Chris Christie, the perpetually aggrieved former New Jersey governor and self-appointed arbiter of political morality, took to ABC’s This Week on Sunday to lob yet another grenade at the Trump administration, claiming it’s absolutely destroying the credibility of the Justice Department. Coming from a guy whose own tenure was marred by Bridgegate scandals and a reputation for bullying, this is peak irony—like a fox lecturing the henhouse on ethics. Christie’s beef stems from the DOJ’s handling of high-profile cases under Trump, but let’s peel back the layers: this isn’t just sour grapes from a failed 2016 rival; it’s a calculated hit from the anti-gun establishment, timed amid ongoing battles over federal overreach.

For the 2A community, Christie’s whining is a flashing red light on the real threat: a politicized DOJ that flips from weaponizing against gun owners under Obama/Biden (think Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and ATF’s pistol brace crusade) to selective restraint under Trump. Remember, it was the Trump-era DOJ that slow-walked some gun control pushes while ramping up prosecutions of actual criminals, preserving Second Amendment wins like the bump stock delay. Christie’s lament signals the left’s desperation to reclaim the DOJ as their personal ATF enforcer—imagine if his vision prevailed, with Jeff Sessions’ successors turbocharging bump stock bans or expanding red flag laws nationwide. This isn’t about credibility; it’s about control, and 2A patriots should see it as validation that Trump’s DOJ was a bulwark, not a wrecking ball.

The implications? As we head into 2024 primaries, Christie’s outburst rallies the RINO chorus to undermine Trump, potentially softening the ground for a Harris-Walz DOJ that would eviscerate Heller and Bruen. Gun owners, take note: credibility isn’t destroyed by fighting back—it’s forged in the fire of resisting the incremental erosion of our rights. Stay vigilant, stock up, and vote like your AR-15 depends on it.