• Full Show - 3.10.2026 - Oil prices have fallen near $70 a barrel, the S.A.V.E. Act likely won’t reach Trump’s desk, and Democrats are focused on Texas and immigration politics.
    Mar 10 2026
    The March 10, 2026, broadcast of The Charlie James Show focused on the rapid shift in global energy markets following U.S. military action in Iran, legislative stalemates in Washington over the SAVE Act, and local South Carolina political targets. The March 10, 2026, broadcast of The Charlie James Show analyzed the geopolitical impact of Operation Epic Fury, noting falling oil prices despite strikes in Iran, while criticizing Senator John Thune and "Rinos" for stalling the SAVE Act. Congressman William Timmons discussed legislative alternatives and the Texas electorate, alongside a critique of mainstream media coverage of a New York bombing incident and calls for accountability for figures like Lindsey Graham. For more information, visit the show's official podcast page.
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  • Hour 4 - In March 2026, discussions focus on unseating Lindsey Graham and the fallout from a controversial CNN post regarding a New York bombing.
    Mar 10 2026
    00:00 Let's go to the WRD talk line. talk to Chris in Greenville. How you doing, Chris? Pretty good, Charlie. Have we ever stopped to think that maybe we only got like a handful of politicians that are actually fighting for us up there and the rest of them are just happy with um with all the corruption and stealing and thieving going on? Yeah. Yeah. I really, I really think you're absolutely right. There's just a few, there's an even fewer in Columbia. 00:27 that are actually fighting for us. I mean, there are some good ones there. But even like Senator John Kennedy, I mean, this guy, he talks a good game. But if you look at his voting record, like it's abysmal. Yeah. So you're right. I mean, they get up there. I think it's time for to get Lindsey out of the game too. I agree. I agree. 100%, Chris. I appreciate it. Somebody sent me a text and it was relevant to what Chris was just... um 00:56 talking about, let's see, blah, blah, blah. Charlie, we know Lindsey Graham's an idiot. We all know Tim Scott's an idiot. But here's the thing, it takes a bigger idiot to vote for him, so that says a lot about the mentality of South Carolina. I've lived here for 26 years, and all I've heard for 26 years is people bitching about Lindsey Graham, but he's still here. So who's the bigger idiot? All right, but here's the thing. 01:26 I know those idiots. I do. I know some of those idiots that think Lindsey Graham is actually doing a great job. 01:36 I got one friend down in Charleston and she's fairly influential. Well, I'll tell you this, we had some friends that it was like right before we moved away and came up here, um we were going out with, going to dinner with them and they were Lindsay supporters. The husband was a big Lindsay contributor. 02:04 She was a Lindsay supporter, although not as much as him. And they were happy with Lindsay Graham. So my wife and I get up here to Greenville, I guess we're here for a year and a half. And then we go back down to Charleston for a visit and we're sitting down to dinner with them and all of a sudden they're like, nope, no more money for me. Lindsay gets nothing from me. Nothing, nothing. 02:33 I'm not supporting that guy anymore. So I can't wait to ask them who they vote for in this primary. 02:43 But incumbent senators are hard to beat. The amount of money that you have to have, now first of all, remember this, when you go after the king, you better not miss. 03:00 Lindsey Graham already running ads against Mark Lynch. You've seen them. They're all over the place right now. Lindsey's worried. He always gets worried during the primaries, but he should. That's what primaries are for. So I think everybody needs a primary challenger just to keep them honest. I'm all for that. don't care. don't care. I was okay with Donald Trump having a primary challenger. I didn't care. Keep them honest. 03:30 But Lindsay always gets very conservative right around primary time and the other, what, four and half, five and a half years, is just about as liberal as they come. 03:43 Now pretty sure he's a big fan of John Cornyn, but the money you have to have to unseat an income, and look at what Cornyn spent in Texas, almost $100 million? 03:58 Ken Paxton spent five? That's crazy, man. It really is. That's nuts. That's how much those people, and I hope the people of South Carolina are paying very close attention to that. Take a look at what can be done even when the odds are against you. Even when that guy 04:27 has so much more money than you do. You know, always tell people, people say, oh, how can you beat Lindsey? He's got all that money. I got an idea. Ask Paxton how that happens. We could do this. And if not, well, we're going to have him for six more years. I am no fan of the guy. I think he's a backstabber. I think he's a necessary idiot for President Trump. 04:57 To keep around, unfortunately Trump needs him. 05:02 We saw what happened in Pickens. 05:06 with him practically bein ...
