Pakman shares Cuomo's unanswered question about accepting election results

A NewsNation town hall exchange with Steve Bannon drew more than 200,000 views in 14 hours on Pakman's channel.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 264,772 views a day, 7.3 times a normal first day on this channel (36,461).

This should have been a yes or no question #shorts

"Will you accept the results of the election?" Chris Cuomo asks. Steve Bannon's reply begins: "First off, let's have the election first."

That gap between the question and the answer is the point of David Pakman's Short, titled "This should have been a yes or no question #shorts". It is drawing views far faster than his usual Shorts start, with more than 200,000 in its first 14 hours.

The footage comes from a NewsNation town hall, with Cuomo in the studio and Bannon appearing remotely. Cuomo asks whether Bannon and the MAGA movement will accept certified election results if they lose. Bannon declines to engage with that hypothetical, instead emphasizing his focus on winning.

The exchange later turns to Bannon's proposal to station ICE agents at polling places. Cuomo responds by challenging the agency's enforcement practices and their effect on public trust.

Pakman's edit keeps the original question as its central thread: asked for a commitment about accepting defeat, Bannon offers a statement about pursuing victory.

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The numbers

The town hall excerpt is moving well beyond Pakman's usual first-day audience for Shorts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

36,461

this video

264,772

subscribers

3,680,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

3,891,456,409

views per day

2,763,907

typical day: 2,313,014

the video

views

202,396

likes

7,655

comments

1,298

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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4,170,000

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4,080,000

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3,850,000

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3,680,000

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3,460,000

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3,230,000

As of October 17, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.