Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation (2025) Movie Script
JORDAN KLEPPER: While covering
Donald Trump's 2024 campaign,
I started to notice
all sorts of new people
coming into the MAGA tent.
But what baffled me
most was the kids.
REPORTER: Trump, cutting
deeply into first time
voters and the youth vote.
This could be a
political earthquake.
MAJOR GARRETT: Trump credits a
wave of Republican podcasters,
social media influencers
for the support that grew
for him in the 2024 election.
Gen Z has turned right.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
So is it actually
hip to be Republican now?
It's definitely a vibe.
There's a lot of
MAGA energy here?
- Yes, a lot.
- Yes, there is.
Yeah?
We want to make a
change for our generation.
We don't want any more of
the left wing radical ideas.
We want none of that.
What's the vibe like right
now with young Republicans?
Oh, we are
feeling victorious.
I think it's going to go
down in the history books.
It's going to be up there
with like the fall of Rome?
Maybe.
You know, us, guys, we do like
talking about the Roman Empire.
Love talking about the
Roman-- and like doing
the salute too, apparently.
- Oh!
Oh, Jesus.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But are they
true MAGA believers or is
this just a rebellious phase?
To find out, I'm ditching
the Trump rallies
and meeting these young
Americans on their turf,
outside the quad,
outside the octagon,
and outside my comfort
zone on spring break.
I know I'm ready.
These kids are
going to love me.
[theme music]
First up, I'm
heading to Texas A&M,
one of the largest
universities in the US
with over 70,000 students.
So what are the
issues pushing so many
young people to the right?
I was very upset that
the last administration
let so many illegal
immigrants into this country.
Whenever Biden got
in, everything went up,
prices, gas, diesel.
I drive diesel, and
diesel went up like crazy.
Freedom of speech.
Freedom for
everybody, especially
for me and my
theology school, just
being able to talk
about Christ more often.
My dad was in the military,
and I really like military, so.
And all of my friends are
going into it right now.
You're of military age.
Mm-hmm.
What if Donald Trump called
you up to go invade Greenland?
Then I guess we're
invading Greenland.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Clearly,
I need to better
understand these kids.
So much like when
I was in college,
can somebody please
tell me what's cool?
I'm out of touch.
The last time I was
on a college campus,
I was playing
GoldenEye in the dorm.
- OK.
- Do you know GoldenEye?
No, I don't know GoldenEye.
Is being
conservative cool now?
I wouldn't say it's cool.
I feel like it's just the
right way to do things now.
It's not cool?
It's just morally superior?
Oh, absolutely.
Woke cool?
Pretty annoying, honestly.
Boondock Saints?
You guys still putting posters
up of the Boondock Saints?
What?
The Boondock Saints.
America First, cool?
Cool.
I think America
First is cool.
Absolutely.
- Gulf of America.
- Cool.
Gulf of America.
Boondock Saints 2?
What is-- no,
Wolf of Wall Street.
- Wolf of Wall Street.
- Wolf of Wall Street is in.
Always been in.
Is it in because we
understand it's a satire
or we just like the
financial crisis of it all?
I think it's just how
much he actually, like,
was able to get away with.
So you see it as
a hero's journey?
I think I see it as
a hero's journey, yeah.
Good to know.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
So there was a lot
I could teach them
about American cinema,
but who was there to engage
them on their broader concerns
for the country?
Well, today, it was the right
wing group, Turning Point USA,
which claims to be the largest
and fastest growing youth
organization in America.
And people were pumped
to get free shit.
- Did you get that hat here?
- Yes, sir.
Charlie Kirk threw it to me.
- He starts to throw.
Yeah, he throws 'em all out--
I told him to get on
my shoulders and be like,
yo, go ask for one.
- Where'd you get it?
I snagged it from
whoever was behind me.
You stole it from somebody?
[chuckles]
Boy is that the MAGA shit ever?
There was a little kid
who was in the front row,
and he was standing
there wanting a hat,
and Charlie Kirk went
down and gave him a hat.
Groom 'em when they're young?
[laughter]
Right?
It's funny, when I went
to college campuses,
they would give
free hats to you
to sign up for a
credit card, and then
you get a cool free hat.
And then 10 years later,
a lifetime of debt.
Yes, sir.
[chuckles]
Similar.
JORDAN KLEPPER: So who is
this hat-tossing Pied Piper
wooing kids to the right?
MAGA darling, Charlie Kirk.
I love Charlie Kirk.
I listen to him just
about every single day.
Everybody knows
who Charlie Kirk is.
If they don't know the
name, they know the face.
JORDAN KLEPPER: And
he's reaching millions
with these pearls of wisdom.
White college
indoctrinated women will
ruin America if we let them.
Most college degrees
are meaningless,
and most of you guys are being
totally scammed by being here.
I'm sorry, if I see a Black
pilot, I'm going to be like,
boy, I hope he's qualified.
What makes Charlie Kirk
so effective on a campus
like this?
I just think it's all the--
the research he's done,
all the statistics
that he has to back it up.
I think he just
really knows his stuff.
- The guy is consistent?
- He's consistent.
He's like, TikTok.
I love TikTok.
Three months ago,
I hate TikTok.
[chuckling]
So his consistency can
flip here and there.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But even if
Charlie Kirk doesn't seem
to believe the things he
says, for some students,
he was the only one
speaking to their concerns.
A couple of years ago, I
started finding more people
because I got so
tired of this not
being able to speak my mind.
So I needed to find
people that actually
knew how to say things to--
I'm forgetting the words.
I'm sorry.
You needed somebody to
be more articulate for you?
Yes, because you see
me like, right now,
I can't put words together.
So--
You're looking for somebody
to put words in your mouth?
Yes.
Gotcha.
Well, not-- not
like that exactly.
Well, that's what I
was doing right there.
Yes.
What I'm talking
about is what Charlie
Kirk kind of does inside.
- Yes, yes.
Yes.
He puts the words
in your mouth?
Yeah, making enough sense for
me, so I memorize what he says,
then I can freely say it too.
Exactly.
So basically, his
words become your own?
Yes.
- His thoughts become your own?
- It's awesome.
JORDAN KLEPPER: And some
of those beautifully
crafted words play great
as clickbait online.
What is a woman?
What is a woman?
It's not a trick question.
What is a woman?
He always asks liberals
like, what is a woman?
Yeah, we literally saw
it like 5 or 10 minutes.
You got to see a
live what is a woman.
