CNN’s Kasie Hunt just dropped a bombshell on her own network’s The Arena show, admitting that under Obama, Hennepin County, Minnesota, rolled out the red carpet for ICE—granting jail access, interviews with detainees, and full cooperation in a manner eerily similar to what the Trump administration later pushed for nationwide. Hunt framed it as historical fact, noting how the county even allowed ICE agents to chat up inmates directly, a level of partnership that progressives today decry as draconian. It’s a rare moment of media candor exposing the hypocrisy: what was business-as-usual under Barack Obama is now painted as fascist overreach under Trump.

This isn’t just immigration trivia—it’s a masterclass in selective outrage that reverberates straight to the heart of the 2A community. Remember, the same blue-state sanctuaries shielding illegal immigrants from ICE are often the same jurisdictions that defy federal law on firearms, like New York’s SAFE Act or California’s assault weapon bans, thumbing their noses at ATF directives and Supreme Court rulings. Hennepin County’s Obama-era teamwork with feds shows these local officials pick and choose federal authority based on politics: embrace it for deportations when it’s their guy in the White House, but sabotage it on guns when it’s about protecting the right to bear arms. It’s the ultimate rules for thee but not for me playbook, where Second Amendment enforcement gets the sanctuary treatment while border security flips on a dime.

For gun owners, the implication is crystal clear: if these counties can cooperate with ICE one day and stonewall the feds on 2A the next, expect more patchwork enforcement ahead. With Trump eyeing a 2025 return, pushing for real immigration crackdowns and pro-2A policies like national reciprocity, this CNN slip-up arms us with ammo—literal and figurative—to call out the double standard. Demand consistency: if Hennepin can play ball with Obama-era ICE, they damn well better comply with federal gun laws too. Stay vigilant, patriots; the fight for equal application of the law is just heating up.