Mehdi Hasan's "Cry more" gets Hawk's wordless endorsement

A split-screen reaction to Hasan's election-night speech draws roughly thirteen times Hawk's usual first-day Shorts audience.

Channel: Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk Story of November 6, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 398,150 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (30,792).

GO MEHDI!!!!

Hawk doesn't need a microphone for his part in this exchange. Beside footage of Mehdi Hasan addressing his political opponents, his gestures supply an unmistakable running response: raised middle fingers, applause and thumbs-up.

The Short, titled "GO MEHDI!!!!", drew about 400,000 views in its first day. Its comment section was also much busier than usual, with viewers returning to Hasan's closing two-word message and discussing the Michigan Senate result.

Hasan, the journalist and Zeteo founder, begins by saying he has been waiting all night to address certain people. His list includes Donald Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance and AIPAC. After announcing that an ally is heading to the Senate, he delivers the line: "And so for all of you, I have two words. Two words: Cry more."

Hawk's contribution is a reaction to someone else's speech, not an interview or a conversation with Hasan. When the Senate announcement comes, he applauds.

The upload also sits among several unusually fast-starting Hawk Shorts posted that day, including "It was an important night" and "No Hakeem. No Chuck." The Hasan reaction drew the largest estimated first-day audience of that group.

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The numbers

The Hasan reaction stands out against Hawk's usual Shorts opening, with comments arriving more than seven times as fast.

the video's first day

usual first day here

30,792

this video

398,150

subscribers

889,000

▲ 8,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,758,379,993

views per day

1,809,887

typical day: 3,432,305

the video

views

421,500

likes

46,469

comments

2,369

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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889,000

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852,000

As of November 6, 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.