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Collins and King revisit Trump's "on the ballot" appeal

ETimes pairs Trump's pre-election turnout pitch with his post-election claim that Republicans would have won decisively had he been a candidate.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 236,575 views a day, 290 times a normal first day on this channel (816).

CNN's Kaitlan Collins Takes A SLEDGEHAMMER TO 'PUNDIT' TRUMP'S CLAIM After Midterm Defeat | DEMS

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0:17Trump's campaign appeal asked voters to treat the midterms as a referendum on him.
0:37Collins and King respond to Trump's announcement that he would analyze the results as a political pundit.
1:52Archival rally clips show Trump repeatedly asking supporters to pretend he was on the ballot.
2:47Democratic victory speeches begin with Roy Cooper emphasizing North Carolinians over billionaires and insiders.
3:15The report presents Trump's post-election claim that Republicans would have won a landslide with him on the ballot.
5:23Jon Ossoff addresses working families, healthcare struggles and environmental issues in his Georgia victory speech.

Republicans lost key races. Donald Trump's response included a claim that they would have won in a landslide had he been on the ballot. But before the election, he had explicitly asked voters to act as though he was.

That contrast is the center of an ETimes report featuring CNN's Kaitlan Collins and John King. In archival rally footage, Trump tells supporters: "I'm asking you to pretend that I'm on the ballot. I'm on the ballot." The report returns to that appeal as it examines his attempt to separate his own electoral standing from his party's losses.

ETimes, a clips channel, assembles narration, rally footage, screenshots of CNN coverage and social media posts. Collins and King's response concerns Trump's announcement that he would become a political pundit, analyzing why candidates won or lost. King points back to the president's personal appeal to voters.

The upload passed 200,000 views in less than a day, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience of fewer than a thousand for comparable videos.

Despite its Collins-led title, the report also gives substantial space to Democratic victory speeches. Roy Cooper emphasizes North Carolinians over billionaires and insiders; Chris Pappas addresses living costs and corporate influence; Jon Ossoff turns to working families, healthcare and environmental concerns.

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The facts

Channel: ETimes
Subscribers: 1,530,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 769,480
Video published: November 4, 2026
Video views so far: 203,495 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 236,575

The numbers

This report drew an unusually large audience for an ETimes regular-length upload. Its comments also far exceeded the channel's usual first-day activity.

the video's first day

usual first day here

816

this video

236,575

subscribers

1,530,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

966,578,460

the video

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