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.

00:27

spacious skies for amber waves of

00:37

For purple mountain majesties.

00:59

share his grace on thee.

01:12

from sea to shining sea. America is back. Yes, sir. And we are back. Well, today, um the uh Speaker of the House in South Carolina, probably the most powerful man in government here in South Carolina, he made a little video.

01:39

that he put out talking about all of the wins that they had yesterday in the House. have this overwhelming vote in support of the budget. Also after the budget, we did income tax. We concurred with the Senate amendments. So that means income tax is going to get accomplished in South Carolina. It's on the way to the desk of government master and hopefully going to have government master sign that in very near future.

02:03

So we're going to see immediate relief. We're going to untether ourselves. Hey, let me go back. That wasn't exactly the beginning. Here's the beginning. Hey, everyone. It's 9.30 on Tuesday. We just wrapped up our second day of the budget debate. It's been a historic day for us here in South Carolina. What's happened today is we adopted a budget, which is a strong budget that protects taxpayers and protects the

02:27

Teachers and core functions of government is something that we're very proud of. want to give a shout out to the Ways and Means Committee. Huh. A shout out to the Ways and Means Committee.

02:39

Gilda Cobb Hunter was appointed, she's a Democrat, appointed by that fellow, Merle Smith, to the Ways and Means Committee. want you to listen to what Gilda Cobb Hunter said about Moms for Liberty. T-A or some, Moms for Liberty, please. They are a terrorist group. Moms for Liberty, that is, that's who Merle Smith.

03:06

That's who Murrell Smith, the same woman that called Charlie Kirk a racist, that's who Murrell Smith appointed as the first vice chair of the Ways and Means Committee. Now, was everything that he was saying actually even possible? Because remember, a lot of these people that voted for this, they didn't even read the bill. Representative Mike Kukaski was talking with Representative Serita Edgerton when he said this.

03:36

ah you will find that there is no provision requiring you to actually read anything. And I think that after this short couple weeks you've been with us, you'll find that too often nobody reads anything. Nobody reads anything. Let's talk with Sarita Edgerton right now. Representative Edgerton, welcome to the program. Hope you're doing well. Hey Charlie, I just wanted to say I started out my morning with some terrorists at the Moms for Everybody press conference.

04:03

Oh, exactly right. right. Unbelievable. And she's first vice chair. So what Merle Smith was... She had a subcommittee, not a whole committee. Yeah, the subcommittee. But she was appointed by Merle Smith. But the question is here, he's talking about all of these great things in the budget. What he's leaving out is this is the largest budget in South Carolina history, right? That's correct. Increased by 2.1 or 2.2 billion dollars of the B9M. Yeah.

04:34

So that's a lot of money. Now, how can you give tax breaks and increase the budget at the same time? um You asked a very good question, Charlie. I don't see where you can. I just don't know that it's financially and fiscally responsible to do so, um but self-sufficiency will try it again. Yeah, absolutely. So we are hearing that this tax plan that they have

05:00

is actually going to increase taxes on about 20 % of South Carolinians? So, yes, and forgive me, my numbers aren't exactly correct, but it's about 22.6 % will see an increase. Approximately 42 point something percent will see no change at all, which is good for them. Right. And about, I guess, 30 something that's left or yeah, something that's left, ...

00:00

And welcome to the program on your Wednesday afternoon. Gorgeous Wednesday going on out there. And as usual, we've got a ton of stuff to talk about today. This is, I have found that right around seven o'clock in the morning, 11 o'clock in the morning, and then about 2.30 in the afternoon, that's where everything just goes crazy.

00:25

It just absolutely goes nuts. Those are the three times that I can, Oh, Oh, two 30s Watch out quarter to three that, that area there. Uh, so we've got a lot of stuff breaking. We're trying to get to as much of this as we can. Um, let's, uh, let's go to, um, uh, Esther in Powdersville. How you doing Esther? I'm good. Okay. just wanted to give you, I just wanted to give you, uh,

00:54

I called Lindsey Graham's office and Tim Scott's office concerning uh their vote for Senate Majority Leader. And I'm going tell you, you know, I know, and everybody else knows, trying to get a straight answer is like trying to find your shadow in a dark room. Isn't that the truth? It ain't going to happen. Yeah. So what did they say? Well, the girl that I spoke to, her name was Margot. And she said...

