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Fox's "not a red wave" moment punctuates MeidasTouch's House report

Ben Meiselas pairs the Democratic House projection with Republican reactions and gains beyond the chamber in a report watched more than a million times.

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MeidasTouch Story of November 5, 2026Trari Newsroom

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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 1,053,530 views.

🚨BREAKING: DEMS WIN HOUSE!!!

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0:00Meiselas announces projected Democratic House control and says Johnson will no longer be speaker.
2:05Projected House flips include districts in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and New Jersey.
3:38The report expands to Andrews's South Carolina Senate victory and Bottoms's Georgia governor's race.
6:44A Fox News excerpt shows Jesse Watters acknowledging that the election is not a Republican wave.
8:18Conservative reactions bring campaign strategy, inflation and voters' economic concerns into the discussion.

Jesse Watters supplies a succinct assessment midway through Ben Meiselas's election report: "It's not a red wave."

The Fox News excerpt follows Meiselas's opening announcement that Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives, putting Mike Johnson's speakership on course to end. MeidasTouch's report drew roughly a million views since yesterday, moving between the district-level results and the reactions unfolding on conservative television.

Meiselas reviews projected Democratic House flips in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and New Jersey before widening the picture to Senate and governor's races. Annie Andrews's projected South Carolina Senate victory gets particular attention, including a Fox News clip announcing the result. He also highlights Keisha Lance Bottoms's gubernatorial win in Georgia.

This is explicitly opinionated coverage, not just a results bulletin. Meiselas sharply criticizes MAGA Republicans and treats the Democratic gains as a rejection of their record. The clips let readers distinguish his interpretation from the election calls and the remarks made by other broadcasters.

Toward the end, the report turns from who won to Republican explanations for losing. Meiselas examines conservative figures' posts, including Matt Walsh's criticism of campaign strategy, bringing inflation and voters' everyday concerns into his account of the result.

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