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  • Calls on WORD Talk line: Lindsey Graham, Save Act, Rhinos in Gov't
    Mar 10 2026
    00:02 All right, somebody said over on the Common Sense Retirement Planning text line, Charlie Graham voted for Thune. I'm pretty sure he did. But I can't be positive. Because I did a little research into that. I wanted to find out who voted for John Thune to be the Senate Majority Leader. And did you know that's a secret vote? It's a secret ballot. I'm to have to kill the camera here real quick over on the stream. Did you know that? 00:31 That is a secret ballot. But here's my thing. In Washington, D.C., I don't think there should ever be a secret ballot. I think every single vote that they take, I don't care if they vote on where to go for lunch. I want to know about it. All right, Jimmy Johns has 80 % of the vote, therefore we're going to Jimmy Johns. I want to know who voted for Jimmy Johns over Subway. 01:02 That's what I want to know. Every single vote. So while we can assume that Lindsey Graham did vote for John Thune, can't be positive. uh Let's see. Let's go to Larry in Greenville. Larry, welcome. Hey, Charlie. How you doing? I'm doing good. What's up, I'd like to some numbers on the number of people in the primaries that even know who they're voting for. 01:32 i guarantee the majority of the people that vote in the primaries even though the turnout is low you know i started people about in the primaries are voting on name recognition you know i think you know what my uh... i'm to have nothing hold up i think more people in the general election don't know than in the primaries 01:53 well i think the primary the general election in less than port the uh... turnout is more important in the general no no no no i'm i'm gonna disagree with you on that one not here in south carolina because whoever wins the primary goes on to win the general 02:14 And I would say, and I appreciate that, would say 90 % of the time. 90 % of the time. So last non-presidential primary, 85, I'm sorry, 86.5 % of the people decided they were not gonna vote. And because of that, we got what we got. Let's go to Esther in Powdersville. Esther, welcome. Oh, thank you. Most United States senators and congressmen make $174,000 a year. Yeah. Correct? Right. 02:43 but yet they spend millions and millions of dollars to get elected. Isn't that interesting? How does that math add up, of the perks for that kind of a job. Oh, well, here's what I do know. We're hearing that John Thune is a big investor in Mitch McConnell's wife's father's shipping business, you know, the Chinese shipping magnate. Oh, there's plenty of perks. Plenty. 03:13 listen up don't let me go to the end of the question i think you're right here uh well this mission that's new in my next question but uh... we just want to come out and ask me the grand did you know the john de 03:27 Well, if you ever had the guts to call this show, I Well, I'd call him up on over. I'll call him up tomorrow and ask his office if he voted for him. All right. That's a good idea. That's a good idea. Everybody's trying to call the office and say, did Lindsey Graham vote for John Thune? Also, why can't they get rid of John Thune like they got rid of Kevin McCarthy? That's a good question. That is a real good question because they could vacate the chair in the Senate. I mean, it only... 03:55 It only, I read this last night, it takes like five senators, five senators have to come up with a resolution to vacate the seat and then they have to get a big vote on it I think that takes two thirds. I know. Okay, this is the other question I want to ask you about. I understand William Cannon's uh response to the slush fund, okay? Right. But this is my response to him. 04:24 Aren't the taxpayers paying for that? Yeah. Yeah, that's true. That's our money. That's true. That's true. So if my husband and I are paying for their indiscretions, I want names and I have a right to know who I'm paying for. Yeah. But I also understand that there are a lot of victims there that don't want their identities. Now, w ...
