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.

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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."

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

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"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..."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"Unbelievably satisfying."

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

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

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

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

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

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This CNN commentator's reaction said it all:

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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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What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below.

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