01:24

She just didn't have that information. Oh. And I asked her if he voted, who did he vote for, Senate Majority Leader, did he vote for John Boone? I just don't have that information. And I said, well, can't you find out for me? Can't you ask somebody in the office around you and let them know, I mean, let me know? No, she said, the best thing to do to that response is to email him.

01:53

Oh, you know what you're get. You're gonna get a form email asking for money. yep, yep. So I said, well, no, I'm right here. I said, I'm on the phone with you right now. You could ask somebody in the office. Yeah. No, no, you need to email him to get a response. Yeah. So like I said, that's what I got from him. Now, I called Tim Scott's office.

02:19

Tim Scott's fellow, his name was John, he hesitated to tell me his name so I questioned whether that was his real name. But anyway, he said, he was honest, he said that that was done by secret vote. And I said, why is anything done concerning the public and your constituents done by secret vote? I said, anything they do in that office should be made public to everybody.

02:48

I said, I'd like to know whether he voted, did he vote for John Thune to be the Senate majority leader? It's done by secret ballot. uh I you not ask him to let me know how he voted? It's done by secret ballot. And I said, anything done in that office should be made public.

03:15

to anybody that they represent. Exactly. Well, that's just the way they do it. understand. Anyway, they both wanted me to email them. Right. Of course they did. Of course they did. Pretty amazing. I appreciate you being on top of that. Thank you. So what we were talking about with Esther is yesterday we were wondering um who voted for John Thune to be the Senate Majority Leader.

03:45

And that is a that's a secret ballot. And Esther said, and I said yesterday that I don't think any vote that they have in Washington should be done on a secret ballot. Because if you do something on a secret ballot, I'm not being represented. I can't make sure that I'm being represented.

04:06

And that's my right as an American taxpayer and as a voter. I want to know how my representative voted. But no, they do that on a secret ballot because, you know, just because they do. So thank you, Esther, for staying on top of that. Well, speaking of Senator Tim Scott, oh, my goodness, he has finally come out and said something. Listen, Joe, you and I should both agree. Frankly, everyone in the studio should agree when you have

04:35

80 plus percent of Americans, black ones, white ones, Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, mixed kids, all say the same thing. Voter ID? Common sense. When the vast majority of every demographic in this country comes to the same conclusion that Save America Act should be passed, we should pas ...

00:00

All right, let's go to the WRD talk live. We'll talk to Scott in Greer. Scott, what's on your mind this afternoon? Yeah. Hey, Charlie. Thanks for taking my call. The biggest concern I've got right now and that's what ran is we uh are going to end up getting involved in a beach on the ground, long-term quagmire. And I think that that is a huge concern.

00:27

cost us a million dollars a day not to mention wives on both sides. Okay Scott I appreciate your call. Let me tell you something, this war in Iran has been cheaper

00:47

than the Somali fraud that went on in Minneapolis. It has cost a lot less than that. there you go. I don't think it is. I don't think it's gonna be quiet. Donald Trump knows good and well. Pete Hagseth knows good and well. And you should know good and well. This is not gonna become one of those forever wars that we've all been used to because previously,

01:16

They had these ridiculous rules of engagement. Everything had to go through the PR department. How's this gonna look? What are gonna know? They are going in there to win it and come back home, period. WRD Talkline 800-9050-989. That's also the Common Sense Retirement Planning Text Line. Would love to chat with you on this beautiful Wednesday afternoon. Let's see who we got on the phones there. Who we got there, JJ?

01:46

i ran a is in travelers rest i don't it i'm doing pretty good they take my call yes sir what's up talk about uh... the uh... yesterday you had that congressman tenant on yeah and uh... and he was talking about the uh... uh... sex abuse uh... slush one that they have their car and yeah i voted for my like you know i like it but you know i voted for and i would say that i don't think you could be more wrong yesterday

02:16

just because, you he talked about how he didn't want to release the names of, uh you know, some of the accusers and all that stuff. And all because of damage to them. And all I want to say is whose money is it that they're using to pay? And the answer is mine. And you know something, if you're going to use my money, I want to know who used it and paid whom how much for what.

02:44

and uh... it's just because it's my money but i know well not a hold on don't you believe that these accusers some of them who have done nothing except being harassed by members of congress don't you think they deserve a little bit of privacy well you know that the thing about it is that you know i admit that some of them aren't victims and that's why i'm calling them accusers right i understand yes yes and i've said that on this program as well yes

03:15

But what about the actual victims?

