California Governor Gavin Newsom took to HBO’s Real Time on Friday to decry the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as evil, but couldn’t resist pivoting to finger President Trump as the real culprit, claiming he sets the tone for a nation drowning in a sewer of rhetoric. Newsom acknowledged disliking inflammatory language from both sides but insisted on an asymmetry, implying the right’s words are somehow more poisonous. This from the man who’s spent years demonizing law-abiding gun owners as threats to democracy, while his state racks up record homelessness, crime spikes, and a sanctuary policy that’s turned parts of California into no-go zones for police.

Let’s cut through the hypocrisy: Newsom’s selective outrage reeks of the very politicization he decries. If rhetoric truly incites violence, why ignore the left’s endless parade of Trump assassination fantasies—from Kathy Griffin’s bloody-head stunt to celebrities musing about civility after GOP ballpark shootings? The WHCD incident, whatever the details, underscores a harsh reality for the 2A community: anti-gun politicians like Newsom exploit every tragedy to push confiscation agendas, framing self-defense rights as asymmetric threats. In California, where Newsom’s regime has banned everything from standard-capacity magazines to assault weapons, violent crime persists because criminals don’t obey laws—only the compliant do. His sewer metaphor? Projection. It’s blue-state policies that have flooded streets with unvetted migrants and defunded cops, breeding the chaos he now blames on Trump.

For 2A advocates, this is a clarion call: Newsom’s blame-shifting isn’t just disingenuous; it’s a blueprint for post-tragedy gun grabs nationwide. As midterm battles loom, expect more governors to echo this playbook, using emotional appeals to erode the Second Amendment. The implication? Double down on vigilance—support pro-2A candidates, expose media double standards, and remind voters that the real tone-setters are those who disarm the law-abiding while chaos reigns. In a sewer, the armed man swims; the rest drown. Stay frosty, patriots.