EPISODE · Apr 17, 2026 · 8 MIN
We got a lot of moderate republicans. A moderate Republican is a democrat
from The Charlie James Show Podcast
In the second segment of the first hour on Friday, April 17, 2026, Charlie James took aim at the internal friction within the GOP, specifically targeting the influence of centrist lawmakers. James argued that the current political landscape has no room for "middle-of-the-road" stances, provocatively stating that a "moderate Republican is essentially a Democrat" in today’s high-stakes climate. His commentary likely referenced the 10 moderate House Republicans who crossed party lines just a day earlier to vote with Democrats on a bill extending temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants. James used this example to warn his audience on 98.9 WORD that such bipartisan moves are viewed by the base as a betrayal of core conservative priorities, particularly as the U.S. naval blockade on Iran and other security issues dominate the national conversation.
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00:00 Yeah, big day. I see this is what I don't get. I mean, we voted for Donald Trump in the last election. He won 312 electoral votes, won the popular vote. But still, we've got Republicans out there that think 00:22 that we showed up at the polls to vote for them. We really do. They rode Donald Trump's coattails, and because they rode the coattails across the finish line, all of a sudden, they assume they're the winner. 00:38 They assumed that, hey, hey, I got all those votes. No, they didn't vote for you. They didn't vote for you. They voted for Donald Trump. You just happened to be on the ballot with Donald Trump. Lucky you. Lucky you. It's a good timing is what that was. So now we've got all of these so-called moderate Republicans. Let me tell you something, folks. 01:09 A moderate Republican is a Democrat. 01:14 They may mess up and vote something conservative from time to time, but truly down in their hearts, they're really Democrats. They're just too afraid to show their Democrat roots. And boy, they did it. They showed their Democrat roots yesterday when we had 10. 01:36 Ten Republicans vote to extend for three years the temporary protective status of Haitian. 01:46 They voted for this and it won 10 Republicans and one independent who caucuses with the Republicans voted for this bill led by Maria Salazar. She's the one that wants all of the amnesty with the Dignidad Act that we've talked about. Brandon Gill, he stood up. He's not a moderate Republican. 02:15 Listen to him in the house. So let's ask ourselves, does mass migration from Haiti benefit the American people? No. The answer is obviously no. No. 65 % of non-immigrant Haitian-headed households are on welfare. Does that make America stronger or more prosperous or more wealthy in any way? No. course it doesn't. And yet we're being asked... 02:45 to give them amnesty and make these absolutely horrendous years of open borders effectively permanent. Yeah, exactly right. And that's what Maria Salazar wants to do. Now listen, don't worry about this bill. Donald Trump, well first of all, it's dead in the Senate. This bill is absolutely dead in the Senate. And if it does manage to pass the Senate, Donald Trump's gonna veto it, but that's... 03:13 not really the issue. The issue is that 10 Republicans voted for it. 03:24 And again, they think we voted for them. Huh, you want to talk about delusional? Let's go to Jeff and Easley. How you doing, Jeff? Pretty good. little frustrated. How are you? I'm good. What's going on, I want you to hear me out and explain to me, I've noticed, is South Carolina just opened a flag to these illegals too? Because I don't know if anybody besides me notices this, but in the last 03:53 six months it's like they have invaded this area. I mean I do electrical work. They have took over the construction trade buddy. It's not funny at all. Yeah. You try to go to the QT man and get a hot dog you can forget that because they're 10 or 15 feet tongue used to damn microwave. 04:12 You can't even get her to get a hot dog. You know what? The girl had gall to play to me today. What's that? Well, they got an E2. I said, that's why you sell hot dogs, not to use the microwave. There you go. All right. Well, Jeff, I appreciate it. And listen, we need to do something about this. We need somebody, I don't know, is there anybody, maybe a talk show host or something? I don't know. Do you know any talk show host? I know a couple. 04:40 might want to get in touch with somebody over at ICE and say, hey, I know you guys have been in Charlotte, I you guys have been in Baltimore, know you guys have been, know, although maybe you should come to Greenville County. I mean, that would be one of those things where you go, hey, hey, look here, look what all you got here. You got all this stuff going on in Greenville County. I got an idea. Why don't we clean that up? 05:07 Because I will guarantee you not everybody you see working in construction, ...
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