Finally, he was like, all
right, give me your definition,
what is a woman?
How do you define
what a woman is?
I think it's just genetics.
I go with, like, a woman
is somebody who sues Donald
Trump for sexual assault.
[laughter]
JORDAN KLEPPER: 31-year-old
Kirk and the billionaires who
fund him are successfully
influencing young minds
and making those young minds
skeptical of anyone else trying
to influence young minds.
Beto O'Rourke has
been to campus probably
like five times,
and I don't know
why he's still coming here.
- It feels like groomers.
- Yes.
You have somebody
like Beto O'Rourke.
You have like an adult
man come to a campus
trying to groom somebody around
his own political ideology.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
- It shouldn't happen at all.
- No, it shouldn't.
That's why it's refreshing to
have somebody like Charlie Kirk
come to campus and
bring his like,
30-year-old mentality here to
shape the minds of tomorrow.
Yes, sir.
JORDAN KLEPPER: It seems like
these Aggies were pledging
the fraternity of MAGA.
And since no one invited
me to any keggers,
it was time to
ditch these nerds
and hang with the jocks outside
an Ultimate Fighting event.
Did you guys hear who's coming?
- Donald Trump!
- Trump's coming.
- Yeah!
[exclaiming]
JORDAN KLEPPER:
After the break.
So Trump did unexpectedly
well with the young voters,
but he killed it with the
bros who shifted roughly
15 points to the right.
There's only one place in
the world to find out why--
[upbeat music]
--a UFC event in Miami
where the sun is shining,
fists are flying, and
the energy is jacked.
How are you feeling?
Oh, I'm fucking lit, baby.
Did you guys
hear who's coming?
- Donald Trump!
- Trump's coming.
Yeah!
[exclaiming]
JORDAN KLEPPER: That's right.
And because it's America,
tonight's main event
is the commander
in chief bringing
his cabinet bros ringside.
Yeah, Donald Trump
in the building.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hide the women and kids.
Yeah, I know, right.
Goal is to get close
enough to see him, to say,
yo, Donald, look at my shirt.
Yo!
Yeah.
What do you hope his
reaction is to that?
Well, if he sees me, I
hope maybe he comes up to me
and taps me out.
- Yeah.
Get in there.
You want to be in charge of
the Department of Education?
Not me, man.
It feels like a president
coming to a fight,
giving off some
real Caesar vibes.
Do you imagine he's
going to come in there
and give one of these
to the fighters?
No?
- No.
Tariffs?
No tariffs.
CROWD: We want Trump!
We want Trump!
JORDAN KLEPPER: The UFC
has 40 yearly live events,
640 million fans, broadcasting
into 900 million homes.
So what is it about this
blood sport that connects
the fans and the
fighters with the most
powerful man on the planet
in such a spiritual way?
You don't watch MMA at
first, you get baptized.
I saw it once and I felt
like I got circumcised.
Totally honest.
I felt like a smaller
man in that room.
JORDAN KLEPPER: This is combat
sports journalist, Luke Thomas,
an expert in the world of MMA.
What is it?
What makes these
fighters right wing?
Training martial
arts to defend yourself
is like 10% of it.
It is really about
defining yourself.
It's about learning
who you are.
These are massively
transformative for people.
And you begin to learn
lessons about self-reliance,
discipline, order.
You're getting people sometimes
16 years of age, early 20s.
These are sometimes people
that don't have hardcore ideas
about how the world works.
I think that they're building
out political ideologies
from these personal lessons.
They're training, and they're
discovering who they are.
And it's like, oh,
I'm the kind of person
who really wants ICE to deport
a third grader to Ecuador?
What they would
say is, I don't
want to hear any
excuses for why
things go wrong in your life.
I think we've had a lot
of beta males representing
our country for a while.
The Republican Party led by
Trump has really, like, said,
enough's enough.
They don't want no whiny baby.
PC liberals
that are like, put
on their makeup and dance
to the YMCA and bitch
about not winning Emmy's.
- Yeah, yeah.
Oh, no, that's Trump.
Trump does that.
But--
I wasn't paying attention.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
Trump's relationship
with the UFC world
started with the UFC
CEO and President, Dana White.
Dana White has said he's
had a relationship with Donald
Trump that goes back
to their early days
when he and his partners
took over the UFC.
JORDAN KLEPPER: A
controversial figure known for,
among other things,
attacking his wife,
underpaying his
fighters and creating
a monopoly in the sport.
A monopoly,
which is the best.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Which
might have helped
motivate White to campaign on
behalf of Daddy Trump at MMA
live events, MMA podcast
and the Republican
National Convention.
You can see what the
UFC gets out of it.
There's going to be no
antitrust enforcement.
And the other side,
look what Trump gets.
He gets this political
constituency fed to him.
He gets to have his
image laundered.
DANA WHITE: Trump is the most
resilient human being that I
have ever met in my life.
You see what he's
doing with the tariffs.
- Oh.
- Yeah, yeah.
He plays hardball.
I think he's just a badass.
And all the UFC people
are just badass.
Take any of the greatest
fighters of all time,
Trump is number one.
But like he's fighting
for the American people.
- Donald Trump is a fighter.
- Yeah.
And he refused to tap
out of the 2020 election.
That's a fighter.
OK, well.
If you are one of
these young kids who
has some heart and some
grit and some determination
and you want to win, there's
never been more opportunity
than there is right now.
JORDAN KLEPPER: I
was seeing a pattern.
Young men are seeking
a model of manhood,
but the only ones successfully
offering it to them
seem to range
from wife slappers
to outright Hitler
stands, like one
of this night's big fighters.
- Bryce Mitchell.
- Bryce Mitchell.
What's his deal?
That's one of the
rowdy characters.
Yeah?
He's rowdy like
occasionally he swears?
A little bit more
rowdy than that.
He talks about the
man with the mustache.
He talks about Hitler?
Correct.
Like, boo Hitler?
He said he wanted to
go fishing with him.
Oh.
I honestly think that
Hitler was a good guy
based upon my own research.
I really do think before
Hitler got on meth,
he was a guy I'd
go fishing with.
He fought for his country.
He wanted to purify it by
kicking the greedy Jews out
that were destroying
his country
and turning them all into gays.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Wow, he just
hit the bigotry trifecta.
I'm sure it turned
off all his fans.
We went to the press
conference yesterday.
It was like crazy
because we thought
people were going to boo him.
