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IrelandRoland Martin and D.L. Hughley want more than historic wins
Keisha Lance Bottoms's groundbreaking Georgia victory prompts celebration, then a demand to deliver on healthcare, education and bodily autonomy.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 604,020 views a day, 39 times a normal first day on this channel (15,350).
“One Hell of a Night for Black Folks.” Roland Martin and D.L. Hughley on Historic Wins
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- 0:32Martin highlights Black voters' political strength and Keisha Lance Bottoms's historic Georgia victory.
- 1:41Hughley says winners must deliver healthcare, education and bodily autonomy rather than stop at celebration.
- 3:09Hughley credits Stacey Abrams's groundwork and argues voters turned out for what they wanted, not only from fear.
- 4:02Martin reports gubernatorial wins for Byron Donalds in Florida and David Crowley in Wisconsin.
- 6:23Hughley argues domestic needs, including homelessness and education, deserve attention instead of spending on foreign wars.
Roland Martin's conversation with D.L. Hughley drew nearly 600,000 views before its first day was over, roughly forty times the usual start for a comparable upload on his channel. The comedian brought celebration to the election discussion, but also a blunt instruction for the winners.
"Give these people what they want. Give them people what they voted for," Hughley says.
The pair begin with fraternity teasing before Martin turns to Black voters' role in the midterm results. At the center of their celebration is Keisha Lance Bottoms, elected Georgia governor and the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state. Hughley reflects on the long road to that moment, then insists that winning office must translate into healthcare, education and bodily autonomy, not simply victory speeches.
He also credits Stacey Abrams with laying groundwork in Georgia. His argument is that voters turned out for things they wanted, not just against something they feared. Later, he challenges spending on foreign wars while homelessness and education need attention at home.
The clip includes a paid partnership with a Medicare brokerage.
That demand for results runs through Martin's wider election coverage. His full election-night broadcasts also drew unusually large audiences, while a separate conversation with Cory Booker challenged Democrats to invest earlier and more seriously in Southern candidates and Black grassroots organizing. Where Hughley focuses on what elected leaders owe voters after winning, the Booker discussion asks what the party owed those organizers before election day.
An American actor and stand-up comedian known for the sitcom The Hughleys and as one of the four comedians in The Original Kings of Comedy.
More on Wikipedia ›Georgia’s Democratic governor-elect, an attorney who previously served as Atlanta’s mayor from 2018 to 2022.
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The Hughley discussion drew a much larger first-day audience than Martin's usual comparable upload. His longer election broadcasts also ran well above their usual starts.
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Which city did Keisha Lance Bottoms lead as mayor before her Georgia gubernatorial victory?
Bottoms served as Atlanta's mayor from 2018 to 2022.