Adam Mockler Charts The Path Forward For Democrats

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Adam Mockler (podcast and YouTube host, The Adam Mockler Show, and Commentator, MeidasTouch Network) joins Chris Cuomo to examine the Democratic Party’s challenges in the “attention economy.” From Gavin Newsom’s rise to Trump’s strategy of grievance politics, they debate whether Democrats can counter MAGA without becoming its mirror image.Mockler shares his journey from making YouTube videos at age nine to debating Trump supporters and growing into one of the most prominent young progressive voices online. Their conversation explores social media’s role in shaping political culture, the dangers of radicalization, and the opportunities for Democrats to present real solutions on affordability, immigration, and leadership. Go to http://ffrf.us/school or text “CHRIS” to 511511 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is the best hope for liberals, the left, Democrats,
0:05.7	anybody who wants MAGA to stop the new generation?
0:10.5	Adam Mockler has millions of followers, huge reach all over social media,
0:16.7	and he is making his mark.
0:20.8	Is this the difference?
0:22.6	I decide to test Chris Cuomo here from the Chris Cuomo project.
0:26.6	Thank you for joining.
0:27.6	I wanted to sit down with part of the tip of the spear, let's say,
0:31.6	of the influencers who are really making an impact on the left,
0:36.6	or Makler would call himself a liberal.
0:38.6	What's the difference? What are they trying to do? What do they believe is working for them?
0:42.7	What isn't working for them, in my opinion? Time for conversation as a cure. What do you say? Let's get after it.
1:02.7	I think that in politics right now, like Newsome only started to pop off when he started projecting this level of strength.
1:09.5	Like, do you think that empathy, I think that's the Democratic Party trying to lean into being empathetic and sweet and soft?
1:11.0	It's kind of burned us for the past decade,
1:16.0	right? I think it's about how, and I think it's the balance. And I think Newsom is resonating,
1:22.0	yes, but for the wrong reasons. And I'm totally love that we're jumping in midway because this is where Adam McClure and I are, all right? I love your success.
1:30.6	Yeah, because you're young.
1:32.0	Yeah, that's cool.
1:32.7	And you're connecting with people your age and beyond.
1:34.8	Yeah, that's great.
1:35.8	But there's a thoughtfulness that is not just, you know, you lefties have a tendency to beat us over the head with your intelligence.
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