They cheered louder for him
than they did for John Silva.
For the Nazi guy?
Yeah, for the Nazi guy.
Hitler's bad.
OK, everybody?
That's great.
You know, but I want
Bryce Mitchell to win.
I want him to
knock his ass out.
- Hitler is bad--
- Yes.
--but not a deal breaker.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Now, I'm not
saying a MAGA-fied UFC will
lead every young man
into Nazi trout fishing,
but I am saying with an
unhealthy devotion to Trump
and a glorification
of violence,
they could end up like
this man, Scott Fairlamb.
What is it about MMA that
the MAGA faithful love?
I mean, let's--
let's be real.
I think it's the violence.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Now,
based on appearance,
Scott Fairlamb may look like a
combination of a former Pro MMA
fighter and a
January 6 attendee,
but in reality, that's
exactly who he is.
Did the cross in solitary
on Christmas. with a staple.
You tattooed
yourself with a staple?
And coffee and
Vaseline, burnt Vaseline.
I gotta tell you,
you got to get on Etsy.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But back
to the youth and violence.
I've seen a big uprise in
the younger age demographic.
I just think it's a time where
we're seeing so much violence,
maybe that parents
are getting their kids
involved at an earlier age.
So they can defend themselves
should something come awry.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Though, the
line between self-defense
and what MAGA world has
described as a normal tourist
visit is blurred.
So where were you on J6?
Well, I made
it to right here.
That was the rotunda, but
when I saw the hundred plus
photographers, I turned
around and walked
my ass right back out.
- Pull back here.
I was like--
- You were in my armpit.
I was right there.
I was right there.
Started here.
And then I ran
down your armpit,
and I got on the accelerator
around your cock.
[laughs]
JORDAN KLEPPER: And while I
was grabbing the first train
out of town, Scott
was using his MMA
skills in the real world.
He pled guilty to
punching a DC Metro Police
officer in the
face, although he
says there's more to
the story than meets
the eye, the eye of thousands
of cameras and investigations.
Obviously, there
were paid Instigators,
agitators and motivators
that were in that crowd.
They were
manipulating people?
Absolutely.
How did they manipulate
you to punch a cop?
Now you're just
trying to be funny.
That makes no fucking sense.
Do you not see your
actions as violent that day?
I see it as self-defense.
JORDAN KLEPPER: A refrain
I've heard from many J-Sixers.
Few of them see themselves
as perpetrators of violence.
They're victims,
literal choirboys,
especially when
they were locked
up together late at night.
ALL: [SINGING] In air
I was one of the guys that
started the National anthem
every night at 9 o'clock.
That J6 Choir.
Mm-hmm.
That's us singing
through the phone.
- That's you?
- Yes.
What were you, soprano?
JORDAN KLEPPER: Yes, the
J6 Choir is a real thing,
and they sound exactly how
you think they'd sound.
[SINGING]: Still there!
I don't want to be
critical of the J6 Choir,
but the harmonies were mid.
Let's hear yours.
Go.
Let's hear your rendition.
Let's go.
[SINGING] Oh,
say can you see.
It's not bad.
That's not bad.
[SINGING]: By the
dawn's early light.
What so proudly we
hail at the twilight--
["THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER"
PLAYING]
JORDAN KLEPPER:
OK, we don't have
to listen to any more of that.
Maybe it's time to dip into the
lighter side of nationalism.
Spring Break Gulf of America.
Let's go.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
After the break.
It was becoming clear
that the MAGA youth were
different from conservatives
of the past, fewer policies
about taxes, more policies
about owning Libs and bringing
guns out when the sun's out.
And that was never more evident
than on the shores of Trump's
first big accomplishment.
Spring Break Gulf of America.
Let's go.
The name Gulf of
America, it just
means fucking freedom and peace
and liberty and happiness.
Fucking freedom, peace
and liberty and happiness.
That's what it
means to me, man.
The drinks taste
a little bit colder.
Sun's a little brighter.
Yeah.
Really awesome that he
named it the Gulf of America.
This is the Gulf of America.
- This is the Gulf of America.
- To everybody.
To everybody.
Except for the
rest of the world.
Yeah, they got
their own oceans.
It feels amazing.
It feels like the
greatest country.
It feels like the
greatest ocean.
The Gulf of America,
it's amazing.
Look at this.
Look at this.
It feels so good.
It makes you almost
forget the stock market
was down 800 points yesterday.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But perhaps
I was missing the name
changes, soft power benefits.
You know, you say
like, maybe like, hey, do
you want to go on
a late night walk
right on the Gulf of America?
Are hook-ups easier this
year during spring break?
I feel like it's
definitely easier to connect
on a patriotic side of things.
A patriotic side of things.
And under a Trump
administration,
now there's some
sexy ambiguity.
Whether it's chlamydia
or measles, who knows?
[laughter]
I mean, you said
it, not me, but yeah.
JORDAN KLEPPER: While the
beach bros celebrated,
like so many of
Trump's actions,
this one fell short with
some of the fairer sex.
I do not believe that
this is the Gulf of America.
I believe that it's
the Gulf of Mexico.
There are way more important
issues that we should
be focusing on right now.
I can't do
neuroscience research.
My research funding is
gone, and that's really sad.
OK, that is sad.
But can I remind
you that that's now
called the Gulf of America.
Yeah.
That doesn't fix anything.
- It's so wrong.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Of
course, in Florida,
there are those already
proudly sporting the uniform.
So I spoke with a few
members of the Tampa
Bay Young Republicans.
The name change to Gulf of
America, is that important?
Oh, definitely, yeah.
I think everyone has
a generational shift.
You know, you had
the baby boomers,
they went through the World
War II, they had their thing.
You know, I think
our generation,
the big thing is having our
stamp on the world is OK.
So the greatest
generation took Normandy,
and this generation took
the Gulf of America?
Yes, sir.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But
before I start imagining
these young MAGA
soldiers storming
the shores of clear water
with canteens full of sex
on the beach, I
needed to know what
are their actual core values.
We want a small
government oversight.
We want strong economy.
Strong families, and
a love for the nation.
We're kind of just pushing
towards a world where those--
those different
things, such as men
being women in
different sports,
we see girls are
getting injured
all the time in high
school sports and all that.
So when it comes
to women's sports,
you're approaching this from
like, we need to respect women?
- Yeah.
- Right.
Yeah.
I mean, in a lot of
senses, it seems like women
are being kind of deleted.
