This Video Of A Gen Z CNN Guest "Ragebaiting" A Conservative Over The Iran War Is Going Viral

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As many of you know, Donald Trump's war with Iran is extremely unpopular with the American people.

This week on CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillips, Gen Z guest commentator, Adam Mockler, put conservative commentator, Scott Jennings, on the hot seat about the Iran war — and things got spicy.

Wow Scott Jennings blows up at Adam Mockler: “Get your fucking hand out of my face”

Mockler: We all know that Scott Jennings is more than happy to defend a war with a country that starts with letters Ira that we are currently failing that is going to put us trillions and… pic.twitter.com/NjYu6Ij5z1
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"We all know that Scott Jennings is more than happy to defend a war with a country that starts with letters 'I-r-a' that we are currently failing that is going to put us trillions and trillions of dollars more in debt," Mockler said. "I was only a few years old while you were in the administration defending prior endless wars. Now this war is failing."

"Eight weeks is endless to you? Do you have the attention span of a nat?" Jennings sarcastically replied.

"Now you're making condescending remarks because you can't defend the fact that this war is not going your way," Mockler responded. "One more time, name one political concession..."

"Get your fucking hand out of my face, first of all!" Jennings interrupted, pointing his finger at Mockler angrily.

"Woah, guys, excuse me, hold on," host Abby Phillip said, trying to defuse the situation.

"I'm not going to have this guy's hand in my face," Jennings said to Phillip, as Mockler smiled.

"Everybody, calm down. We're having a debate. You can respond to the points that he's making," Phillip said to Jennings.

Later on, Mockler said to Jennings, "I would be mad if I had to defend the war, too."

Of course, the internet can't stop laughing at the crashout:

"Unbelievably satisfying."

"we're in the era of zoomers ragebaiting on CNN lets go."

"The way people have been way more aggressive to Scott Jennings on this show but THIS is what sets him off…"

"This generational crash out by @ScottJenningsKY is the PERFECT example of where MAGA is right now. Easily triggered, coping, and realizing.. it’s over."

Even Gavin Newsom is mocking Jennings' 'get your hand out of my face,'" comment:

Someone even digitally increased the size of Mockler's hand:

This CNN commentator's reaction said it all:

After the clip went viral, Mockler took to X: "Grown man on the verge of tears because he can’t answer a question."

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