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  • Incumbent Senators are hard to beat. Lindsey Graham is the target
    Mar 10 2026
    00:00 Let's go to the WRD talk line. We'll talk to Chris in Greenville. How you doing, Chris? Pretty good, Charlie. Have we ever stopped to think that maybe we only got like a handful of politicians that are actually fighting for us up there and the rest of them are just happy with with all the corruption and stealing and thieving going on? Yeah. Yeah. I really, I really think you're absolutely right. There's just a few, there's an even fewer in Columbia. 00:27 that are actually fighting for us. I mean, there are some good ones there. But even like Senator John Kennedy, I mean, this guy, he talks a good game. But if you look at his voting record, like it's abysmal. Yeah. So you're right. I mean, they get up there. I think it's time for to get Lindsey out of the game too. I agree. I agree. 100%, Chris. I appreciate it. Somebody sent me a text and it was relevant to what Chris was just... um 00:56 talking about, let's see, blah, blah, blah. Charlie, we know Lindsey Graham's an idiot. We all know Tim Scott's an idiot. But here's the thing, it takes a bigger idiot to vote for him, so that says a lot about the mentality of South Carolina. I've lived here for 26 years, and all I've heard for 26 years is people bitching about Lindsey Graham, but he's still here. So who's the bigger idiot? All right, but here's the thing. 01:26 I know those idiots. I do. I know some of those idiots that think Lindsey Graham is actually doing a great job. 01:36 I got one friend down in Charleston and she's fairly influential. Well, I'll tell you this, we had some friends that it was like right before we moved away and came up here, um we were going out with, going to dinner with them and they were Lindsay supporters. The husband was a big Lindsay contributor. 02:04 She was a Lindsay supporter, although not as much as him. And they were happy with Lindsay Graham. So my wife and I get up here to Greenville, I guess we're here for a year and a half. And then we go back down to Charleston for a visit and we're sitting down to dinner with them and all of a sudden they're like, nope, no more money for me. Lindsay gets nothing from me. Nothing, nothing. 02:33 I'm not supporting that guy anymore. So I can't wait to ask them who they vote for in this primary. 02:43 But incumbent senators are hard to beat. The amount of money that you have to have, now first of all, remember this, when you go after the king, you better not miss. 03:00 Lindsey Graham already running ads against Mark Lynch. You've seen them. They're all over the place right now. Lindsey's worried. He always gets worried during the primaries, but he should. That's what primaries are for. So I think everybody needs a primary challenger just to keep them honest. I'm all for that. don't care. don't care. I was okay with Donald Trump having a primary challenger. I didn't care. Keep them honest. 03:30 But Lindsay always gets very conservative right around primary time and the other, what, four and half, five and a half years, is just about as liberal as they come. 03:43 Now pretty sure he's a big fan of John Cornyn, but the money you have to have to unseat an income, and look at what Cornyn spent in Texas, almost $100 million? 03:58 Ken Paxton spent five? That's crazy, man. It really is. That's nuts. That's how much those people, and I hope the people of South Carolina are paying very close attention to that. Take a look at what can be done even when the odds are against you. Even when that guy 04:27 has so much more money than you do. You know, always tell people, people say, oh, how can you beat Lindsey? He's got all that money. I got an idea. Ask Paxton how that happens. We could do this. And if not, well, we're going to have him for six more years. I am no fan of the guy. I think he's a backstabber. I think he's a necessary idiot for President Trump. 04:57 To keep around, unfortunately Trump needs him. 05:02 We saw what happened in Pickens. 05:06 with him practically be ...
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  • Hour 3: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warns of the most intense strikes yet on Iran, while discussion continues on oil pricing and Rep. William Timmons addressing the SAVE Act and blaming John Thune for its setback.
