Welcome today. I am joined by social media sensation progressive influencer Adam Mockler. You've

probably seen him go toe to toe with a little show pony Donald Trump's show pony Scott Jennings

on CNN. It's really great stuff. Adam, welcome to IHIP News. How are you? I'm doing well. Thank you for having me. It's honestly, it's a pleasure to be on here. I'm a big fan of the way that you guys do your work, and I'm excited to chat. I'm a big fan of seeing you on CNN, squaring off with MAGA. And I think there's this clip where you talk about

that you're, you know, how old are you? 23. 20, that you're 23 and you just read Scott Jennings

for filth. And I've been on CNN as well on Abby's show. How do you feel after you're on that show? Yeah, well, the clip you're talking about, the problem is, Scott Jennings will always try to equate my behavior with the president's behavior. So he'll be like, he'll be like, why don't you try to set the standard and then blame it on Trump? And I always go, dude, I'm a 23 year old dude who makes YouTube videos. Why are you holding me and Trump to the same standard? They do this multiple times when I'm on there. So I always have to call it out. And it's a perfect illustration of the double standards that you see, right? But when I go on there, I always have the goal of being a little bit more aggressive than I see other Democrats be, because for the past few years, I've turned on cable news, and I see older Democrats in a suit and tie being very cordial and trying to play by the rules. And I'm just like, why can't we just punch back and be a little bit more aggressive when we're out in these spaces, right? So I go in there with that goal. And of course, there's a line

I have to walk to because as a 23-year-old, I could seem very entitled if I'm a bit too, if I, if I'm a bit too energetic, it'll be like, who's this entitled 23-year-old? So I have to walk the line a bit. But overall, when I get done, I feel pretty satisfied because I'm like, listen, I feel like I got my points across pretty well.

I got to illustrate my point pretty well.

Every once in a while, you take a hit too because I'm like, listen, I feel like I got my points across pretty well. I got to illustrate my point pretty well. Every once in a while you take a hit too and you're like,

man, I wish I would have done a little bit better there. But overall, it's a good way for us to push our message.

And you know that the clips do really well online as well. So it's just, it's a vehicle to push forward a more progressive pro-democracy message. I think the, the Republican side, the MAGA side, we could sit here and talk about every day because I don't know what they're going to do today, but I know it's going to be unethical. I know it's going to be corrupt. I know that they are going to shake people down. I know that Trump's

going to enrich himself. I know that they're going to protect pedophiles. And they're going to do

that tomorrow and the next day and the next day. What I'm really interested in right now is

something that I want to invest in, which is the resistance. Like, what are Democrats doing?

And I have been so disappointed in Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.

I mean, just like so disappointed. Like I sometimes I watch them like, I cannot believe that this is the resistance.

How do you feel about Hakeem and Chuckles?

I think that norms in a democracy work like consent.

So in order for there to be meaningful consent in any relationship, there needs to be both

parties consenting or else it's not consent.

In the same way that norms work, both parties are playing by the norms or else there are

no norms anymore.

For the past decade, Republicans have repeatedly smacked down any type of norm.

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