Tafoya and Halo composer O'Donnell enter Strom's election-loss roundup

TYT Sports draws an unusually large audience for Rick Strom's review of Republican defeats, with criticism of Democratic leaders at the finish.

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These MAGA Election Losses Were the Icing on the Cake

"You know what reasonable access is? Reasonable access." Michele Tafoya's answer to an abortion question is one of the campaign moments Rick Strom revisits in a roundup that looks beyond the biggest midterm headlines.

The former NBC Sunday Night Football sideline reporter's unsuccessful Minnesota Senate bid gets an extended stretch in TYT Sports' "These MAGA Election Losses Were the Icing on the Cake." Strom pairs debate footage with her appearance on Dan Le Batard's show, then turns to her defeat by Peggy Flanagan.

The upload reached about 580,000 views in nine hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular video. Its comment section was also several times busier than a typical first day, with Virginia Foxx's defeat a recurring subject.

Strom's selection brings together candidates whose names readers may know from outside politics. Alongside Tafoya is Marty O'Donnell, the composer associated with Halo, whose Nevada congressional loss to Susie Lee features in the middle of the video. Former NFL kicker Jay Feely also appears in the later rundown.

This is openly celebratory political commentary, as the title makes clear, rather than a straight results bulletin. But Strom doesn't reserve all his criticism for Republicans. After highlighting Scott Colom's Mississippi victory and reproductive rights advocate Aallyah Phillips's win in Tennessee, he closes by challenging Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.

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The numbers

The upload had already passed TYT Sports' usual first-day views well before its first day was complete. Comments also arrived far faster than usual.

the video's first day

usual first day here

55,540

this video

1,099,170

subscribers

1,520,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,322,056,198

views per day

1,303,193

typical day: 639,304

the video

views

583,372

likes

13,195

comments

1,191

days online

1

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1,590,000

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1,540,000

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1,520,000

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1,490,000

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1,450,000

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