On Wednesday’s CNN broadcast of The Arena, Democrat Rep. Jake Auchincloss from Massachusetts dropped a bombshell: The American public should discount everything this president says tonight. This wasn’t some offhand remark—it was a full-throated call to tune out President Biden’s primetime address, coming from a sitting congressman who’s supposed to be on the same team. Auchincloss, a Marine Corps vet with a track record of toeing the progressive line on issues like gun control, is essentially admitting the emperor has no clothes. In a party that’s spent years gaslighting Americans on everything from inflation to border security, this slip reveals the internal rot: even loyalists are losing faith in the narrative machine.

For the 2A community, this is pure gold. Biden’s speech was primed to hammer home his gun-grab agenda—think more assault weapon bans, red flag expansions, and ATF overreach disguised as common-sense reforms. Auchincloss’s dismissal hands us a ready-made talking point: if a Democrat heavyweight says to ignore the president wholesale, why trust a word on firearms? It underscores the hypocrisy of a regime pushing executive orders like the 2024 bump stock reversal or the pistol brace rule, all while their own side whispers discount everything. This fracture weakens their unified front, especially as polls show Biden’s approval tanking below 40%. Smart 2A advocates should amplify this clip across socials, pairing it with clips of Auchincloss’s past anti-gun votes to expose the selective skepticism.

The implications ripple into 2024: with midterms looming and SCOTUS potentially revisiting cases like Garland v. Cargill, Democrat infighting erodes their moral authority on rights issues. If they’re discounting their own leader, the public—especially armed citizens wary of federal overreach—has every reason to double down on vigilance. Stock up on ammo, hit the range, and keep organizing; cracks like this are how we preserve the Second Amendment against a crumbling opposition.