    Mar 10 2026
    00:00 Well, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today said that today slash this evening would be the most uh intense day of strikes in the Iranian conflict. It's been going on for 11 days now, speaking during a press conference at the Pentagon. Hegseth said, U.S. forces were continuing operation with the goal of dismantling Iran's military capabilities while ensuring the conflict ends on the terms 00:29 determined by the United States. ah are winning with an overwhelming and unrelenting focus on our objective, objective, Hegseth said. The secretary said that the campaign's objective include, now this is the one of the things that the Democrats, I mean, good grief. We don't even know what our objective is over there. What are we doing over there? 00:56 Well, he lays it all out for you and they've been doing that since the beginning. Destroy Iran's missile stockpiles, destroy their missile launchers, eliminate their ability to manufacture missiles, destroy the Navy. 01:12 permanently deny Iran the ability to develop nuclear weapons. That's it. He promised that today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside of Iran. He said, we will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated, but we do so on our timeline and at our choosing. Somebody saw a thing today where Iran was saying, I found it kind of amusing when they said this. uh 01:40 We will surrender on our timeline. And I thought, wait a minute, are you admitting that you are thinking about surrendering? I could just see this big pile of rubble with a placard standing out of it. We determine when we surrender. So we will see. But Brit Hume, which by the way, if you watch Fox News at all, uh you know that Brit Hume is not, he's not MAGA, all right? 02:10 And even though he tries to play him partial, you can tell he's not a huge fan of President Trump. But listen to what Britt Hume said over on Fox News. Your thoughts on this news conference where the president is clearly optimistic about where the military operation is and maybe sees an end, light at the end of the tunnel here. Yeah, I think that's right, Brett. And I think his confidence is based obviously on what he's hearing from the commanders over there, that the mission is ahead of schedule. 02:37 that they did far more in the first few days to wipe out iran's retaliatory capacity uh... than they expected they might be able to and that there's not a lot left over there to menaces uh... that raises and of course you get to the question of oil prices which are a tangible and widely felt consequence of this conflict that american people feel very keenly every day and obviously they're eager to get that under control if they can and i think that uh... the fact here is that 03:04 It's not the Iranian military that's keeping the Straits of Hormuz closed. It's the worry that the ship insurers have about crossing the Straits of Hormuz and what might happen there in the midst of conflict. Once this subsides a bit, the U.S. military presumably would be able to offer escorts if needed. president didn't seem to think they might even be needed. But we're not in a situation where there's a massive oil shock worldwide. 03:34 I think he's right to assess this as a short-term fact of life owing to the uncertainty created by the conflict. But it is something he has to deal with because this is politically, oil prices are politically exceedingly sensitive. Well, it's untenable for the long term. Yeah, and it absolutely is. But he goes on to say that, I mean, he's praising President Trump and his confidence after that very upbeat press conference that he gave, but that's where we are right now. 04:05 This is a conflict, 47 years in the making. 04:12 And a lot of people are out there saying, listen, this isn't a war Donald Trump started. This is a 47 year war that we've been fighting with Iran that Donald Trump is ending. 04:23 And so far, every one of them tragic, and our hearts go o ...
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  • Oil companies know there is a sweet spot for oil a barrel pricing
    Mar 10 2026
    00:00 All right, let's go to the WRD talk line. We'll talk to Jed and Hickory. How you doing, Jed? 00:08 I'm good man, what's on your mind this afternoon? I want to tell you my feelings on the gas prices. All right. I'm 70 years old and I have never ever seen gas prices jump 35, 40 cents in one hour, one day. It was the biggest, yeah. When we had that ice storm that come through on the East Coast, our gas prices around my hometown of Hickory Grove and York. 00:37 with two dollars and thirty three shant they jumped up that two sixty nine and one day that before the war started i i'll buy it if they get carmen's play on that book book they go up and down when they walk through but all my life when gas prices rose they all the road to three four shanty five sand at the back now they jump in there thirty five forty seven uh 01:05 It was, I mean, it was a pretty um significant jump, Jed. You're right, I appreciate that, pal. But here's the thing. Oil companies know a couple of things. They know that there is a sweet spot. 01:23 Now, first of all, they know we have to have fuel. Everybody's got to have fuel. We do, industry, um everybody's got to have fuel. But they know if their prices are too high that people will start becoming more efficient with the way that they use that fuel. And they, and we do, we start using less. It's less, you know, we do more consolidated trips. We do ways to find, um 01:51 we find ways to save gas and that hurts them economically. And they also know if the price of oil is too low. 02:03 they're not going to be making money so therefore they can't do more oil exploration, they can't open new oil rigs, they can't pump more. So there's actually a sweet spot. And that sweet spot is right around between like sixty-seven and seventy dollars a barrel. Somewhere in there is that sweet spot where you're happy at the tank, I mean sorry, you're happy at the gas station and 02:30 They're making enough money to go and keep the oil rigs