Video taking off 63x its usual first day

Roland Martin urges Democrats to stop criticizing El-Sayed and Nixon

His sharply worded election commentary singles out Haley Stevens and argues that public criticism of Democratic candidates helps Republicans.

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Roland S. Martin Story of October 31, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 82,580 views a day, 63 times a normal first day on this channel (1,316).

This is for EVERY Dem who desires to criticize Abdul Al-Sayed & Nixon five days before Tues.: STFU!

Roland S. Martin delivers his message while walking outside, wearing a "Black Voters Matter" cap: Democrats who cannot support their party's candidates should decline interviews rather than criticize them before Election Day.

The profanity-laced Short names Abdul El-Sayed and Angie Nixon, the Democratic Senate nominees in Michigan and Florida, respectively. Martin's argument is about electoral arithmetic, not agreement on every policy. With control of Congress at stake, he says, Democrats need every seat they can win.

He addresses Michigan Representative Haley Stevens directly. Stevens lost the Democratic Senate primary to El-Sayed, making his remarks more specific than a general appeal for party unity. Martin urges Democrats to stop criticizing candidates associated with the Democratic Socialists of America and argues that such comments feed opposing news coverage instead of keeping attention on public policy.

The clip drew about 83,000 views in its first day, compared with roughly 1,300 for a typical Short on his channel. Its comment section was also hundreds of times busier than usual, with calls for Democrats to stand together before the election.

Martin's practical instruction is blunt: turn down the interview if the alternative is speaking against a Democratic candidate. He closes by telling primary losers not to sow discontent while voting is already underway.

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The facts

Channel: Roland S. Martin
Subscribers: 1,960,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 2,113,408
Channel views, pace per day: 533,234 (on a normal day: 298,451)
Video published: October 30, 2026
Video views so far: 87,713 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 87,318

The numbers

The election commentary drew an unusually large first-day audience even among Martin's short-form uploads. Comments rose much more sharply than views.

the video's first day

usual first day here

1,316

this video

82,580

subscribers

1,960,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,016,768,503

views per day

533,234