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IrelandAbner Gelin shares a family homecoming before Michigan election analysis
Prayers and messages of thanks fill the unusually busy comments on Haitian Public Media's election-eve broadcast.
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Story of Why this story? The video drew 1,625 comments in its first day, 6.2 times a normal first day on this channel (262).
DANJÉ POU DÉMOKRAT - BATAY PÉTÉ NAN MICHIGAN - GWO TRAYIZON - NOUVÈL SOU CHRISTOPHER - ABNER GELIN
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- 1:19Gelin explains his weekend absence and recounts a serious car accident in his family.
- 8:08He says the family returned home together after months of hospital care and rehabilitation.
- 12:11He thanks God and the viewers who have been praying for his family.
- 23:12Gelin examines Haley Stevens's endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.
- 40:53An El-Sayed response clip precedes Anderson Cooper's interview with Mallory McMorrow about the endorsement.
Abner Gelin begins his election-eve broadcast with news closer to home: his family has been reunited at home after a serious car accident and months of hospital care and rehabilitation.
The Haitian Public Media presenter explains his weekend absence, recounts the emergency response and thanks the people who have been praying for his family. Before turning to Washington, he spends the opening stretch expressing gratitude to God and those who supported them.
That personal update is what the prominent comments return to. Viewers offer prayers, give thanks and say they will continue praying for the family. The broadcast received about 1,600 comments in its first day, more than six times the channel's usual volume, even though its views were ordinary.
The political discussion starts around fifteen minutes in. Gelin examines early-voting figures before addressing Haley Stevens's endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Senate contest. He argues that support for Israel explains her decision, then plays El-Sayed's response and Anderson Cooper's interview with Mallory McMorrow.
The title leads with danger for Democrats and upheaval in Michigan. The opening gives Gelin's regular viewers something quite different: a family update and a thank-you.
A Democratic U.S. representative who has served Michigan’s 11th congressional district since 2019. Her district covers much of urban Oakland County, including northern Detroit suburbs.
More on Wikipedia ›A Republican former congressman who represented Michigan’s 8th district from 2001 to 2015. He chaired the House Intelligence Committee from 2011 to 2015.
More on Wikipedia ›An American epidemiologist, public health administrator and politician who is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat in the 2026 election.
More on Wikipedia ›An American broadcast journalist and political commentator who anchors CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°.
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- Channel
- HAITIAN PUBLIC MEDIA
- Subscribers
- 580,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 618,626
- Video published
- November 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 97,989 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 13,348 (on a normal day: 114,118)
The numbers
The unusually busy part of this broadcast was its comment section, not its view count. First-day comments exceeded the channel's usual volume sixfold.
