Aug 26, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we let you hear both the concession speech of Congressman Ralph Norman and the victory speech of Senator Darline Graham Nordone. Plus we pay tribute to the former…
Randal WallaceHost
You couldn't turn a TV set on or look at the Internet without an ad that was hitting him throughout this campaign.

Of having eight million dollars spent against you, you know, and I also kind of have to say it's a mystery to me going back to the very beginning, why President Trump decided to be involved in this race, considering that all 10 candidates were.

By and large, pro-Trump, there might have been one or two that were not in that field of Republican candidates.

I'm not real sure why he decided to endorse, but that's certainly, like Mr. Norman said, his prerogative, and he did it.

It most likely was out of some level of loyalty to Lindsey Graham, because Lindsey Graham himself, we've got an interview with him that's going to air on a show later on in the year when we get close to the end of the year that I had.

But he talks about Darlene and her stepping up, that she would be a formidable candidate in her own right.

So it may have been the president honoring that wish that he knew that Lindsey Graham had made at one point early on.

Not so much that he ever thought he was going to pass away like this, but just that he had an eye opinion of his sister.

And here she was in the Senate, thanks to Henry McMaster and, you know, Like I said, it's a mystery to me, President Trump deciding to get involved in the race.

And I can understand why Ralph Norman, who has supported the president's agenda, would be upset about that.

And considering that she was coming from just being just a regular person going on about her business, to being a United States senator, to being a United States Senate candidate, to in a one-on-one race with a 20-year incumbent, I think you know, with each, each address she's gotten better at.

And I, and I think that she's going to get a little break before the general election really takes off that, uh, that she's going to, she's going to be very formidable.

You couldn't turn a TV set on or look at the Internet without an ad that was hitting him throughout this campaign.

Of having eight million dollars spent against you, you know, and I also kind of have to say it's a mystery to me going back to the very beginning, why President Trump decided to be involved in this race, considering that all 10 candidates were.

By and large, pro-Trump, there might have been one or two that were not in that field of Republican candidates.

I'm not real sure why he decided to endorse, but that's certainly, like Mr. Norman said, his prerogative, and he did it.

It most likely was out of some level of loyalty to Lindsey Graham, because Lindsey Graham himself, we've got an interview with him that's going to air on a show later on in the year when we get close to the end of the year that I had.

But he talks about Darlene and her stepping up, that she would be a formidable candidate in her own right.

So it may have been the president honoring that wish that he knew that Lindsey Graham had made at one point early on.

Not so much that he ever thought he was going to pass away like this, but just that he had an eye opinion of his sister.

And here she was in the Senate, thanks to Henry McMaster and, you know, Like I said, it's a mystery to me, President Trump deciding to get involved in the race.

And I can understand why Ralph Norman, who has supported the president's agenda, would be upset about that.

And considering that she was coming from just being just a regular person going on about her business, to being a United States senator, to being a United States Senate candidate, to in a one-on-one race with a 20-year incumbent, I think you know, with each, each address she's gotten better at.

And I, and I think that she's going to get a little break before the general election really takes off that, uh, that she's going to, she's going to be very formidable.
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