Eric Holder, the former Obama-era Attorney General, took the stage at the National Action Network’s MLK Jr. Day event in Washington, DC, after snagging an award, and unleashed a fiery rant about a supposed concerted effort to resegregate America. He painted a dystopian picture of state-level voter suppression, racial gerrymandering, and crumbling democratic pillars—code for slamming Republican-led states on election integrity laws, redistricting battles, and anything that smells like limiting mail-in ballots or tightening ID requirements. It’s classic Holder: hyperbolic rhetoric wrapped in civil rights nostalgia, ignoring how these measures actually combat fraud and empower legal voters, much like how the left decries assault weapons bans while overlooking skyrocketing urban crime rates.
But let’s zoom in on the irony for the 2A community. Holder’s alarmist narrative isn’t just about ballots—it’s a blueprint for the same institutional warfare gun owners face daily. When he rails against state-sponsored threats to democracy, he’s echoing the playbook used to demonize self-defense rights: cherry-pick data, amplify fringe cases (like school shootings for us, or isolated voter ID mishaps for them), and cry racism to justify federal overreach. Remember, Holder’s DOJ under Obama aggressively targeted disparate impact in policing and sentencing, which paved the way for defund-the-police madness that left black communities defenseless amid rising violence. Now, as blue states like California strip magazines and assault weapons while crime surges, Holder’s resegregation fever dream flips the script—portraying armed, law-abiding citizens in red states as the real oppressors.
The implications for 2A patriots? This is a warning shot. If Holder and his allies can frame voter ID as Jim Crow 2.0, imagine the next push: Stand Your Ground resegregates by letting white gun owners terrorize minorities. It’s already bubbling in ATF rulemakings and Biden’s gun violence epidemic framing. The 2A fight is inseparable from election integrity—both are about preserving individual liberty against elite control. Stay vigilant, arm up legally, and vote like your rights depend on it, because Holder just confirmed they do.
