Xochitl Hinojosa, who ran the Biden DOJ’s Office of Public Affairs and knows the insider game all too well, just torched California gubernatorial hopeful Xavier Becerra on CNN’s NewsNight. Calling him not effective in government and admitting flat-out, I don’t trust him, Hinojosa peeled back the curtain on Becerra’s track record as former HHS Secretary. This isn’t some random diss—it’s a former Biden loyalist airing dirty laundry on a guy who’s spent decades pushing California’s most draconian gun control agenda, from microstamping mandates to the now-infamous assault weapons bans that have turned the Golden State into a 2A wasteland.

For the 2A community, this is pure gold with massive implications. Becerra didn’t just toe the anti-gun line as California’s Attorney General; he wielded it like a sledgehammer, suing the Trump administration over border wall funds while championing laws that criminalize standard-capacity magazines and punish law-abiding owners for mere possession. Hinojosa’s defection signals cracks in the progressive facade—imagine a Democrat insider admitting Becerra’s incompetence right as he’s gunning (pun intended) for Newsom’s throne. If even his own side sees him as untrustworthy, how thin is the ice for his radical 2A restrictions? California voters, already fed up with sky-high crime and a fleeing population, might finally connect the dots: Becerra’s effectiveness gap means more failed policies that disarm citizens while emboldening criminals.

The ripple effects could reshape the national gun debate. A Becerra governorship would turbocharge exportable extremism—think ROPE-style magazine bans spreading eastward like a bad virus. But Hinojosa’s takedown hands 2A advocates a silver bullet: amplify this distrust narrative, tie it to real-world failures like surging violent crime in ban-heavy cities, and watch blue-state moderates balk. Pro-gunners, it’s time to curate, share, and strike while this Biden-era schism is hot—Becerra’s not just ineffective; he’s a proven threat to our rights.