CNN’s green room must have run out of adults, because somebody let a 23-year-old from an anti-Trump PAC waltz onto a panel and lecture America about gas prices. What happened next was the television equivalent of bringing a squirt gun to a flamethrower fight.
Scott Jennings just made a 23-year-old MeidasTouch commentator look like a fool on live television.
Adam Mockler tried to attack Trump over gas prices, and Jennings nuked his narrative mid-roll with a BRUTAL reminder about Democrat policy.
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Adam Mockler — a fresh-faced operative from Meidas Touch, which, let’s be clear, isn’t a news outlet but a political action committee built specifically to destroy Donald Trump — sat across from Scott Jennings and decided to pick a fight over fuel costs. Bold move, kid. Bold, stupid move.
The Setup
Mockler came loaded with his talking points, breathlessly predicting a Democratic tsunami at the ballot box because gas ticked up a few cents during the Iran situation. He’d apparently driven past two whole gas stations on his way to the airport and considered himself an expert on kitchen-table economics.
“This is going to be a big blue wave.”
“It already was going to be before the war in Iran. And this is the most like visceral change that we’ve seen so far.”
“When I drove to the airport today, I passed by two gas stations and I was paying attention. American families are paying attention to this.”
Two gas stations. Somebody get this man a Nobel Prize in economics.
And Then Jennings Opened His Mouth
Scott Jennings, the lone conservative on CNN who apparently drew the short straw and has to babysit these panels, did what he does best. He reached into the Democrats’ own playbook and pulled out the receipts.
“I’m old enough to remember when Democrats were advocating for higher gas prices to bring about the end of the internal combustion engine.”
“NOW, all of the sudden gas prices are a big deal.”
You could practically hear the record scratch. Mockler’s eyes went wide like a sophomore who just realized the exam was open-book and he didn’t read the book.
“Wait, which Democrats said they want higher gas prices?”
Jennings didn’t flinch.
“Literally ALL of them.”
“Yes! That was the stated policy, to drive prices up, to get rid of the internal combustion engine.”
And just like that, the “big blue wave” crashed into a concrete seawall of historical fact.
The Memory Hole Doesn’t Work Anymore
Here’s the thing the left keeps forgetting — we have the internet now. We have clips. We have screenshots. The Biden administration literally sold high gas prices as a feature, not a bug, telling Americans that pain at the pump was the noble sacrifice for saving the planet. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm laughed on camera when asked about lowering gas prices. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the quiet part out loud about wanting people out of their cars.
But now, when Trump is actually keeping energy prices down and a temporary spike hits because of a military operation, suddenly Democrats are the party of cheap gas? That’s not a pivot. That’s a full Olympic gymnastics routine, and they didn’t stick the landing.
Trump didn’t tiptoe around energy policy — he brought a bulldozer. He opened up drilling, slashed regulations, and made America an energy powerhouse. Gas prices under his watch have been dramatically lower than the Biden years, and everyone with a functioning memory knows it.
Why This Moment Matters
This wasn’t just a cable news dustup. It was a perfect snapshot of the Democratic strategy heading into the midterms: find something temporary, scream about it, and pray nobody remembers what you said six months ago. The problem is, guys like Jennings remember. And so do voters.
As one viewer put it perfectly: “Why does CNN have children on their panels?” Good question. When your best surrogate for the Democratic message is a twentysomething PAC kid who doesn’t know his own party’s energy platform, maybe the “blue wave” is really just a puddle.
Mockler wanted a gas price showdown. He got one. He just forgot to check who was standing on the other side of the counter.