So you guys recently
invited Andrew Tate to come
and speak to your group.
We said we'd be open for him.
JORDAN KLEPPER: The Tampa
Bay Young Republicans
made national news
when they formally
invited Andrew Tate to speak to
their group, this Andrew Tate.
The former kickboxer
turned influencer accused
of assaulting and choking
his girlfriend in California
and on trial in Romania for
alleged sex trafficking.
If a woman is
going out with a man,
she belongs to that
man, that's his woman.
So she wants to do
OnlyFans, she owes him
some money because she's his.
What discussion did you
want with Andrew Tate?
So it's not really a
discussion we want with him.
We just want to get different
opinions out there--
Clicks.
--and then reach out to our--
get, obviously, clicks.
100%.
I mean, the more people that
are looking at us, at Tampa Bay
Young Republicans
and also seeing
the kind of
conversations that we do
have, the better it is
for our organization.
But they're looking at
you because you invited
an alleged human trafficker.
Were Jake and Logan Paul,
too, likable for an invite?
- They're not likable.
- No?
So, like, what was it?
What was the
conversation you wanted
to have with Andrew Tate?
I don't want to
sit here and give
someone that has inappropriate
values a platform.
Not your goal.
You're just like, let's
give Andrew Tate a platform.
Tell me about, like, choking a
bitch, should I get from behind
or should I approach
from the front?
It's not like
we're here supporting
any of that gross rhetoric.
That's not something--
No, but-- but do you
understand you are?
Most of the members
said that they
did not want Andrew Tate on.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Sure.
So then he never came on.
So it's kind of-- it
seems kind of weird
that you're on here just kind
of pressing us about Andrew
Tate when the majority of
Tampa Bay Young Republicans
said, hey, we don't
want him here,
and then he never came on.
That would have been for
attention to spark discourse,
but it didn't happen.
Here's the deal, you're
in the discourse now.
You utilized his
name and fame to grab
attention towards the Tampa
Bay Young Republicans.
And now here we
are in it, and it
feels as if you
want to distance
yourself from it,
which to me feels
a lot like the MAGA movement.
That was an Instagram
post that said, do you
guys want Andrew Tate here?
- That's not what it said.
- It's not?
No, no, that's
not what it said.
It said it said
we formally invite
him to speak to our group.
We want to see
what's going on,
like, hey, why are
you coming here?
Are you expecting to
do the same thing here?
Is it, hey, we know we
can get away with stuff?
What's the reason he
thinks he can come here?
Because there's
people here who
want clicks so badly
that they'll be like,
come and talk to us.
I mean, everyone-- everyone
likes clicks, everyone likes--
everyone likes their 30
seconds of fame, you know.
Any regrets about
inviting Andrew Tate?
You know, you know
the saying any publicity
is good publicity?
- Yeah.
It's not.
That's not true.
Have you planned
your Roman Polanski
film festival yet or just--
Not-- not at this point.
It'd be interesting to see who
our next controversial speaker
will be.
The opportunities
are going to continue
to present themselves.
But if R. Kelly gets out of
jail, a little bit of advice,
don't have him on.
Got it.
[intriguing music]
JORDAN KLEPPER: These
guys are struggling
because they got
pulled into the MAGA
game of racing for clicks.
But unlike the President
of the United States,
they still have a nagging
sense of morality.
So you guys still are
anti-human trafficking?
- 100%.
- 100%.
JORDAN KLEPPER: In fact, most
of the people we talked to
were kids with good
intentions looking for a path,
but were given a playbook
by popular, wealthy right
wing influencers.
So how does the left
compete in this space?
Is there a Joe
Rogan on the left?
Oh, God.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
After the break.
JORDAN KLEPPER: The
spaces for young people,
both physically and
online, are dominated
by right wing personalities.
The Tates, the Kirks, the
Whites are all present in a way
that the left just isn't.
It's gotten to
the point where
the left has absolutely no
relationship to this audience.
Period.
What if they try, I
don't know, sponsorships?
UFC 315 sponsored by
Planned Parenthood.
I think that's a mistake.
There's just--
the young men are
being radicalized
through this process,
and it's like, that can't--
that can't be the answer.
Don't just look around
and be like, well, this
is a terrible problem
and it seems intractable,
I guess I'll just walk
away and like, you know,
I'll see what happens later.
Dude, bad shit will
happen if you do that.
Democrats, get in
the fucking ring.
Get in the fucking
ring, you bitches.
JORDAN KLEPPER: One person who
is in the ring is Hasan Piker.
Piker has 2.8 million
followers on the streaming
platform Twitch.
He manages to work
out like a bro
and have intellectual
sit-downs with Bernie and AOC.
All this has liberal
media asking if he is
the connection to the youth.
I'll follow you on
Instagram and see you talking
about what's
happening in the news,
but also see you working out.
Like, you also
are communicating
to people through working out.
Yeah, through grunts.
How do you see the
left communicating with,
like, young men in this--
this time of the manosphere?
The left could, I
don't know, talk to dudes
without vilifying them.
There's a lot of
anger, resentment,
not having any
hope for a future,
never being able to retire,
never being able to own a home.
All of those things are-- are
very much of the core identity
for-- for the next generation.
JORDAN KLEPPER: The left
needs to face the fact
that for the youth of
America, what is appealing
is not a moral
superiority, but it's
fun shit like swords,
anime, and taking
down the billionaire class.
I represent the
feelings and opinions
of a lot of people that are
just like, you can have fun,
it's OK to have fun.
How do you balance
being a mature adult
and also embrace anime boobs?
I mean, anime
boobs are awesome.
[chuckles]
Is that sort of the line
that the left needs to walk?
Yeah, I--
I think people should
get health care
and also I like watching anime.
Sometimes it has boobs
in it, and that's cool.
This is very confusing.
How is Cory Booker
supposed to navigate this?
The Democrats are never
going to reach out
to a younger
generation if they have
to understand these nuances.
Yeah.
Well, you're not wrong.
["THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER"
PLAYING]
JORDAN KLEPPER: In
the end, young people
just want what everybody wants,
leaders who connect with them.
That's the good news.
The bad news is there's
a lot of these guys
lurking out there.
So while the left
searches for ways to reach
out to the voters, they lost.
I'll do my best to
bring peace and harmony
[SINGING]: O'er
the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
We've got to
take this on tour.
I was gonna say, do you
know any Woody Guthrie?