03:21

Yeah, and I understand that, you know, but I mean, I just look at it as the fact of it's my money. That's all. Yeah, I understand that, Randy, and I appreciate it. But here's what you need to do. You need to go ask a woman in your life that if you were sexually harassed by someone in the office and you complained and you want a suit against them or whatever, they paid you, you signed a non-disclosure agreement.

03:50

Would you want your name to be put out there for everybody to know? Ask them, ask several members, female members of your family. Let's go to Walter and Anderson. Walter, welcome. Hello, Charlie, how you doing today? I'm doing good. What's up, man? They're talking about the cost of the war. Well, we haven't heard about the cost of the war in a long time. mean, what about the Afghanistan debacle and everything like that? And like you said,

04:16

just the Somali fraud in Minnesota alone, just in Minnesota is ridiculous. absolutely. you, Charlie. a good day. I appreciate it, Walter. Thank you. that's it. It's all about the cost. yesterday in the House of ... Well, in Columbia in the state legislature, they did something that I thought we had already done up until a few weeks ago, and that is comply with the one big, beautiful bill. So they passed legislation.

04:45

And we are now going to go into compliance ...

00:00

And welcome to the program on your Wednesday afternoon. Gorgeous Wednesday going on out there. And as usual, we've got a ton of stuff to talk about today. This is, I have found that right around seven o'clock in the morning, 11 o'clock in the morning, and then about 2.30 in the afternoon, that's where everything just goes crazy.

00:25

It just absolutely goes nuts. Those are the three times that I can, Oh, Oh, two 30s Watch out quarter to three that, that area there. Uh, so we've got a lot of stuff breaking. We're trying to get to as much of this as we can. Um, let's, uh, let's go to, um, uh, Esther in Powdersville. How you doing Esther? I'm good. Okay. just wanted to give you, I just wanted to give you, uh,

00:54

called Lindsey Graham's office and Kim Scott's office concerning uh their vote for Senate Majority Leader. And I'm going tell you, you know, I know, and everybody else knows, trying to get a straight answer is like trying to find your shadow in a dark room. Isn't that the truth? It ain't going to happen. Yeah. So what did they say? Anything? Well, the girl that I spoke to, her name was Margot. And she said,

01:24

She just didn't have that information. Oh. And I asked her if he voted, who did he vote for Senate Majority Leader? Did he vote for John Boone? I just don't have that information. And I said, well, can't you find out for me? Can't you ask somebody in the office around you and let me know? No, she said, the best thing to do to that response is to email him.

01:53

Oh, you know what you're get. You're gonna get a form email asking for money. yep, yep. So I said, well, no, I'm right here. I said, I'm on the phone with you right now. You could ask somebody in the office. Yeah. No, no, you need to email him to get a response. Yeah. So like I said, that's what I got from him. Now, I called Tim Scott's office.

02:19

Tim Scott's fellow, his name was John, he hesitated to tell me his name so I questioned whether that was his real name. But anyway, he said, he was honest, he said that that was done by secret vote. And I said, why is anything done concerning the public and your constituents done by secret vote? I said, anything they do in that office should be made public to everybody.

02:48

I said, I'd like to know whether he voted, did he vote for John Thune to be the Senate majority leader? It's done by secret ballot. uh I you not ask him to let me know how he voted? It's done by secret ballot. And I said, anything done in that office should be made public.

03:15

to anybody that they represent. Exactly. That's just the way they do it. I understand. Anyway, they both wanted me to email them. Right. Of course they did. Of course they did. Pretty amazing. Esther, I appreciate you being on top of that. Thank you. So what we were talking about with Esther is yesterday we were wondering um who voted for John Thune to be the Senate Majority Leader.

03:45

And that is a that's a secret ballot. And Esther said, and I said yesterday that I don't think any vote that they have in Washington should be done on a secret ballot. Because if you do something on a secret ballot, I'm not being represented. I can't make sure that I'm being represented.

04:06

And that's my right as an American taxpayer and as a voter. I want to know how my representative voted. But no, they do that on a secret ballot because, you know, just because they do. So thank you, Esther, for staying on top of that. Well, speaking of Senator Tim Scott, oh, my goodness, he has finally come out and said something. Listen, Joe, you and I should both agree. Frankly, everyone in the studio should agree when you have

04:35

80 plus percent of Americans, black ones, white ones, Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, mixed kids, all say the same thing. Voter ID? Common sense. When the vast majority of every demographic in this country comes to the same conclusion that Save America Act should be passed, we should pass it. Only ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...