Trump in BIG TROUBLE in…SOUTH CAROLINA?!!

Donald Trump facing a nightmare scenario. in South Carolina. The latest polling. out of South Carolina from the economist. in Yuggov has Donald Trump's approval at. netgative -26. Let me repeat that. Trump's approval in what was once viewed. as ruby red South Carolina is net. negative 26 according to very credible. pollsters. with that as background. You. had Democratic Governor Gavin Nuome. heading into South Carolina. He's on a.

three-state southern tour and there are. massive crowds there. There is a massive. movement that's brewing in South. Carolina. I mean, take a look at this. packed house. Everywhere he's been going. in the South, he's been greeted with. massive crowds. I'll just show you this. short clip right here. Let's play it. >> [cheering and applause]. >> And there's a big Senate race in South.

Carolina where the Democrats could win. There's a big governor's race that. people need to pay attention to as well. in South Carolina where the Democrats. could win. You've got Dr. Germaine. Johnson. He's a state representative. Has an incredible story. He was out. campaigning with California Governor. Gavin Newsome today. Why don't we bring. in California Governor Gavin Newsome and. State Representative Dr. Germaine. Johnson and let's ask them about what's. really going on in the ground in South. Carolina. Let's bring him in. I'm joined by California Governor Gavin.

Newsome along with Dr. Germaine Johnson, a state representative in South Carolina. running for that opener opening governor. seat over there in South Carolina. Governor Nuome, Dr. Johnson, great to. see you both. Governor Nuome, I want to. ask you first. You're in Allen. University today, the H.B.CU right. there. You've been doing this tour of. three southern states, the Take It Back. Tour. Talk to us about why you're in. South Carolina, what you're seeing in.

South Carolina. We'd love to hear. I. mean, it's just energy everywhere. I. mean, and I'm not I know that's wrote. and cliched, and I know sometimes we're. quoteunquote paid to say that. Trust me, standing room only crowds. People have. not given in cynicism, fear, and. anxiety. People are showing up 60 days. to go, showing up in a sprint. They're. also showing up for this guy. And if you. don't know this guy, Ben, I mean, this. is, you talk about a life story and you. can tell it better than anybody. He was. just talking to the students here at. Allen University. But for someone that.

went to seven high schools and was. homeless, uh, someone that was counted. out over and over and over again, even. some people suggested he should drop out. of this race and then he comes in with. almost 60% of the vote in the primary. This is a special guy and I've been. honored to spend a little time with him, but more importantly been honored to. spend time with his constituents that. are reverential about his prospects. >> Governor, when you're when you've been. doing this tour in these southern. states, anything that's really. surprising to you? You know, here we.

are, September 2026, midterms. approaching, big governor's race in. South Carolina, big races across the. country. anything strike you in terms of. meeting people, hearing what people are. saying from maybe when we talked, you. know, last year or mid last year? >> I was uh walking Dexter Avenue with a. freedom writer. She said, "I can't. believe we're fighting the same fights. I mean, this is pretty sober moment, man. I mean, the fact that we're talking. folks, they're asking about this post. office and whether or not they're going.

to get their absentee ballots in time or. if they do get them, whether or not. they're going to get sent back in time. Uh it's remarkable moment in American. history and I think what people want in. more than anything else is to be seen. heard and a lot of people I forgive me. want to be hugged they want it's it's. it's an emotional time and particularly. for people here in the south that are. bearing the brunt of the assault on. voting rights civil rights and the roll. back of the same the anti-dei anti-woke.

movement and you come to a campus like. this man you see the best and the. brightest this conveyor belt for talent. on Allen University. Uh, and it gives. you hope uh that if we can just. persevere, keep our heads uh down and. and just do the job in the next 60 days, we can take things back. You know, I. hear a lot of people, pundits, talk. about political messaging and 3.5 points. to the right. I say you're missing the. point. This is about humanity right now. This is about survival. This is about. what our future world is going to look.

like for for other generations. So, Dr. Johnson, I want to talk to you right now. about this race. I want to talk about. your background, your story. Share with. our audience who may not know about this. race, just a little bit about you and. why this race in South Carolina is so. important. >> Well, you know, I first of all, I. appreciate you for allowing me to share. my story on here. Uh, my story has gone. viral a few times now at this point. because of how interesting it has been. You know, I talk about my upbringing. I.

