In the ever-escalating circus of political theater, GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) just handed the left a golden ticket on ABC’s “This Week” by demanding President Trump apologize for a now-deleted social media meme featuring caricatures of Barack and Michelle Obama. Lawler, ever the moderate squish from a blue-leaning district, framed it as some grave offense against decorum, ignoring the fact that Trump’s post was classic troll-bait—pointing out Obama-era hypocrisies with a dash of irreverent humor. This isn’t just petty finger-wagging; it’s a symptom of the GOP’s ongoing purity spiral where RINOs like Lawler prioritize cocktail-party civility over the raw fight against the cultural Marxists who weaponized every Trump fart into an impeachable offense.
Zoom out, and Lawler’s pearl-clutching reveals a deeper rot: the establishment GOP’s allergy to the unfiltered MAGA energy that actually wins wars, including the battle for the Second Amendment. Remember, it was under Obama that the ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious flooded Mexican cartels with U.S. guns to justify gun grabs, and Michelle peddled school lunch slop while her hubby golfed through Benghazi. Trump calling that out, meme-style, is peak accountability—yet Lawler wants contrition? This mindset trickles down to 2A fights: it’s the same crew demanding bipartisan red-flag laws and bump-stock bans, apologizing to Bloomberg-funded astroturfers instead of mocking their failed prophecies of blood in the streets post-Heller. Lawler’s stance emboldens Dems to paint all pro-2A warriors as unhinged, making it harder to rally normies against the next assault weapons ban.
For the 2A community, the implication is crystal clear: back squishes like Lawler at your peril. His apology demand signals weakness to gun-grabbers, who thrive on GOP infighting. Trump memes aren’t the problem—cowardly Republicans are. Double down on the offense, support primary challengers who won’t bend, and keep the heat on: no apologies for defending liberty, ever. The Second Amendment isn’t won with kumbayas; it’s secured with unapologetic fire.
