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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 10 MIN

Topic: Trump Endorsements and Lindsey Graham; Topic SC Redistricting

from The Charlie James Show Podcast

President Donald Trump's endorsements continue to heavily shape the GOP landscape, prompting a sharp on-air analysis of his complicated relationship with South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who often navigates a delicate balance between Trump's populist base and establishment politics. The segment also provided updates on the South Carolina redistricting dispute, focusing on how the ongoing legal battles and redrawn maps will impact the balance of power in upcoming state and congressional elections.

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00:00 Endorsements of President Trump. One person says, Charlie, I love Trump, doing a great job. I want to see him lose one primary that he endorsed, Lindsey Graham. 99.9 % on his picks would still be okay. Just don't want to see him get to 100%. One person says, 874 says, hey, Charlie, does that mean all of us anti-Lindsey Graham supporters should stay home? Obviously, he's going to be eschewing with Trump's endorsement. 00:29 and God only knows why Trump endorsed him. Okay, well, I'm going to just give you a little bit of why Donald Trump endorsed Lindsey Graham. Over the past couple of days, the Senate Republicans have delivered more nominees for President Trump than any other administration in recent history. 108 01:00 108. The Republicans confirmed 49 Trump nominees in one vote, including new Bureau of Land Management Director Noah Stanton. 01:14 That's... 01:18 what Lindsey was for. That's why Trump needed Lindsey. See, the Democrats thought they had laid this huge trap asking judicial nominees who won the 2020 election when they knew that under Justice Katanji Brown Jackson precedent, any answer would be violated. Anyway, they were able to do this. They were able to get all of these nominees through dozens. 01:46 dozens and Republicans voted like I said 49 Trump nominees one vote on Monday. There was a huge backlog. That's what Lindsey Graham was useful for. That's what maybe we've even got more coming. 02:05 But I used to work at a radio station, used to be operations manager of a radio station in Columbia. And we had one guy on our staff who was a royal, pain in the rear end. He was the worst employee. 02:28 But there was a certain job, a certain task that he had that nobody else knew how to do. So we had to keep him on. was awful. was, uh huh. Well, it's a radio thing, JJ, the audience wouldn't understand, but anyway, was just, he was the only person who knew how to do it, literally. I didn't know how to do it. 02:56 Because they had all set up, he had set up this thing where he was the only one that could get into here and all those other, it was easier. Yes, JJ, he strategically made himself invaluable to the radio station. Like Lindsey Graham. Lindsey Graham has set himself up to where he is literally, unfortunately, necessary. 03:27 to Donald Trump right now. So that's what's going on with Lindsey Graham. All right, let's change gears here and head to Columbia, South Carolina, redistricting. They are in the Gresset building right now. um Alan Wilson has given some testimony about redistricting here in South Carolina. Listen, this would be a great time. It would be a wonderful time for you to call your senators. Yes, I know, I know. 03:57 A lot of them are there. But if they take a break, they check in with their office, maybe their staff tells them, hey, you know what? We got tons of people calling telling you to vote for redistricting. 04:14 Now last night, wee hours of the morning. 04:18 They passed redistricting in the House. They passed this map. Now there were four Republicans that voted no. Oh, I'm shocked. They got Ballantine out of Lexington, Hartnett from Charleston, Moss over in Cherokee, and Sessions in York. Brewer, listen, this is kind of interesting. Brewer, Britton, Caskey, remember that, Cox, Ligon, Sanders, Murrell, Smith, and Taylor. 04:49 They didn't vote. They didn't vote on this thing. Wait a minute, Mike Kukaski, didn't vote? Merle Smith, you didn't vote? Hell, you're the leader of the House. You're the Speaker of the House. And you didn't vote on this? What's the matter with you? I don't get it. So I was looking today and over at WSPA, they had an article. Oh, doggone it, where is it? Here we go. Why don't you read that? This is from WSPA, News 7. 05:18 It was written by Dustin George. says, listen to this, I love the wording on this, are you ready? Republicans in the South Carolina House cast aside Democrat objections and endorsed a congressional re ...

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