Topic: Pamela Evette endorsement by Trump; Make America Kind Again pride pin episode artwork

EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 7 MIN

Topic: Pamela Evette endorsement by Trump; Make America Kind Again pride pin

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America Kind Again pride pinThe opening segment of Hour 3 on The Charlie James Show (Monday, June 1, 2026) highlighted the stark cultural and political contrasts of the primary season, juxtaposing Donald Trump's endorsement of Pamela Evette against a controversial new cultural symbol.Key Discussion PointsThe Evette Surge: Charlie revisited Donald Trump’s powerful endorsement of Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette, analyzing how it continues to alienate Upstate establishment Republicans while energizing the MAGA base exactly one week before the June 9th vote.The "Make America Kind Again" Pin: The cultural focus shifted to a viral, controversial Pride Month pin featuring the slogan "Make America Kind Again" rendered in the iconic corporate Pride rainbow colors.Cultural Commentary: Charlie broke down the pin as a strategic attempt by progressive groups to co-opt and soften conservative political phrasing. He argued that the merchandise represents the exact type of corporate-driven cultural lecturing that is leading to the overall public fatigue discussed earlier in the program.If you'd like, I can provide more details on:Listener reactions from the Upstate phone lines regarding the co-opted sloganWhere to watch tonight's Greenville candidate forum to see how these cultural topics are playing out locallyAI can make mistakes, so double-check responses

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00:00 Well that last hour flew by. Let's go to the phones. We'll talk to Dee and Thomas C. How you doing my man? I'm doing good my friend. How are you guys doing? Fantastic. What's going on man? I'll just be brief. oh I just want to preface by saying how much I appreciate you and JJ and all your crew for all the information that you bring us day by day. Well thank you. you're doing a fabulous job you guys. I appreciate that. Thank you very much. All right. 00:28 aren't uh... and this uh... governor's race yet uh... uh... you know we had uh... you know through the great bond uh... here say before the uh... early voting in the primaries that uh... uh... pam a bit and maybe uh... uh... looking toward uh... uh... a uh... henrik mcmaster son right now running mate yeah uh... which is seems to be more fruit fruit fruit coming to fruition now yep uh 00:56 I honestly believe that she shot herself in the foot on this deal. 01:03 oh I don't know if she shot herself in the foot or if Donald Trump shot her in the foot. Well, that's true. That's true. And he might have it intentionally. I don't think it did her any favors. Yeah. Oh, you know what? I was at that event, the Freedom and Farm Fest this weekend. Those were the words that everybody used. I don't think it did her any favors. Exactly. 01:32 But I will say this and I uh heard on your show earlier and uh I voted last week in the early voting in the primaries. And I voted for oh Ralph Norman for governor. I'm ecstatic in his choice of Adam Morgan as his running mate. Yeah, I'm too. I think it's a darn good pick. Yes, indeed. 02:02 It'll be a step up for sure. Yeah, I appreciate that. Thank you, Dee. And I'm gonna try to get Adam on. I didn't want to get him on today because I know like everybody was gonna be like, so just give a little break. I'll reach out to him. I already talked to him a little bit today. It's got a Lucy in Greenville. Lucy, welcome. Hey, Charlie. Hello. Great pride. I don't think so. Yeah. I have a dear sister in Asheville. 02:30 who had her 80th birthday and for one of the party favors she gave us these really nice pins to wear that said, make America kind again. ah And so I started wearing it cause I thought, you know, that's a good idea. Well, I came across an individual who said, we love your great pride pin. went, what? 03:00 and they said, oh yeah, those are all the colors for Grey Pride. Well, I didn't give that much. thought, oh, whatever. And then the more I looked at it, Charlie, on national news, a group of protesters had these pins on and it was a man and I think his wife and his daughter, and I think she was a daughter, you know. 03:29 uh... where he's here and and they were carrying a baseball bat and they were beaten up a reporter no really that can that hit make america it and it can't be uh... all i got the hypocrisy of that is not amazing i can't i can't not can all of his and i just don't know that 03:55 and i have been another sister who keeps wearing hers and i told her the story and she said i don't believe that but guess what she's also gonna vote in the republican primary and i said why you're a democrat no no no we're republican and he were independent we're going to tend it and i think okay well then tell me out of the people running 04:24 is voting for all the rhinos. Of course. Of course. That's the plan. The David Pascos and the, um, all the ones that do not need to be in politics anymore. Yeah, that's the plan. And you know what? They could have done something about it. Lucy, I appreciate it. Thank you for the story. Could have done something about it. Could have done something about it 19 years ago, but have done nothing because they don't want to. 04:54 So now we got, well, we got what we got. And I get all these people going, Charlie, you know what we need to do? We need to close these primaries. No, you got it opposite. Nothing's going to change until we close the primaries. no ...

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