[chuckles]
No
Donald Trump's 2024 campaign,
I started to notice
all sorts of new people
coming into the MAGA tent.
But what baffled me
most was the kids.
REPORTER: Trump, cutting
deeply into first time
voters and the youth vote.
This could be a
political earthquake.
MAJOR GARRETT: Trump credits a
wave of Republican podcasters,
social media influencers
for the support that grew
for him in the 2024 election.
Gen Z has turned right.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
So is it actually
hip to be Republican now?
It's definitely a vibe.
There's a lot of
MAGA energy here?
- Yes, a lot.
- Yes, there is.
Yeah?
We want to make a
change for our generation.
We don't want any more of
the left wing radical ideas.
We want none of that.
What's the vibe like right
now with young Republicans?
Oh, we are
feeling victorious.
I think it's going to go
down in the history books.
It's going to be up there
with like the fall of Rome?
Maybe.
You know, us, guys, we do like
talking about the Roman Empire.
Love talking about the
Roman-- and like doing
the salute too, apparently.
- Oh!
Oh, Jesus.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But are they
true MAGA believers or is
this just a rebellious phase?
To find out, I'm ditching
the Trump rallies
and meeting these young
Americans on their turf,
outside the quad,
outside the octagon,
and outside my comfort
zone on spring break.
I know I'm ready.
These kids are
going to love me.
[theme music]
First up, I'm
heading to Texas A&M,
one of the largest
universities in the US
with over 70,000 students.
So what are the
issues pushing so many
young people to the right?
I was very upset that
the last administration
let so many illegal
immigrants into this country.
Whenever Biden got
in, everything went up,
prices, gas, diesel.
I drive diesel, and
diesel went up like crazy.
Freedom of speech.
Freedom for
everybody, especially
for me and my
theology school, just
being able to talk
about Christ more often.
My dad was in the military,
and I really like military, so.
And all of my friends are
going into it right now.
You're of military age.
Mm-hmm.
What if Donald Trump called
you up to go invade Greenland?
Then I guess we're
invading Greenland.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Clearly,
I need to better
understand these kids.
So much like when
I was in college,
can somebody please
tell me what's cool?
I'm out of touch.
The last time I was
on a college campus,
I was playing
GoldenEye in the dorm.
- OK.
- Do you know GoldenEye?
No, I don't know GoldenEye.
Is being
conservative cool now?
I wouldn't say it's cool.
I feel like it's just the
right way to do things now.
It's not cool?
It's just morally superior?
Oh, absolutely.
Woke cool?
Pretty annoying, honestly.
Boondock Saints?
You guys still putting posters
up of the Boondock Saints?
What?
The Boondock Saints.
America First, cool?
Cool.
I think America
First is cool.
Absolutely.
- Gulf of America.
- Cool.
Gulf of America.
Boondock Saints 2?
What is-- no,
Wolf of Wall Street.
- Wolf of Wall Street.
- Wolf of Wall Street is in.
Always been in.
Is it in because we
understand it's a satire
or we just like the
financial crisis of it all?
I think it's just how
much he actually, like,
was able to get away with.
So you see it as
a hero's journey?
I think I see it as
a hero's journey, yeah.
Good to know.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
So there was a lot
I could teach them
about American cinema,
but who was there to engage
them on their broader concerns
for the country?
Well, today, it was the right
wing group, Turning Point USA,
which claims to be the largest
and fastest growing youth
organization in America.
And people were pumped
to get free shit.
- Did you get that hat here?
- Yes, sir.
Charlie Kirk threw it to me.
- He starts to throw.
Yeah, he throws 'em all out--
I told him to get on
my shoulders and be like,
yo, go ask for one.
- Where'd you get it?
I snagged it from
whoever was behind me.
You stole it from somebody?
[chuckles]
Boy is that the MAGA shit ever?
There was a little kid
who was in the front row,
and he was standing
there wanting a hat,
and Charlie Kirk went
down and gave him a hat.
Groom 'em when they're young?
[laughter]
Right?
It's funny, when I went
to college campuses,
they would give
free hats to you
to sign up for a
credit card, and then
you get a cool free hat.
And then 10 years later,
a lifetime of debt.
Yes, sir.
[chuckles]
Similar.
JORDAN KLEPPER: So who is
this hat-tossing Pied Piper
wooing kids to the right?
MAGA darling, Charlie Kirk.
I love Charlie Kirk.
I listen to him just
about every single day.
Everybody knows
who Charlie Kirk is.
If they don't know the
name, they know the face.
JORDAN KLEPPER: And
he's reaching millions
with these pearls of wisdom.
White college
indoctrinated women will
ruin America if we let them.
Most college degrees
are meaningless,
and most of you guys are being
totally scammed by being here.
I'm sorry, if I see a Black
pilot, I'm going to be like,
boy, I hope he's qualified.
What makes Charlie Kirk
so effective on a campus
like this?
I just think it's all the--
the research he's done,
all the statistics
that he has to back it up.
I think he just
really knows his stuff.
- The guy is consistent?
- He's consistent.
He's like, TikTok.
I love TikTok.
Three months ago,
I hate TikTok.
[chuckling]
So his consistency can
flip here and there.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But even if
Charlie Kirk doesn't seem
to believe the things he
says, for some students,
he was the only one
speaking to their concerns.
A couple of years ago, I
started finding more people
because I got so
tired of this not
being able to speak my mind.
So I needed to find
people that actually
knew how to say things to--
I'm forgetting the words.
I'm sorry.
You needed somebody to
be more articulate for you?
Yes, because you see
me like, right now,
I can't put words together.
So--
You're looking for somebody
to put words in your mouth?
Yes.
Gotcha.
Well, not-- not
like that exactly.
Well, that's what I
was doing right there.
Yes.
What I'm talking
about is what Charlie
Kirk kind of does inside.
- Yes, yes.
Yes.
He puts the words
in your mouth?
Yeah, making enough sense for
me, so I memorize what he says,
then I can freely say it too.
Exactly.
So basically, his
words become your own?
Yes.
- His thoughts become your own?
- It's awesome.
JORDAN KLEPPER: And some
of those beautifully
crafted words play great
as clickbait online.
What is a woman?
What is a woman?
It's not a trick question.
What is a woman?
He always asks liberals
like, what is a woman?
Yeah, we literally saw
it like 5 or 10 minutes.
You got to see a
live what is a woman.
Finally, he was like, all
right, give me your definition,
what is a woman?
