H3, Segment 2 - Charlie James reviews Spartanburg early turnout and critiques candidate gaffes.

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Transcript Charlie James: All right, looks like we got an official number out of Spartanburg for the early voting today: 1,318. That beats the early voting for the primary. That beats—that's... that's pretty darn good, y'all. I'm not—listen, I'm happy with that. I mean, if you look at—that's just Spartanburg early voting. 1,318 people voted out of—I can't remember... Hold on, how many people are in South Carolina? Darlene Graham [audio clip]: 50 million people in... South Carolina. Charlie James: Oh, I didn't know that. 50 million people. Here we are in South Carolina. I'm sorry, how many people are in South Carolina again? Darlene Graham [audio clip]: Half of... Charlie James: Wait a minute, hold on. How many—how many people in South Carolina? Darlene Graham [audio clip]: 50 million people... Charlie James: Okay, 50 million people in South Carolina. We live in the largest state in the Union. The most populated state in the Union with 50 million people—that's according to Darling Graham, the woman that wants to be your senator. 50 million people. That's... that's pretty good. We—I mean, we got to have bigger voter turnout than that, y'all, with 50 million people in this state. It's 5.5. We have 5.5 million people here. But that's the woman that a lot of people are sending money to. They're—and I don't even know... I don't—and that's the thing: I don't even know how much money this woman is getting from South Carolina. I know she's getting a lot of money from outside South Carolina. We got this—this "Invest in Tomorrow" PAC. They... (laughs) She should be on the Budget Committee, right? Yeah. The ITC PAC announces $1 million to defeat Ralph—Ralph Norman in the South Carolina Senate primary. The PAC that ended Chip Roy and Andy Ogles' careers returns to South Carolina to defeat Norman. Invest in Tomorrow coalition announced $1 million investment to defeat Ralph Norman in the Republican primary in South Carolina. Now, they're headed up by this guy... what's his name? Chris Larsen. And this is Tara—Tara did her due diligence on this. Billionaire—its primary funder, billionaire Chris Larsen. This is the guy that previously donated heavily to Kamala Harris's 2024 campaign. So, after last night, are you guys going to be getting your money's worth? Or—or do you think last night, did—did all of these people that—that were, all these PACs and everything that were supporting, do you think this thing that went... "Oh, dang it!" "Oh, my goodness." What a waste of money. What an absolute waste of money. That's what—here's what I would like to know. And no disrespect to—to President Trump, Mr. President: What did you think? Did—did anybody even ask him about this debate? What did you think about that debate last night? Where your pick—the woman that you're going to be on stage with Friday night—admitted that she knows nothing about national security? Now, Adam Morgan made a great point a few minutes ago. She could have said anything. She's like, "Listen, I'm—I'm not really up on—on Taiwan. I'm not really up on China. I'm not really up on the South China Sea. I'm not really up on, you know, chips and chip production. I'm really not up on—on shipping." She could have said anything! But she said what she meant: She's not up on national security. So what are the things that you might consider national security? That's what I'd like to know. "Charlie, I know the Democrats' PACs are banking Darlene. My question is: Are they banking her because they actually want her, or are they backing her because they think she will lose against Annie Andrews?" Probably a little bit of both! Probably a little bit—they're hedging their bet. Look, at least if she—if she defeats Annie Andrews, well, you know, she's a—she's a Graham! Uh, John wanted to know what Cowshit says. I think the last time I saw Cowshit, it was right around 87% that she's going to win. But that was before last night. That was before last night. "Charlie, if I make ...

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