Susan Collins, Kavanaugh and a Maine debate night on The Warning
Steve Schmidt's take on the senator's defense of her Kavanaugh vote drew more than 80,000 views in about ten hours, one of fifteen uploads in his week.
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Why Susan Collins Will Lose Her Senate Seat | Steve Schmidt
"Why Susan Collins Will Lose Her Senate Seat | Steve Schmidt" went up the morning after Maine's Senate debate, where Collins defended her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. That 2018 confirmation helped build the Supreme Court majority that later ended Roe v. Wade. Schmidt, the former Republican strategist, calls her a sycophant in the description and sets his own countdown: 27 days for Maine to decide.
It was the newest of fifteen uploads, and the fastest. In about ten hours it nearly matched what the Ohio rally breakdown and the "28 Days" video on Trump's Iran remark each gathered over several days. A short Daily Beast clip titled "Set the countdown clock." started slowly and is now moving faster than either of those.
There was also an episode of Dead Air with Dean Blundell, which went from Trump in Ohio to Pete Hegseth's speech at Quantico, the one the hosts sum up as a "no weirdos" address.
The week added about a million views, but the channel ran well below its usual daily pace, and subscribers grew only slowly. Most political commentary channels near its size had a softer stretch too, from Harry Sisson to Talking Feds. Clinton Jaws was the one running above its normal pace.
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