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Panahi condemns Carville's remarks about Haley Stevens

News24's commentary segment examines the backlash to Stevens' Republican endorsement, then turns to the wider midterm picture.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 108,085 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (8,445).

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3:54Stevens explains her endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers as putting country first.
4:41Panahi airs Carville's crude criticism of Stevens and condemns it as misogynistic.
7:25John Hinderaker joins Panahi to assess the endorsement and Michigan's Senate contest.
11:06The discussion turns to allegations of voter confusion involving two Alaska candidates named Dan Sullivan.
14:03Asked for a midterm forecast, Hinderaker predicts Democrats take the House while Republicans retain the Senate.

"Your political career is over," James Carville tells Haley Stevens in a clip Rita Panahi plays on her News24 programme. It is the crude sexual metaphor accompanying that warning that Panahi singles out as misogynistic.

The exchange sits at the centre of an unusually widely watched edition of "Lefties Losing It". The upload drew nearly 98,000 views in its first 19 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos.

Stevens, a Democratic congresswoman, has endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Senate contest. In the footage Panahi airs, Stevens explains her decision as putting country first. The segment then assembles criticism from Carville, congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and political analyst Basil Smikle before bringing in guest John Hinderaker to discuss the endorsement's significance.

This is a political commentary programme, with Panahi's criticism of Democratic figures shaping the selection of clips. Despite the upload's title, the Stevens discussion begins several minutes in, after footage of Greta Thunberg, concert performances and Kamala Harris campaigning.

The conversation eventually broadens to Alaska's two candidates named Dan Sullivan and the likely balance of Congress. Hinderaker predicts a Democratic House victory but expects Republicans to retain the Senate, giving the episode an electoral forecast beyond its headline exchange.

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The facts

Channel: News24
Subscribers: 6,270,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 25,915,503
Channel views, pace per day: 2,974,121 (on a normal day: 3,972,362)
Video published: November 2, 2026
Video views so far: 97,532 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 108,085

The numbers

The Stevens segment has already passed News24's usual full first-day views for regular uploads. Another "Lefties Losing It" edition, about Frankfurt's unrest, also drew an unusually large early audience.

the video's first day

usual first day here

8,445

this video

108,085

subscribers

6,270,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

8,381,873,197

views per day

2,974,121