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Mehdi Hasan criticizes Stevens for backing Republican Mike Rogers

MS NOW's Michigan Senate coverage draws unusually large audiences as Abdul El-Sayed responds to his former primary opponent's endorsement.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 631,176 views a day, 30 times a normal first day on this channel (21,239).

BREAKING: Mehdi Hasan SLAMS Rep. Haley Stevens for ENDORSING GOP's Mike Rogers in MI Senate race

Haley Stevens lost Michigan's Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed. Her decision to endorse his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, has put that primary's aftermath back at the center of MS NOW's election coverage.

Mehdi Hasan begins his response in disbelief: "What on earth is happening? For a moment I thought that was AI." He is reacting to the endorsement, not identifying the footage as artificial.

In the short discussion clip, Hasan questions Stevens' appearance with Rogers at a Black church just before the election. He contrasts her endorsement with her earlier stated wish for a Democrat to win, calling the move embarrassing for her and her Democratic supporters.

His argument goes beyond party loyalty. Hasan criticizes what he describes as anti-Muslim rhetoric directed at El-Sayed by Republicans, arguing that Democrats should not normalize it. He also warns that Stevens could face blame if El-Sayed loses narrowly on Tuesday, a prediction rather than an election result.

The clip reached nearly 296,000 views in eight hours, already far beyond MS NOW's usual full first day for a Short. Its comment section was also more than ten times as busy as a typical first day.

The channel's coverage includes reporting from the church, questions to Stevens and a separate, longer response from El-Sayed that is also drawing substantially more views than usual for its format. Where Hasan delivers a pointed critique, El-Sayed turns the conversation back to issues facing Michigan residents, saying he does not think about Stevens.

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The facts

Channel: MS NOW
Subscribers: 10,000,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 89,799,018
Channel views, pace per day: 12,882,099 (on a normal day: 13,105,314)
Video published: November 1, 2026
Video views so far: 295,995 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 631,176

The numbers

Hasan's clip has already passed MS NOW's usual first-day Shorts audience by a wide margin. Several other uploads about the endorsement are also drawing unusually large audiences for their respective formats.

the video's first day

usual first day here

21,239

this video

631,176

subscribers

10,000,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

21,786,487,082

views per day

12,882,099