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El-Sayed offers Trump a metal-detector deal

Jennifer Welch and Don Lemon react to the Michigan candidate's rally challenge in an unusually fast-starting I've Had It Short.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 120,065 views a day, 8 times a normal first day on this channel (15,020).

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"I'll go through a metal detector if you'll sit for a lie detector," tells Donald Trump in rally footage that gives Jennifer Welch and plenty to react to.

The Michigan Democratic Senate nominee's challenge is the centerpiece of a short podcast reaction clip on I've Had It. It drew roughly 120,000 views in its first day, about eight times the channel's usual start for a Short.

El-Sayed is responding to a metal-detector remark, then turns the exchange into a hypothetical interrogation. Among the questions he proposes asking Trump: "Did you win the 2020 election?" The clip presents a campaign taunt, not an agreed test or an encounter between the two men.

Lemon and Welch watch the rally excerpt and laugh during El-Sayed's proposed questioning. "He's so good," Lemon says. Welch agrees, then adds her own demand for a televised cognitive test.

The exchange puts the rally speaker at the center of a channel usually identified with Welch and co-host Angie "Pumps" Sullivan. Here, Lemon joins Welch as the reaction partner, with El-Sayed supplying the setup and the punch line.

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The facts
Subscribers
1,770,000
Channel views, last 7 days
7,714,151
Channel views, pace per day
491,202 (on a normal day: 1,185,788)
Video published
October 30, 2026
Video views so far
147,227 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day
123,926

The numbers

The rally reaction drew a much larger first-day audience than I've Had It's usual Short. Its comment section was also about eight times busier than usual.

the video's first day
usual first day here
15,020
this video
120,065
subscribers
1,770,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
743,686,578
views per day
491,202
typical day: 1,185,788
the video
views
147,227
likes
13,116
comments
853
days online
2
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
ContraPoints
1,910,000
The Bulwark
1,810,000
I've Had It
1,770,000
Cash Jordan
1,770,000
As of November 1, 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.
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