How do you define
what a woman is?
I think it's just genetics.
I go with, like, a woman
is somebody who sues Donald
Trump for sexual assault.
[laughter]
JORDAN KLEPPER: 31-year-old
Kirk and the billionaires who
fund him are successfully
influencing young minds
and making those young minds
skeptical of anyone else trying
to influence young minds.
Beto O'Rourke has
been to campus probably
like five times,
and I don't know
why he's still coming here.
- It feels like groomers.
- Yes.
You have somebody
like Beto O'Rourke.
You have like an adult
man come to a campus
trying to groom somebody around
his own political ideology.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
- It shouldn't happen at all.
- No, it shouldn't.
That's why it's refreshing to
have somebody like Charlie Kirk
come to campus and
bring his like,
30-year-old mentality here to
shape the minds of tomorrow.
Yes, sir.
JORDAN KLEPPER: It seems like
these Aggies were pledging
the fraternity of MAGA.
And since no one invited
me to any keggers,
it was time to
ditch these nerds
and hang with the jocks outside
an Ultimate Fighting event.
Did you guys hear who's coming?
- Donald Trump!
- Trump's coming.
- Yeah!
[exclaiming]
JORDAN KLEPPER:
After the break.
So Trump did unexpectedly
well with the young voters,
but he killed it with the
bros who shifted roughly
15 points to the right.
There's only one place in
the world to find out why--
[upbeat music]
--a UFC event in Miami
where the sun is shining,
fists are flying, and
the energy is jacked.
How are you feeling?
Oh, I'm fucking lit, baby.
Did you guys
hear who's coming?
- Donald Trump!
- Trump's coming.
Yeah!
[exclaiming]
JORDAN KLEPPER: That's right.
And because it's America,
tonight's main event
is the commander
in chief bringing
his cabinet bros ringside.
Yeah, Donald Trump
in the building.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hide the women and kids.
Yeah, I know, right.
Goal is to get close
enough to see him, to say,
yo, Donald, look at my shirt.
Yo!
Yeah.
What do you hope his
reaction is to that?
Well, if he sees me, I
hope maybe he comes up to me
and taps me out.
- Yeah.
Get in there.
You want to be in charge of
the Department of Education?
Not me, man.
It feels like a president
coming to a fight,
giving off some
real Caesar vibes.
Do you imagine he's
going to come in there
and give one of these
to the fighters?
No?
- No.
Tariffs?
No tariffs.
CROWD: We want Trump!
We want Trump!
JORDAN KLEPPER: The UFC
has 40 yearly live events,
640 million fans, broadcasting
into 900 million homes.
So what is it about this
blood sport that connects
the fans and the
fighters with the most
powerful man on the planet
in such a spiritual way?
You don't watch MMA at
first, you get baptized.
I saw it once and I felt
like I got circumcised.
Totally honest.
I felt like a smaller
man in that room.
JORDAN KLEPPER: This is combat
sports journalist, Luke Thomas,
an expert in the world of MMA.
What is it?
What makes these
fighters right wing?
Training martial
arts to defend yourself
is like 10% of it.
It is really about
defining yourself.
It's about learning
who you are.
These are massively
transformative for people.
And you begin to learn
lessons about self-reliance,
discipline, order.
You're getting people sometimes
16 years of age, early 20s.
These are sometimes people
that don't have hardcore ideas
about how the world works.
I think that they're building
out political ideologies
from these personal lessons.
They're training, and they're
discovering who they are.
And it's like, oh,
I'm the kind of person
who really wants ICE to deport
a third grader to Ecuador?
What they would
say is, I don't
want to hear any
excuses for why
things go wrong in your life.
I think we've had a lot
of beta males representing
our country for a while.
The Republican Party led by
Trump has really, like, said,
enough's enough.
They don't want no whiny baby.
PC liberals
that are like, put
on their makeup and dance
to the YMCA and bitch
about not winning Emmy's.
- Yeah, yeah.
Oh, no, that's Trump.
Trump does that.
But--
I wasn't paying attention.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
Trump's relationship
with the UFC world
started with the UFC
CEO and President, Dana White.
Dana White has said he's
had a relationship with Donald
Trump that goes back
to their early days
when he and his partners
took over the UFC.
JORDAN KLEPPER: A
controversial figure known for,
among other things,
attacking his wife,
underpaying his
fighters and creating
a monopoly in the sport.
A monopoly,
which is the best.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Which
might have helped
motivate White to campaign on
behalf of Daddy Trump at MMA
live events, MMA podcast
and the Republican
National Convention.
You can see what the
UFC gets out of it.
There's going to be no
antitrust enforcement.
And the other side,
look what Trump gets.
He gets this political
constituency fed to him.
He gets to have his
image laundered.
DANA WHITE: Trump is the most
resilient human being that I
have ever met in my life.
You see what he's
doing with the tariffs.
- Oh.
- Yeah, yeah.
He plays hardball.
I think he's just a badass.
And all the UFC people
are just badass.
Take any of the greatest
fighters of all time,
Trump is number one.
But like he's fighting
for the American people.
- Donald Trump is a fighter.
- Yeah.
And he refused to tap
out of the 2020 election.
That's a fighter.
OK, well.
If you are one of
these young kids who
has some heart and some
grit and some determination
and you want to win, there's
never been more opportunity
than there is right now.
JORDAN KLEPPER: I
was seeing a pattern.
Young men are seeking
a model of manhood,
but the only ones successfully
offering it to them
seem to range
from wife slappers
to outright Hitler
stands, like one
of this night's big fighters.
- Bryce Mitchell.
- Bryce Mitchell.
What's his deal?
That's one of the
rowdy characters.
Yeah?
He's rowdy like
occasionally he swears?
A little bit more
rowdy than that.
He talks about the
man with the mustache.
He talks about Hitler?
Correct.
Like, boo Hitler?
He said he wanted to
go fishing with him.
Oh.
I honestly think that
Hitler was a good guy
based upon my own research.
I really do think before
Hitler got on meth,
he was a guy I'd
go fishing with.
He fought for his country.
He wanted to purify it by
kicking the greedy Jews out
that were destroying
his country
and turning them all into gays.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Wow, he just
hit the bigotry trifecta.
I'm sure it turned
off all his fans.
We went to the press
conference yesterday.
It was like crazy
because we thought
people were going to boo him.
They cheered louder for him
than they did for John Silva.
For the Nazi guy?
Yeah, for the Nazi guy.