running and pay all the roughnecks and do the exploration. that's where the oil companies actually want to be. Do they want to make a profit? Absolutely, they do. But they don't want to cut their own throats in the process. Okay? So we'll see. mean, right now, $86. What did we just end up with? I think it was like $86.40 a gallon today, but we'll keep an eye on that for you. 03:00 Well, this is something that I found pretty amazing. I you to listen to Caroline Wren. She's a Republican strategist talking about Texas. If you're a low-propensity voter who's not going out and searching for your own information here, and you just kind of tune in right before elections and you go vote, maybe you wanted to vote in your county race and you just see the incumbent senator, that's why it's very hard to take out incumbents. admit it's no Republican, or actually either party, no incumbent senator is... 03:29 lost their primary since 2002. That is 25 years since an incumbent senator has lost a primary. That's why what Paxson has done with almost zero dollars in the most expensive state, a massive state like Texas, is so unbelievable and impressive and also why he is a more electable candidate in the general. He's absolutely a more electable candidate. So, you believe that? No? 03:57 Either party, no senator has been defeated. No incumbent senator has been defeated since 2002. Hopefully we're gonna see that change this year, not only in Texas, but in South Carolina as well. So in that runoff race right now, the new polls came out. They've got Ken Paxton at 49%, John Cornyn coming in at 41%, 11 % are not sure. Now here's the interesting thing. 04:25 If Trump endorses Paxton, 04:29 That goes up to Ken Paxton 58%, John Cornyn 32%. Now as interesting as that is, listen to this. If Trump endorses Cornyn, Ken Paxton still wins. He still wins by a point. Ken Paxton has 44%, John Cornyn has 43%, and then you get that 13 % of the not sure's out there. 05:01 But that's why they're s ...
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  • Pete Hegseth said tonight will be the most intense day of Iranian strike
    Mar 10 2026
    00:00 Well, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today said that today slash this evening would be the most uh intense day of strikes in the Iranian conflict. It's been going on for 11 days now, speaking during a press conference at the Pentagon. Hegseth said, U.S. forces were continuing operation with the goal of dismantling Iran's military capabilities while ensuring the conflict ends on the terms 00:29 determined by the United States. ah are winning with an overwhelming and unrelenting focus on our objective, objective, Hegseth said. The secretary said that the campaign's objective include, now this is the one of the things that the Democrats, I mean, good grief. We don't even know what our objective is over there. What are we doing over there? 00:56 Well, he lays it all out for you and they've been doing that since the beginning. Destroy Iran's missile stockpiles, destroy their missile launchers, eliminate their ability to manufacture missiles, destroy the Navy. 01:12 permanently deny Iran the ability to develop nuclear weapons. That's it. He promised that today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside of Iran. He said, we will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated, but we do so on our timeline and at our choosing. Somebody saw a thing today where Iran was saying, I found it kind of amusing when they said this. uh 01:40 We will surrender on our timeline. And I thought, wait a minute, are you admitting that you are thinking about surrendering? I could just see this big pile of rubble with a placard standing out of it. We determine when we surrender. So we will see. But Brit Hume, which by the way, if you watch Fox News at all, uh you know that Brit Hume is not, he's not MAGA, all right? 02:10 And even though he tries to play him partial, you can tell he's not a huge fan of President Trump. But listen to what Britt Hume said over on Fox News. Your thoughts on this news conference where the president is clearly optimistic about where the military operation is and maybe sees an end, light at the end of the tunnel here. Yeah, I think that's right, Brett. And I think his confidence is based obviously on what he's hearing from the commanders over there, that the mission is ahead of schedule. 02:37 that they did far more in the first few days to wipe out iran's retaliatory capacity uh... than they expected they might be able to and that there's not a lot left over there to menaces uh... that raises and of course you get to the question of oil prices which are a tangible and widely felt consequence of this conflict that american people feel very keenly every day and obviously they're eager to get that under control if they can and i think that uh... the fact here is that 03:04 It's not the Iranian military that's keeping the Straits of Hormuz closed. It's the worry that the ship insurers have about crossing the Straits of Hormuz and what might happen there in the midst of conflict. Once this subsides a bit, the U.S. military presumably would be able to offer escorts if needed. president didn't seem to think they might even be needed. But we're not in a situation where there's a massive oil shock worldwide. 03:34 I think he's right to assess this as a short-term fact of life owing to the uncertainty created by the conflict. But it is something he has to deal with because this is politically, oil prices are politically exceedingly sensitive. Well, it's untenable for the long term. Yeah, and it absolutely is. But he goes on to say that, I mean, he's praising President Trump and his confidence after that very upbeat press conference that he gave, but that's where we are right now. 04:05 This is a conflict, 47 years in the making. 04:12 And a lot of people are out there saying, listen, this isn't a war Donald Trump started. This is a 47 year war that we've been fighting with Iran that Donald Trump is ending. 04:23 And so far, every one of them tragic, and our hearts go o ...