was born in the 80s. If anybody. remembers the 80s, it was the crack. epidemic. And unfortunately, my family. suffered from substance abuse issues. Uh, but they got claimed from that. substance abuse issue, but they traded. in another one for another addiction, which was gambling. And that gambling. addiction is what had me living in. motel. A good bit of my upbringing. Living in a Motel 6, a Travalage in. Evergreen Motel. A lot of those side. street motel where there's lots of. drugs, gangs, prostitution, and those. different types of things. Uh, my older. brother, he ran away from home when he. was younger, and he was murdered by his. best friend. Uh, you know, and I had. another older brother that did some.

wrongdoing. Ended up going to jail for. six years. and I had an AA basketball. coach that wanted to to get me out of my. environment. So, they sent me to a prep. school in upstate New York. Uh, and I. get to that prep school and that's the. first time I realized that my life. wasn't like everybody else's life. Uh, I. realized that I wanted something better. for myself and I ended up getting a. scholarship to go play basketball at the. College of Charleston. Uh, got down. there, graduated College of Charleston, met my beautiful wife. Uh, ended up. going to play professional basketball. overseas for six years. uh continued. studying, got my mass degree, got my. doctorate degree, uh came home, started. a nonprofit organization to help other.

individuals not go through what I went. through coming up, uh ran for office, and unseated a 22-year incumbent to. become the first African-American and. the youngest to represent my district. Uh so I literally went from no house to. the state house. Uh and and but I tell. that story because I I love for people. to know that their past does not define. their future, that their current. circumstance does not dictate their. future outcomes. Uh, and I truly believe. representation matters and that we can. do better if we provide opportunities. for other individuals out here across.

this country uh, and across the state of. South Carolina. >> Yeah. Story where you've defied odds. throughout your life, defied odds in. politics, defied odds in the primaries. here. So, the question that everybody. says is South Carolina, >> there's been a Republican governor for. quite some time. If you were to win, it. would be the first time there's been a a. Democratic governor in decades at this. point. So, can you defy odds? You know, when I do these segments, South Carolina. has a great deal of momentum. People.

love to hear it, Dr. Johnson, but then. some people are like, "Ben, don't feed. me the hope. Don't don't put me through. this if it's not real." So, talk to us. about how real it is. >> Yes. Well, it's extremely real what's. happening right here. Like you just. heard the governor say, it's been. standing room only. I mean, people are. excited everywhere we go. the Canton SC. uh you know all around the state and the. polling numbers shows exactly what I. knew was happening that we are neck. andneck with everybody here and you know. it's funny because it's interesting that.

they say South Carolina picks presidents. but yet we don't never want to invest in. South Carolina but yet we pick. presidents you know it's it's kind of. backwards thinking so what we are seeing. right now on the ground is exactly what. has been confirmed through our polling. is that people are ready for change 57%. of our poll was Republicans and they are. fed up. They want something different. They want a new kind of Democrat, a. different kind of Democrat. Somebody who. understands what everyday working uh. South Carolinians are going through. And. I'm meeting them all across this state. I'm going to places where no candidate.

has ever been before. I'm showing up. I'm shaking hands. I'm doing everything. that I have to do. And I'm talking about. my life story so they understand that I. am I can relate to them. I am them and I. understand their struggles. Their. struggles are my struggles. And we want. to provide those opportunities. So, it. is real. It is happening. And I can't. wait for November when we elect me to be. the next governor of South Carolina. >> Let's talk about who you're running. against because we actually have the. control group and the variable group and. that we've seen what MAGA has actually. done to this country and to South.

