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Cenk Uygur hears echoes of Obama in El-Sayed's victory speech

The Young Turks host praises the Michigan senator-elect's embrace of his identity, then floats him for Senate majority leader.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 770,190 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (72,562).

Abdul El-Sayed Victory Speech. TYT REACTS

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0:25El-Sayed leads chants calling for money out of politics and Medicare for All.
4:12He addresses campaign attacks on his name, faith and identity, contrasting opposition spending with his supporters' organizing.
9:45He jokes about Vance swearing him in, then tells Trump he can call him Senator.
11:00He advocates Palestinian rights and argues that US tax dollars should meet domestic needs rather than fund war.
20:45Uygur compares the speech's tone to Obama's 2004 convention address and praises El-Sayed's embrace of his identity.
24:35Uygur suggests El-Sayed could be considered for Senate majority leader despite being newly elected.

Abdul El-Sayed opens with chants about getting money out of politics and Medicare for All. By the time his Michigan victory speech ends, Cenk Uygur is comparing its tone to Barack Obama's breakthrough convention address in 2004.

The Young Turks' upload, "Abdul El-Sayed Victory Speech. TYT REACTS", drew about 700,000 views in 19 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos. Its comment section had also grown to more than twelve times the usual full-day volume.

The segment gives the speech room before Uygur's extended reaction. El-Sayed introduces himself by his full name, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, and confronts campaign attacks on his name, faith and identity. He presents his victory over Republican Mike Rogers as evidence that organizing can overcome political spending, while putting healthcare and domestic needs at the center of his argument.

There is humor, too. El-Sayed relishes the prospect of JD Vance administering his Senate oath, then addresses Donald Trump: "So after JD swears me in in January, you can just go on and call me Senator."

Uygur's response goes beyond the jokes. He praises El-Sayed for embracing his Arab-American identity rather than retreating from it, and singles out campaign finance reform and Medicare for All as the speech's political foundations. He even suggests the incoming senator could be considered for majority leader.

The attention extends across TYT's election coverage: its livestream and midterm summary both had unusually strong starts, alongside Shorts about Texas turning blue and Ana Kasparian's election-night reaction. But this segment offers something those quick reactions cannot: the speech itself, followed by Uygur explaining what he thinks Democrats should learn from it.

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The facts

Channel: The Young Turks
Subscribers: 6,760,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 16,365,919
Channel views, pace per day: 6,450,896 (on a normal day: 1,551,275)
Video published: November 4, 2026
Video views so far: 701,401 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 770,190

The numbers

El-Sayed's speech and TYT's reaction drew an unusually large audience before the upload's first day was complete. Viewing across the channel also rose to more than four times its usual daily pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

72,562

this video

770,190

subscribers

6,760,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

7,630,056,372

views per day

6,450,896