Don Lemon questions GOP direction after Jim Jordan's leadership win

His fast-starting Short casts the choice of Jordan over Steve Scalise as a signal about how Republicans will handle opposition.

Channel: Don Lemon Story of November 11, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 76,524 views a day, 5.6 times a normal first day on this channel (13,778).

Jim Jordan will be the GOP’s next House Minority leader, beating Steve Scalise.

Scalise wasn't the choice. House Republicans selected Jim Jordan to become minority leader in January, and Don Lemon's reaction centers on what that decision says about the party after its election losses.

Lemon presents Jordan's selection as a choice to defend Donald Trump rather than moderate. "With Democrats getting ready to investigate this administration, they picked one of Trump's loudest defenders to run the opposition," he says.

He connects that decision to Trump's appointment of Stephen Miller to lead the White House staff. For Lemon, the two appointments answer the same question: whether Republican leaders intend to change course after losing. His answer is no.

The Short drew about 38,000 views in eight hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full first-day audience for Shorts. Its comment count also passed the usual first-day level several times over.

Leadership choices are running through Lemon's coverage on both sides of Congress. Another recent upload raises the possibility of Chris Van Hollen challenging Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leadership, while this clip examines the Republicans' settled choice for the House.

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The numbers

The Jordan clip cleared Lemon's usual first-day Shorts audience within its opening eight hours.

the video's first day

usual first day here

13,778

this video

76,524

subscribers

1,500,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

559,004,457

views per day

1,057,450

typical day: 1,075,129

the video

views

38,122

likes

3,113

comments

265

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Rebel HQ

1,540,000

TYT Sports

1,520,000

Don Lemon

1,500,000

Indisputable with Dr. Ras…

1,450,000

friendlyjordies

1,430,000

Stephen A. Smith

1,430,000

As of November 11, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.