A congressman's rap gives Roy Wood Jr.'s panel fresh material
Gianmarco Soresi and Moshe Kasher join the post-election episode, which closes with Anthony Constantino's anti-Mamdani music video.
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- 0:15Roy introduces Gianmarco Soresi on Amber's team and Moshe Kasher on Michael's.
- 1:19The panel turns Democratic congressional victories into jokes about dramatic election-night branding.
- 4:47Republican reactions become a tour through the stages of grief.
- 14:18Kasher argues for governing rather than impeaching Trump, citing the prospect of a Vance presidency.
- 20:11Constantino's anti-Mamdani rap plays; the panel's responses follow at 20:33.
The campaign has an encore. Near the end of Have I Got News For You US's post-midterms excerpt, Roy Wood Jr. brings out an unusual piece of political archive: congressman-elect Anthony Constantino's 2025 rap attacking Zohran Mamdani. Constantino's repeated use of "New York" as a rhyme gives Wood a ready-made target, before Gianmarco Soresi adds his own verdict on rappers becoming politicians.
It's a distinctly odd finishing touch to the week's most watched upload, which has reached roughly 614,000 views. Soresi joins Amber Ruffin's team, while Moshe Kasher sits with Michael Ian Black. Before the musical detour, they work through Democratic congressional victories, Stephen Miller's appointment and Republican reactions, arranged as stages of grief.
Kasher supplies a more serious disagreement amid the jokes: he argues Democrats should concentrate on governing rather than impeaching Trump, warning about the prospect of JD Vance taking his place. The distinction between accountability and revenge also occupies much of the comment discussion.
Across eight uploads, the channel added 7,000 subscribers this week. Daily viewing is now more than twice its usual level, though that describes the current burst rather than the whole week.
The main episode excerpt has the largest total among the week's releases, but the digital-exclusive Hegseth impeachment and Vance discussion is currently gathering views faster. Together with "Historic Election Firsts! | HIGNFYUS S5 E8," those post-election segments account for the channel's strongest momentum right now.
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- Channel
- Have I Got News For You US
- Subscribers
- 322,000 ▲ 7,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,115,509
- Videos published this week
- 8
- Video published
- November 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 614,075
- Views on its first day
- 491,792
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Who introduces Anthony Constantino's rap video in this episode?
Wood introduces the congressman-elect's 2025 anti-Mamdani rap near the end of the excerpt.

