Video taking off 74x its usual first day

El-Sayed addresses Vance as "Habibi" in Michigan victory speech

FOX 32 Chicago's short excerpt captures the senator-elect turning a January swearing-in into a pointed message for Vance and Trump.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 184,091 views a day, 74 times a normal first day on this channel (2,502).

Abdul El-Sayed takes shots at Trump, Vance after victory

The greeting sounds affectionate: "J.D., Habibi." What follows in Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan victory speech is a political jab, not an olive branch.

Addressing Vice President JD Vance, the Democratic senator-elect points to the prospect of Vance administering his oath in January. He calls it a "delicious irony," then borrows a college football scoreline: "Wolverine 1, Buckeye 0." The reference pairs Michigan's Wolverines with Ohio State's Buckeyes, carrying their sporting rivalry into his election-night remarks.

FOX 32 Chicago's excerpt drew roughly 147,000 views in 15 hours, far beyond the station's usual first-day audience for Shorts.

"Habibi" is an Arabic term of affection, often translated as "my dear." El-Sayed uses that warm opening before switching to a more formal way he would like the president to address him. Turning to Donald Trump and his difficulty with El-Sayed's name, he says: "So after J.D. swears me in in January, you could just go on and call me Senator."

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The facts

Channel: FOX 32 Chicago
Subscribers: 488,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 1,942,595
Channel views, pace per day: 564,483 (on a normal day: 228,794)
Video published: November 4, 2026
Video views so far: 146,847 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 184,091

The numbers

The victory-speech excerpt drew an unusually large audience for a FOX 32 Chicago Short. Its comments also far exceeded the channel's usual first-day total.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,502

this video

184,091

subscribers

488,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

499,339,781

views per day

564,483