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FOX 10 Phoenix's panel questions that explanation, pointing to Abbott's alignment with Trump on immigration.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 519,035 views a day, 344 times a normal first day on this channel (1,508).
President Trump reacts to 2026 Election results | FOX 10 Phoenix
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- 0:11Trump attributes Republican losses to the historical difficulties a president's party faces in midterm elections.
- 1:07Trump defends his economic and border record, claiming his administration made the country wealthier.
- 1:40An anchor reads Trump's separate post blaming Abbott's defeat on a departure from his conservative base.
- 2:40The panel challenges that explanation, arguing Abbott had closely aligned with Trump on immigration.
- 3:36The anchors consider implications for the next presidential election, including Vance and Rubio.
Greg Abbott was hardly a moderate on immigration, FOX 10 Phoenix's election-night panel argues. That is the central objection the anchors raise after President Donald Trump attributes the Texas governor's defeat to a move away from his conservative base.
The broadcast brings together two distinct responses from Trump: a telephone interview with Fox News and a separate Truth Social post about Abbott. The upload reached roughly half a million views before its first day was over, compared with about 1,500 for the station's usual regular-video start.
In the telephone audio, Trump puts Republican losses in the context of the difficulties presidents typically face in midterm elections. "No matter how good the president is, you lose. I don't know why, nobody's explained that," he tells Bret Baier. He also defends his administration's economic and border record.
The Abbott criticism comes afterward, when an anchor reads Trump's social media statement. Discussing Gina Hinojosa's victory in Texas, the panel challenges the idea that Abbott had broken with Trump's politics, specifically citing his immigration record.
The segment closes by turning to the next presidential election, with the anchors considering what the Republican losses could mean for JD Vance and Marco Rubio.
Republican governor of Texas since 2015. He previously served as the state's attorney general and as a justice on its Supreme Court.
More on Wikipedia ›Democratic governor-elect of Texas. She has represented the 49th district in the Texas House of Representatives since 2017.
More on Wikipedia ›Republican vice president of the United States. He previously represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate from 2023 to 2025.
More on Wikipedia ›U.S. secretary of state and national security advisor. A Republican, he represented Florida in the U.S. Senate from 2011 to 2025.
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- Channel
- FOX 10 Phoenix
- Subscribers
- 593,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 4,499,650
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,366,136 (on a normal day: 504,969)
- Video published
- November 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 504,078 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 519,035
The numbers
The election-night segment drew an unusually large audience for FOX 10 Phoenix's regular uploads. Its views had already passed half a million within 22 hours.
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The panel discusses Gina Hinojosa's victory over Abbott in the Texas gubernatorial election.