Senator Kennedy's 'spending porn' remark sets Face the Nation talking

The Louisiana Republican's interview clip opened at roughly twelve times the pace of a typical first day on the CBS program's channel.

Channel: Face the NationStory of September 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 105,439 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (8,653).

Sen. John Kennedy says he's fine with Trump's "spending porn" cuts without Congressional approval

Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana is known for lines that stick, and Face the Nation built this clip's title around one of them: "Sen. John Kennedy says he's fine with Trump's "spending porn" cuts without Congressional approval."

Its first day ran at about twelve times what a new upload on the channel usually manages. The comment section kept pace as well, with close to two comments for every three likes. That is a lot of back-and-forth for an excerpt from a Sunday interview.

Face the Nation has been on the air at CBS since 1954, so a senator making news on the program is routine. A clip that gets this many people typing underneath it is less so.

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The numbers

The figures show how far this clip's first day stands from the channel's usual starts, and how busy its comment section has been.

the video's first day

usual first day here

8,653

this video

105,439

subscribers

820,000

total views

474,832,314

views per day

708,086

the video

views

47,159

likes

287

comments

184

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

BBC Politics

896,000

NPR

887,000

Radio Free Europe/Radio L…

873,000

Fox News Clips

849,000

A Current Affair

835,000

Face the Nation

820,000

As of September 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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