Could a pastor flip Kansas? Kay and Scaramucci examine the stakes

The Rest Is Politics US turns its red-state election discussion toward a Senate seat Democrats have long struggled to win.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 194,894 views a day, 7.2 times a normal first day on this channel (26,998).

Why Trump Is Suddenly Panicking About Kansas

A megachurch pastor is the unexpected figure at the center of Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci's Kansas discussion. Could that candidate help Democrats win a Senate seat the episode's description says they haven't held since 1932?

That question anchors "Why Trump Is Suddenly Panicking About Kansas", which drew about 77,000 views in six hours, already nearly three times the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular video. The title's assertion about Trump's state of mind is the show's framing; the electoral question is whether Kansas could turn blue.

Kay and Scaramucci had already explored possible Democratic openings in red states in "Trump Has Lost MAGA: What Next?" This episode narrows that conversation to Kansas, examining the Senate campaign and its attack ads before moving to Trump's relationship with Volodymyr Zelensky and US policy toward Ukraine. The episode also includes advertising segments.

The pairing brings two different professional perspectives to the discussion: Kay's long experience covering American politics and Scaramucci's experience inside the White House as its former communications director.

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The numbers

The Kansas episode passed the channel's usual first-day audience within its opening six hours.

the video's first day

usual first day here

26,998

this video

194,894

subscribers

412,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

124,166,895

views per day

34,757

typical day: 162,055

the video

views

77,339

likes

2,608

comments

282

days online

1

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As of October 13, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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