, "Don't say anything bad about China. Don't even mention Taiwan"? Chad: Exactly. Just like she never spoke against amnesty. She's not going to speak against what she's going to vote for once she gets in the office. Now, what we have to keep in mind, we just beat the machine when we put Stumbo in for Attorney General. We can do this. A lot of people would lay down because Lindsey Graham's running again—now, I'm not bashing him, I thank you for what he did—but I like everybody would just assume that he's going to get it so they wouldn't go to the poll. We got to have everybody. We put Stumbo in there, we can put Ralph Norman in there, and we can win this fight. Charlie James: Yeah, we put Alan Wilson in there, too. I appreciate it, Chad. Thank you. And I did, I had that—I had that thought this morning right after I got off my interview with Newsmax. I was like, "What if? What if they just told her, listen, don't say anything about Taiwan. Don't you dare give any support to the people of Taiwan, because if you do, that's going to make China mad. That's going to make China extremely upset." So, oh, I mean, boy, you see some don't—oh, okay, okay, I got to get to this, too. All right. So, the National Right to Life, they have endorsed Darlene Graham. All right? National Right to Life has endorsed Darlene Graham. Well, they said National Right to Life and South Carolina Citizens for Life Federal PAC proudly endorse Darlene Graham for the United States Senate. Darlene Graham will provide South Carolina with a strong pro-life voice and stand firmly in defense of unborn children, their mothers, and—and it goes on. Randy Page was a member of the board of Life for SC. He's done. He said, "This endorsement is ill-advised and inexcusable. Effective immediately, I am resigni ...

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