Hitler's bad.
OK, everybody?
That's great.
You know, but I want
Bryce Mitchell to win.
I want him to
knock his ass out.
- Hitler is bad--
- Yes.
--but not a deal breaker.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Now, I'm not
saying a MAGA-fied UFC will
lead every young man
into Nazi trout fishing,
but I am saying with an
unhealthy devotion to Trump
and a glorification
of violence,
they could end up like
this man, Scott Fairlamb.
What is it about MMA that
the MAGA faithful love?
I mean, let's--
let's be real.
I think it's the violence.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Now,
based on appearance,
Scott Fairlamb may look like a
combination of a former Pro MMA
fighter and a
January 6 attendee,
but in reality, that's
exactly who he is.
Did the cross in solitary
on Christmas. with a staple.
You tattooed
yourself with a staple?
And coffee and
Vaseline, burnt Vaseline.
I gotta tell you,
you got to get on Etsy.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But back
to the youth and violence.
I've seen a big uprise in
the younger age demographic.
I just think it's a time where
we're seeing so much violence,
maybe that parents
are getting their kids
involved at an earlier age.
So they can defend themselves
should something come awry.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Though, the
line between self-defense
and what MAGA world has
described as a normal tourist
visit is blurred.
So where were you on J6?
Well, I made
it to right here.
That was the rotunda, but
when I saw the hundred plus
photographers, I turned
around and walked
my ass right back out.
- Pull back here.
I was like--
- You were in my armpit.
I was right there.
I was right there.
Started here.
And then I ran
down your armpit,
and I got on the accelerator
around your cock.
[laughs]
JORDAN KLEPPER: And while I
was grabbing the first train
out of town, Scott
was using his MMA
skills in the real world.
He pled guilty to
punching a DC Metro Police
officer in the
face, although he
says there's more to
the story than meets
the eye, the eye of thousands
of cameras and investigations.
Obviously, there
were paid Instigators,
agitators and motivators
that were in that crowd.
They were
manipulating people?
Absolutely.
How did they manipulate
you to punch a cop?
Now you're just
trying to be funny.
That makes no fucking sense.
Do you not see your
actions as violent that day?
I see it as self-defense.
JORDAN KLEPPER: A refrain
I've heard from many J-Sixers.
Few of them see themselves
as perpetrators of violence.
They're victims,
literal choirboys,
especially when
they were locked
up together late at night.
ALL: [SINGING] In air
I was one of the guys that
started the National anthem
every night at 9 o'clock.
That J6 Choir.
Mm-hmm.
That's us singing
through the phone.
- That's you?
- Yes.
What were you, soprano?
JORDAN KLEPPER: Yes, the
J6 Choir is a real thing,
and they sound exactly how
you think they'd sound.
[SINGING]: Still there!
I don't want to be
critical of the J6 Choir,
but the harmonies were mid.
Let's hear yours.
Go.
Let's hear your rendition.
Let's go.
[SINGING] Oh,
say can you see.
It's not bad.
That's not bad.
[SINGING]: By the
dawn's early light.
What so proudly we
hail at the twilight--
["THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER"
PLAYING]
JORDAN KLEPPER:
OK, we don't have
to listen to any more of that.
Maybe it's time to dip into the
lighter side of nationalism.
Spring Break Gulf of America.
Let's go.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
After the break.
It was becoming clear
that the MAGA youth were
different from conservatives
of the past, fewer policies
about taxes, more policies
about owning Libs and bringing
guns out when the sun's out.
And that was never more evident
than on the shores of Trump's
first big accomplishment.
Spring Break Gulf of America.
Let's go.
The name Gulf of
America, it just
means fucking freedom and peace
and liberty and happiness.
Fucking freedom, peace
and liberty and happiness.
That's what it
means to me, man.
The drinks taste
a little bit colder.
Sun's a little brighter.
Yeah.
Really awesome that he
named it the Gulf of America.
This is the Gulf of America.
- This is the Gulf of America.
- To everybody.
To everybody.
Except for the
rest of the world.
Yeah, they got
their own oceans.
It feels amazing.
It feels like the
greatest country.
It feels like the
greatest ocean.
The Gulf of America,
it's amazing.
Look at this.
Look at this.
It feels so good.
It makes you almost
forget the stock market
was down 800 points yesterday.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But perhaps
I was missing the name
changes, soft power benefits.
You know, you say
like, maybe like, hey, do
you want to go on
a late night walk
right on the Gulf of America?
Are hook-ups easier this
year during spring break?
I feel like it's
definitely easier to connect
on a patriotic side of things.
A patriotic side of things.
And under a Trump
administration,
now there's some
sexy ambiguity.
Whether it's chlamydia
or measles, who knows?
[laughter]
I mean, you said
it, not me, but yeah.
JORDAN KLEPPER: While the
beach bros celebrated,
like so many of
Trump's actions,
this one fell short with
some of the fairer sex.
I do not believe that
this is the Gulf of America.
I believe that it's
the Gulf of Mexico.
There are way more important
issues that we should
be focusing on right now.
I can't do
neuroscience research.
My research funding is
gone, and that's really sad.
OK, that is sad.
But can I remind
you that that's now
called the Gulf of America.
Yeah.
That doesn't fix anything.
- It's so wrong.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Of
course, in Florida,
there are those already
proudly sporting the uniform.
So I spoke with a few
members of the Tampa
Bay Young Republicans.
The name change to Gulf of
America, is that important?
Oh, definitely, yeah.
I think everyone has
a generational shift.
You know, you had
the baby boomers,
they went through the World
War II, they had their thing.
You know, I think
our generation,
the big thing is having our
stamp on the world is OK.
So the greatest
generation took Normandy,
and this generation took
the Gulf of America?
Yes, sir.
JORDAN KLEPPER: But
before I start imagining
these young MAGA
soldiers storming
the shores of clear water
with canteens full of sex
on the beach, I
needed to know what
are their actual core values.
We want a small
government oversight.
We want strong economy.
Strong families, and
a love for the nation.
We're kind of just pushing
towards a world where those--
those different
things, such as men
being women in
different sports,
we see girls are
getting injured
all the time in high
school sports and all that.
So when it comes
to women's sports,
you're approaching this from
like, we need to respect women?
- Yeah.
- Right.
Yeah.
I mean, in a lot of
senses, it seems like women
are being kind of deleted.
So you guys recently
invited Andrew Tate to come
and speak to your group.
