EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 33 MIN
HOUR 1 - James: Get involved or lose SC redistricting. Massey, Bennett & Davis stall votes as Dems eye the House. Plus, 2026 COVID fear persists.
from The Charlie James Show Podcast
In the first hour of the show, Charlie James opens with a warning that failing to get involved in politics allows leadership to drift, specifically highlighting the brewing battle over South Carolina redistricting and the role of Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey. The tension rises in the second segment, where Massey, along with Senators Sean Bennett and Tom Davis, are called out for allegedly stalling the redistricting vote, creating a rift between the Senate leadership and the GOP grassroots. This delay takes on a national urgency in the third segment, which explores how the current SC redistricting map could provide Democrats with a strategic opportunity to retake the U.S. House of Representatives. Finally, the hour concludes with a sharp cultural critique of the segment of the population that remains ideologically or fearfully tied to the Coronavirus pandemic even now, in 2026.
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00:00 I tell you what, what we are seeing today. 00:05 is the Rhino Party in Colombia showing their true colors. 00:14 They are showing their true colors today, ladies and gentlemen, and the fact that these people have been in office for as long as they have. 00:23 shows me something that there are far too many people in South Carolina that just don't care about politics. They don't want to get involved. Well, here's the thing. If you don't get involved in politics, politics is going to get involved in you. And they do it every single day. 00:44 So now we've got this, this fight for redistricting. This, here we are. Please stop. All of you people in the mainstream media, everybody, all of you journalists, all of you, you know, reporters, stop referring to us as a red state, please, because you're lying to your listenership, your viewership and your readership. Please stop that. 01:10 Now the citizenry. 01:14 We might be conservatives, but our state legislature is not. Today, Shane Massey of Edgefield, and let me tell you something, all you folks down there in Edgefield, all you guys that are members of the National Wild Turkey Federation, all you people down there, all of you peach shed owners, you guys need to get rid of that man. 01:38 You need to get rid of them, but nobody's run against them. Isn't that weird? For almost what, 16 years now we've had nobody run against Shane Massey? Is he that darn good? 01:51 No, he's not. He's not good at all. This is what Shane Massey said today. He said that Donald Trump, well, first of all, he said that redistricting is a threat to our state sovereignty. It's a threat. It's a threat, ladies and gentlemen, to actually have our districts align with the Constitution and not violate the Constitution. 02:22 Because we know that Jim Clyburn's district was designed around racial lines, period. So then he said that Donald Trump, now please understand, Shane Massey is one of the relics of the Nikki Haley wing of the Republican party. 02:52 He supported Nikki Haley, not a fan whatsoever of Donald Trump. This is what Shane Massey said. He said that Donald Trump is abusing his power and overreaching into South Carolina. Wow. First time I remember hearing anything from Donald Trump about South Carolina and redistricting was last night over on Truth Social. So I posted that clip this morning over on all of my social media accounts. 03:20 Donald Trump is abusing his power. That's ridiculous. 03:27 I mean, this thing's been brought up by Ralph Norman. The Freedom Caucus filed a bill just like this back in January. 03:39 That's, let me you something, I have done more. 03:45 than Donald Trump about redistricting. That's no slam against Donald Trump, but I have said more about redistricting here in South Carolina than Donald Trump has. 03:55 So why are they coming down on Donald Trump? Well, because it's all about Trump. Oh, Trump bad, orange man bad. So now we got Shane Massey. He's going to be a no. Chip Kampson. So let me see, Shane Massey's got a 35 Freedom Index score. Let me just check on what old chips got. Chip Kampson has a 32 Freedom Index score. 04:26 And then we've got another one, Luke Rankin. Luke Rankin has a 22 Freedom Index score. I wouldn't call any of these people conservatives. 04:43 because they're not. And it's pretty dark. Oh, and here's what gets me. Okay, well, we'll talk about that in just a second. But they're the ones, if this thing dies, this is what it's looking like, its life is hanging by a thread right now. Redistritinia in South Carolina is hanging by a thread. 05:08 I just talked to uh another senator, texted him a few minutes ago and he's like, how's it looking? He's like, my gut tells me it's gonna pass. I don't share that same enthusiasm. 05:22 as the senator i talked to i don't share that enthusiasm right now we'll see we'll see what happens it's going to john in spartan bergen taught him john welcome a charlie i don't yes sir ...
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HOUR 1 - James: Get involved or lose SC redistricting. Massey, Bennett & Davis stall votes as Dems eye the House. Plus, 2026 COVID fear persists.
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