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Dollemore challenges Trump's metal-detector remark about El-Sayed

The commentator calls Trump's remarks about the Muslim Senate candidate religious prejudice in a Short drawing far more views than his usual uploads.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 170,445 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (10,030).

No Modern-Day President Would EVER Say This... But Trump Just Did #DollemoreDaily #DonaldTrumpNo Modern-Day President Would EVER Say This... But Trump Just Did #DollemoreDaily #DonaldTrump

Donald Trump questions whether should have access to national security secrets, then says he would need special screening to enter the Senate. Jesse Dollemore's response is blunt: the president is targeting the candidate because he is Muslim.

The exchange is the center of a Dollemore Daily Short that reached roughly 164,000 views in 22 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for Shorts. Its comment count was also nearly ten times a typical full first day.

El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan's Senate seat. In the rally footage Dollemore plays, Trump says: "He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he's allowed to go into the Senate."

Dollemore argues that the remark reflects prejudice, not a reason to regard El-Sayed as a security threat. "And it is just because he's Muslim. That's the only reason," he says.

His rebuttal turns to the logic of judging someone by a name: he compares it to treating anyone named Timothy as dangerous because of Timothy McVeigh. That analogy gives the Short its central argument, rather than leaving the response at an expression of outrage.

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The facts
Subscribers
1,300,000
Channel views, last 7 days
4,797,161
Channel views, pace per day
747,746 (on a normal day: 592,944)
Video published
October 27, 2026
Video views so far
163,778 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
170,445

The numbers

The Short's audience is well above Jesse Dollemore's usual first-day reach for the format, with an unusually busy comment section too.

the video's first day
usual first day here
10,030
this video
170,445
subscribers
1,300,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
676,198,950
views per day
747,746
typical day: 592,944
the video
views
163,778
likes
9,604
comments
1,694
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Keith Edwards
1,360,000
Trish Regan
1,350,000
Novara Media
1,330,000
Legal AF
1,270,000
As of October 28, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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