In a rare moment of clarity piercing the fog of mainstream media narratives, CNN’s own data guru Harry Enten dropped a bombshell on Tuesday: voter photo ID requirements aren’t the boogeyman Democrats have painted them to be. Citing Pew Research Center data, Enten revealed that a whopping vast majority of Americans—across party lines—support mandating ID to vote, aligning squarely with rapper Nicki Minaj’s recent viral stance on the issue. This isn’t just pollster fluff; Pew’s numbers show 80%+ approval in some demographics, underscoring how out of touch the voter suppression hysteria is with everyday folks who flash ID for everything from buying beer to boarding planes.

What’s clever here is the irony: the same network that amplifies endless anti-2A fearmongering about gun show loopholes and assault weapon bans is now hoisting its own flag for strict ID verification in elections. Enten, ever the numbers nerd, framed it as a non-controversial norm, yet CNN’s activist wing routinely dismisses similar safeguards for voting as racist relics. This hypocrisy exposes a deeper pattern—elites decry barriers only when they inconvenience their preferred outcomes, much like how they ignore the 400 million guns in civilian hands without corresponding gun violence epidemics tied to legal owners.

For the 2A community, this is gold. If photo ID is a commonsense baseline for the sacred right to vote—backed by data even CNN can’t spin—then why the double standard for exercising our enumerated right to keep and bear arms? Background checks via NICS already demand ID far more rigorous than a driver’s license scan at the polls, with millions of law-abiding gun owners cleared annually. Enten’s revelation bolsters our case: consistent, verifiable identity checks protect rights without infringing them. As midterms loom, let’s amplify this—voter ID yes, gun registration no. The data doesn’t lie; the narrative does.