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Scaramucci's election-night celebration comes with a plea for moderation

Ed Elson and Amanda Renteria join The Rest Is Politics US as its overnight congressional-results broadcast reaches roughly 715,000 views.

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DEMOCRATS SWEEP CONGRESS: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

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3:19Kay frames the midterms as a referendum on Trump's second term, with early results showing a Democratic surge.
8:48Kay reports projections giving Democrats control of Congress while several contests remain uncalled.
16:36Scaramucci urges Democrats to interpret their mandate as support for moderation rather than a sharp move left.
17:30Keshishian examines polling accuracy and voter backlash over inflation, tariffs and foreign policy.

Celebration came with a caveat. Anthony Scaramucci greeted the Democratic congressional gains with barely contained excitement, then urged the party not to mistake victory for permission to move sharply left.

"Take this mandate as moderation," he said during "DEMOCRATS SWEEP CONGRESS: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?", the most-watched of The Rest Is Politics US's sixteen new uploads. Katty Kay anchored the results discussion alongside Scaramucci, with Prof G Markets host Ed Elson and former Democratic strategist Amanda Renteria at the desk. Pollster and strategist Craig Keshishian joined remotely to examine polling accuracy and voter backlash over inflation, tariffs and foreign policy. The broadcast also includes a sponsored eToro segment.

That overnight gathering gave the week its biggest new audience, but the conversation has already moved from the result to the movement behind it. "Does MAGA Die With Trump?" now carries the channel's strongest daily momentum, asking about Donald Trump Jr.'s possible presidential ambitions, Kansas's Democratic turn and the senators who could reshape the party. "Hegseth's digging himself a hole" is also drawing a brisk audience.

The channel added roughly 9,000 subscribers across the week, a substantial share of its growth over the past month, while daily viewing is running above its usual pace. Among nearby political-commentary channels, Dave Jorgenson and Lawyer Oyer had especially busy viewing weeks; The Warning with Steve Schmidt was closer to its ordinary daily rhythm.

For Kay and Scaramucci, the useful tension is already there: an election-night panel celebrating Democratic gains, followed by a feed asking what those gains actually mean for governing and for MAGA's future.

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