We said we'd be open for him.
JORDAN KLEPPER: The Tampa
Bay Young Republicans
made national news
when they formally
invited Andrew Tate to speak to
their group, this Andrew Tate.
The former kickboxer
turned influencer accused
of assaulting and choking
his girlfriend in California
and on trial in Romania for
alleged sex trafficking.
If a woman is
going out with a man,
she belongs to that
man, that's his woman.
So she wants to do
OnlyFans, she owes him
some money because she's his.
What discussion did you
want with Andrew Tate?
So it's not really a
discussion we want with him.
We just want to get different
opinions out there--
Clicks.
--and then reach out to our--
get, obviously, clicks.
100%.
I mean, the more people that
are looking at us, at Tampa Bay
Young Republicans
and also seeing
the kind of
conversations that we do
have, the better it is
for our organization.
But they're looking at
you because you invited
an alleged human trafficker.
Were Jake and Logan Paul,
too, likable for an invite?
- They're not likable.
- No?
So, like, what was it?
What was the
conversation you wanted
to have with Andrew Tate?
I don't want to
sit here and give
someone that has inappropriate
values a platform.
Not your goal.
You're just like, let's
give Andrew Tate a platform.
Tell me about, like, choking a
bitch, should I get from behind
or should I approach
from the front?
It's not like
we're here supporting
any of that gross rhetoric.
That's not something--
No, but-- but do you
understand you are?
Most of the members
said that they
did not want Andrew Tate on.
JORDAN KLEPPER: Sure.
So then he never came on.
So it's kind of-- it
seems kind of weird
that you're on here just kind
of pressing us about Andrew
Tate when the majority of
Tampa Bay Young Republicans
said, hey, we don't
want him here,
and then he never came on.
That would have been for
attention to spark discourse,
but it didn't happen.
Here's the deal, you're
in the discourse now.
You utilized his
name and fame to grab
attention towards the Tampa
Bay Young Republicans.
And now here we
are in it, and it
feels as if you
want to distance
yourself from it,
which to me feels
a lot like the MAGA movement.
That was an Instagram
post that said, do you
guys want Andrew Tate here?
- That's not what it said.
- It's not?
No, no, that's
not what it said.
It said it said
we formally invite
him to speak to our group.
We want to see
what's going on,
like, hey, why are
you coming here?
Are you expecting to
do the same thing here?
Is it, hey, we know we
can get away with stuff?
What's the reason he
thinks he can come here?
Because there's
people here who
want clicks so badly
that they'll be like,
come and talk to us.
I mean, everyone-- everyone
likes clicks, everyone likes--
everyone likes their 30
seconds of fame, you know.
Any regrets about
inviting Andrew Tate?
You know, you know
the saying any publicity
is good publicity?
- Yeah.
It's not.
That's not true.
Have you planned
your Roman Polanski
film festival yet or just--
Not-- not at this point.
It'd be interesting to see who
our next controversial speaker
will be.
The opportunities
are going to continue
to present themselves.
But if R. Kelly gets out of
jail, a little bit of advice,
don't have him on.
Got it.
[intriguing music]
JORDAN KLEPPER: These
guys are struggling
because they got
pulled into the MAGA
game of racing for clicks.
But unlike the President
of the United States,
they still have a nagging
sense of morality.
So you guys still are
anti-human trafficking?
- 100%.
- 100%.
JORDAN KLEPPER: In fact, most
of the people we talked to
were kids with good
intentions looking for a path,
but were given a playbook
by popular, wealthy right
wing influencers.
So how does the left
compete in this space?
Is there a Joe
Rogan on the left?
Oh, God.
JORDAN KLEPPER:
After the break.
JORDAN KLEPPER: The
spaces for young people,
both physically and
online, are dominated
by right wing personalities.
The Tates, the Kirks, the
Whites are all present in a way
that the left just isn't.
It's gotten to
the point where
the left has absolutely no
relationship to this audience.
Period.
What if they try, I
don't know, sponsorships?
UFC 315 sponsored by
Planned Parenthood.
I think that's a mistake.
There's just--
the young men are
being radicalized
through this process,
and it's like, that can't--
that can't be the answer.
Don't just look around
and be like, well, this
is a terrible problem
and it seems intractable,
I guess I'll just walk
away and like, you know,
I'll see what happens later.
Dude, bad shit will
happen if you do that.
Democrats, get in
the fucking ring.
Get in the fucking
ring, you bitches.
JORDAN KLEPPER: One person who
is in the ring is Hasan Piker.
Piker has 2.8 million
followers on the streaming
platform Twitch.
He manages to work
out like a bro
and have intellectual
sit-downs with Bernie and AOC.
All this has liberal
media asking if he is
the connection to the youth.
I'll follow you on
Instagram and see you talking
about what's
happening in the news,
but also see you working out.
Like, you also
are communicating
to people through working out.
Yeah, through grunts.
How do you see the
left communicating with,
like, young men in this--
this time of the manosphere?
The left could, I
don't know, talk to dudes
without vilifying them.
There's a lot of
anger, resentment,
not having any
hope for a future,
never being able to retire,
never being able to own a home.
All of those things are-- are
very much of the core identity
for-- for the next generation.
JORDAN KLEPPER: The left
needs to face the fact
that for the youth of
America, what is appealing
is not a moral
superiority, but it's
fun shit like swords,
anime, and taking
down the billionaire class.
I represent the
feelings and opinions
of a lot of people that are
just like, you can have fun,
it's OK to have fun.
How do you balance
being a mature adult
and also embrace anime boobs?
I mean, anime
boobs are awesome.
[chuckles]
Is that sort of the line
that the left needs to walk?
Yeah, I--
I think people should
get health care
and also I like watching anime.
Sometimes it has boobs
in it, and that's cool.
This is very confusing.
How is Cory Booker
supposed to navigate this?
The Democrats are never
going to reach out
to a younger
generation if they have
to understand these nuances.
Yeah.
Well, you're not wrong.
["THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER"
PLAYING]
JORDAN KLEPPER: In
the end, young people
just want what everybody wants,
leaders who connect with them.
That's the good news.
The bad news is there's
a lot of these guys
lurking out there.
So while the left
searches for ways to reach
out to the voters, they lost.
I'll do my best to
bring peace and harmony
[SINGING]: O'er
the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
We've got to
take this on tour.
I was gonna say, do you
know any Woody Guthrie?
[chuckles]
No