Judge Judy, a 'then leave' line and a history lesson in Rick Strom's comments
The TV judge's interview remarks drew about eight times the usual first-day comments on TYT Sports, though the audience itself was about the usual size.
TYT SportsStory of Why this story? The video drew 1,474 comments in its first day, 8.2 times a normal first day on this channel (179).
Judge Judy's Viral Rant Leads to a BRUTAL Reality Check
TYT Sports usually works where sports meets politics, yet the busiest comment section on the channel this week belongs to a television judge. In "Judge Judy's Viral Rant Leads to a BRUTAL Reality Check," host Rick Strom takes on remarks Judith Sheindlin made in an interview. As the video's description tells it, she reached for the familiar "if you don't like America, then leave" line. Strom's take is no gentler than his title: the description calls her out of touch with the country as it is today.
Sheindlin was a family court judge in New York before Judge Judy made her one of daytime television's most recognizable faces, and that career is where many commenters begin. One point keeps coming back. Her right to vote, to practice law and to sit on a bench, they write, was won by Americans who questioned the country and pushed it to change. Others ask why a former judge is not angrier at an administration they say ignores court orders. A third thread is about money and who gets to tell anyone else to go.
The video gathered close to 1,500 comments on its first day, roughly eight times what a TYT Sports upload usually draws, while its views stayed near the channel's ordinary start. Strom's other uploads the same day ranged from a comedian's run-in with a heckler to Doug Gottlieb's remarks on the future of college sports.
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- Channel
- TYT Sports
- Subscribers
- 1,510,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,630,920
- Channel views, pace per day
- 299,387 (on a normal day: 517,706)
- Video published
- October 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 147,533 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 22,276 (on a normal day: 171,893)
The numbers
The comments, not the views, set this video apart from the rest of the channel's week.
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