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  • Hour 2: Low voter turnout lets a small minority decide elections, distrust of mainstream media is growing after the New York incident, Thune says there aren’t enough votes to sustain a filibuster, and attention returns to a CNN report about teens travelin
    Mar 10 2026
    00:00 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. oh 00:27 For spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties. 00:59 share his grace on thee. 01:12 from sea to shining sea. America is back. Yes, sir. We are back. And by the way, happy birthday to Carrie Underwood. She was born on this day in 1983, as if you wanted to feel kind of old. you folks, gosh, I wish everybody knew. 01:43 how much power they actually have over what happens in this state. I wish you knew how much power you have. 01:59 last primary, non-presidential primary election. 02:06 We had a 13 and a half percent voter turnout. That means that 86.5 % of the people let 13 and a half percent determine what their lives were gonna be like. Now that's the voters, that was the voter turnout we had in the last non-presidential primary election, 13 and a half percent. 02:36 I'm sorry. I'm not one of these people that's going to allow 13 % of the people to determine what happens in my state. Not going to do it. You shouldn't be one of those people either. You should be part of that number that shows up to the polls and you can make big changes. Right now in Columbia, if there's any place in your life 03:05 that needs changing right now. 03:09 It's Columbia, South Carolina. 03:13 at our state capitol. Gotta get a new governor. Got to. Sorry, Henry McMaster has done nothing, nothing but hide. 03:26 Our Senate is about as corrupt as it gets, and our house is full of rhinos. 03:34 absolutely jam-packed full of rhinos. In fact, it is so bad in Columbia that on the occasion that a good person does get elected, they try to run them out of town. They literally want to be a capital full of thugs and thieves. And everybody there, and the only people they're robbing is us. 04:00 They wanted to be, they are a gang of, oh my gosh, they're here. So now they're going over the budget. All right. 04:10 So, the House today voted to spend your taxpayer dollars, I want to thank Adam Morgan for this, your taxpayer dollars here in South Carolina are going to all of these things that you really love, like climate change research. That's right. They're spending your tax dollars on climate change research. They're spending your tax dollars on corporate welfare, on lewd art exhibits. 04:39 They want to give money to Hollywood to bring Hollywood here to South Carolina. 04:46 They want to spend money on sports marketing. 04:51 I hate to tell you, when I elect somebody to go to Columbia, I don't want them to go to Columbia and do sports marketing. Remember the last budget? Remember last year's budget? They spent $900,000. 05:07 to start, and that's the key word, to start. 05:12 a podcast about the South Carolina at the Sports Hall of Fame. $900,000. I made a very generous offer. I'd do it for $500,000, save them $400,000 right there off the bat. Do know how much it starts to, it takes to start a podcast? Literally, you could do it for 200 bucks. 05:37 It's not even a big deal. Okay, so. 05:43 Here we are in South Carolina, supposed to be Ruby Red, South Carolina. 05:50 and the liberal guy that I know well from down in the low country, Leon Stavronakis. He's the chairman. For some reason, a radical leftist Democrat is the chair of the budget subcommittee that controls funding for the Commerce Department, the Arts Commission, and a whole lot more. His committee, which doles out millions of tax dollars to liberal priorities, including for a lesbian podcast last year, 06:21 is comprised of a majority of Democrats despite the fact that South Carolina has a Republican supermajority. The Democrats are controlling 06:30 the budget subcommittee. 06:35 Did you know there's not a single strong conservative on the Ways and Means Committee which creates the state budget? 06:45 And according to Adam Morgan, t ...
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