Carolina and what MAGA politics gets us. So you're running against the MAGA. Republican state attorney general, right? Alan Wilson who's been attached. at the hip to these MAGA policies that. have hurt the people, inflicted not. hypothetical pain, right? That's what. you know the new playbook from Trump and. people like Alan Wilson are. Imagine how. bad I don't want to imagine. I've seen. right now what you are doing right now. and you've hurt people and whether.

you're a farmer, whether you're working. in a factory, whether you are just. trying to get by and pay your whatever. your position in life, you've been. screwed by these policies. And so talk. to us about that. >> Yes. Well, essentially this is the new. South Carolina running against the old. South Carolina. The new South Carolina. is actually going to care about people. and lead with compassion and love and. understanding. What has happened in this. state for the last over two decades is. we are 43rd in education. We have an.

abysmal health care system. We have the. worst infrastructure in the entire. country. Our insurance carriers do. better in South Carolina than any other. state in the country. We have a higher. homicide rate than California. We have. over 600 unsolved murders in South. Carolina just since 2020. Yesterday, a. three-year-old to Tyler got a gun and. shot himself and he's dead now. These. issues are happening all over South. Carolina and it seems like the. individuals who are in power do not. care. They have a single party rule, a. supermajority in the House, a.

supermajority in the Senate, they have. the governor's office, they have. treasurer, they have agriculture, they. have the attorney general, they have. education, they have every congressional. district with the exception of. Congressman Klyberg. They have all the. power that they could ever wish to have. If they wanted to call us back to. session tomorrow and pass a law, they. could actually do so. And case in point. is when they started talking about. redistricting, they they took them 72. hours to come up with a bill to do red. redistricting. Can you imagine if they. worked that hard to fix education? Could. you imagine they worked that hard to fix.

health care? Could you imagine if they. worked that hard to bring justice to all. these families that are sitting here. looking for how to go just go on with. life? That's what's happening here in. this state right now is people are fed. up. They want to know where their tax. dollars are going and why they haven't. fixed those potholes that are all over. our streets. They want to know where. their tax dollars go and why we are. still not getting the equitable. education opportunities for our young. people. They want to know why they can't. afford their prescription drugs here in. South Carolina. This is what's. happening. And people are ready for. change. They're ready for something. different. And they don't care if it's a.

Republican or a Democrat or any anything. else. They want something better and. they deserve it. >> But Ben, it's an important point because. you know the governor of this state. right now in not 72 hours, but in 7.2. two seconds going to fix his signature. on a piece of paper and provide Medicaid. expansion for tens of thousands of. people that are struggling and suffering. in this state. I mean, this is this is. one of the 10 states that refuses that. ext expansion. This is one of those. states that has no minimum wage. I mean, if we didn't even have 725 as a federal.

floor, I can't even imagine. >> what those in power would be paid. These. are people working full-time less than. 15,000 about $15,000 a year. this guy. can change that literally like that. So, you know, if you don't fight, you can't. win. And I want to make a point, Ben, to. your earlier point. What's really what's. changed here is you have 124 districts. in this state. For the first time in. states history, >> we finally have a Democrat running and. competing in every one of those.

districts. Is never before. They just. there was never this mindset. So, that's. going to lift boats. That gets people to. come out. Now they have a reason to come. out for that local race. That also is. going to change the dynamics. That's the. mindset and that's why I'm here. And uh. you you've seen I obviously the quality. of this candidate, but also the the. quality of the organization that's being. built out here through the Democratic. party. Look, if Trump and these MAGA. Republicans and people like Alan Wilson. simply did not care, I say this humbly,

that would probably be an upgrade from. what we have now because it's worse than. them not caring. They seem to hate us. I. mean, they truly seem to actually take. joy and delight in the suffering that. their corruption and making all this. money off the grift and the quid proquo. that that didn't satiate their sick. appetite that they need to also not just. take all the wealth, but then like laugh.

at us while we suffer. Like there's an. enjoyment in the suffering from people. in my view like the Trumps and the Allen. Wilsons and people like that. talk about. that because this corruption issue, but. it's not just talking about corruption, which is important. It's in contrast to. what they've done to people in South. Carolina. Talk about that, Governor. >> Yeah. Well, it's it's funny because. when I'm talking to these individuals, these people who are in positions of. power, they will tell me straight out. they don't believe in nothing Donald. Trump is saying. But then they will go.

