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"I never thought Texas would flip": 7NEWS reports from Austin

Mylee Hogan's report connects celebrations in Texas with household-cost concerns and the constraints facing Trump's second-term agenda.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 383,344 views a day, 26 times a normal first day on this channel (14,590).

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0:00The presenters announce Democratic control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
0:30Mylee Hogan reports from Austin, where voters celebrate Democratic gains in Texas.
2:10Voters describe economic and cost-of-living concerns, while one strongly defends Trump's record.
2:46Trump tells Fox News he was not responsible for the losses because he was not on the ballot.
3:10Hogan examines constraints on Trump's second-term agenda and his potential use of veto power.
4:15Rob Scott reports that James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton to win the Texas Senate seat.

Celebrations in Austin give way to a very different response from Donald Trump in 7NEWS Australia's midterm report: Republicans' losses, he tells Fox News, were not his fault because he was not on the ballot.

The report drew roughly 330,000 views before its first day was over, against around 15,000 for a usual first day on the channel's regular videos. Separate uploads covering the Democratic takeover of Congress and Texas victory celebrations also drew unusually large audiences.

Hogan puts voters alongside the election maps. In Austin, one person says, "I never thought Texas would flip. I'm really overwhelmed." Elsewhere, voters describe concerns about the economy and the cost of living. The interviews are not uniformly critical of Trump: one voter calls his time in office the greatest two years any president has had.

With Democrats taking both the House and Senate, the report turns from the result to its consequences. Outside the White House, Hogan examines the obstacles to Trump's legislative agenda and his potential use of veto power.

Rob Scott's live report from Austin returns to the breakthrough behind the celebrations: James Talarico's defeat of Ken Paxton, Trump's preferred candidate, ending a decades-long Democratic drought in Texas Senate elections.

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