out on the on the floor and do the. complete opposite of what they just told. me behind closed doors when they will. get in front of cameras and do something. completely different. say something. completely different. They are cowards. And I've told them that to their face. I've said, "You are a coward." They say, "Well, at least you didn't call me a. racist." I said, "Yeah, but I still. think you're a coward because you have. to stand up for what's right. No matter. who's in the White House, I don't care. if it's Republican or a Democrat in the. White House. If what they're trying to. do does not benefit the people of South. Carolina, I will stand against it." And. that is exactly what we need in a.

leader, not somebody who's going to be. uh just a a a puppet for the president. of the United States. No, somebody who's. going to do what's right for the people, for the most marginalized individuals. around this state. And that is what has. been missing for far too long. I mean, when you have an attorney general that's. been there for 16 years, but yet our. crime continues to rise and then some of. the things that are happening to our. seniors in these areas, he's saying it's. not even his job to do it. That is a. problem. That is a problem when you. don't fight for the most marginalized. people in this state because who are we. if we are not taking care of the least.

of these? >> Governor Newsome, I got a question for. you and Dr. Johnson said this, so I'm. just going to repeat repeat repeat his. words, which is South Carolina is a. state that picks presidents and I'm not. going to go there with you because. you'll you'll dodge the question. So, I'm not going to even ask. But I but I. have enough. >> confidence. No confidence. [laughter]. >> So, but but I I I have another question. What would you what would you say though. to a future administration that sees the. Trump regime putting in their golden.

ballrooms and all of these things? What. should happen to the golden ballrooms. and Trump building these monuments to. himself? What What's your view of that. hypothetical? >> Come on, man. He he came in saying he's. going to make us healthier and. wealthier. We're sicker and poorer. He's. cut Medicaid. He's cut food stamps, but. he hasn't cut his own appetite uh for. more and more still for his family, not. just for himself, his friends, the. Wickoffs, the Lutnicks, the Kushner. family. I mean, this is the great grift. It's a corruption story. The van glory.

of a ballroom. What's happening with. these arches and gold dollar coins? Trump Kennedy. I mean, this is madness. All the distraction. Lake Ontario to. Lake America, the Gulf of America, the. all cap tweets. At the same time, people. are struggling, suffering. We could talk. in terms of Armageddon here for farmers. in South Carolina that are paying record. breaking diesel prices right now about. to harvest. They can't export now to. Canada because we've caught after the. war of our biggest ally, one of the.

biggest export markets here in South. Carolina. The cost of fertilizer, the. cost across the board because of these. tariffs in trade policy. I mean, it's an. extraordinary moment in American. history. Meanwhile, Donald Trump gets. $1.4 billion of crypto. He gets 2.2. billion overall for one year of work. the great grift. This corruption story. as people here in South Carolina are. struggling for something sane, for. something decent. I love this guy use.

the word, you know, empathy and care and. compassion. This guy has none of those. things. It's all about power. It's about. dominance. It's about aggression. That's. weakness. That's weakness masquerading. as strength. >> Yeah. And I think the world seeing its. weakness masquerading as weirdness and. weakness, you know, at the same time, it's bizarre. Dr. Johnson, where can. people find out more about the campaign? Where can they learn more about you? >> Well, they can just go to. johnsonforsec.com. That's jhn s o n fo. rsc.com.

because we need people to tune in to. what we are doing. Check out the. policies. Check out what we stand for. And this is not just something I'm. talking about doing. This is something. I've been doing for years. So, I don't. just talk about stuff. I actually have. already put to work all of these ideas. and these these plans that I have. because I I love people to actually be. who they are supposed to be and that is. the leader. I'm a servant leader and I'm. going to continue working for the people. of South Carolina and hopefully I'll be. working for the people of this country. because once we change South Carolina, I. want you to imagine what the rest of the.

country is going to say once we elect me. as the next governor of South Carolina. Every other state is going to say if. they can do it in South Carolina, we can. do it here. So, we're going to build. this new South Carolina together. New. SC. That's right. Right here. [laughter]. >> Empathy, compassion for the people. Dr. Germaine Johnson, thank you. California. Governor Gavin Newsome, come back on. Both of you. We'd love to have you. We'll be following this race. Thank you. >> Good to be with you. >> Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to 7. million subscribers. Before you go, our. book WTF America is available for.

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