Stephen Colbert, the king of sanctimonious late-night snark, took to his Late Show monologue Thursday night to paint ICE agents as masked armed goons besieging Minnesota, supposedly victimizing innocent American citizens in a hysterical rant against President Trump’s deportation push. While Colbert clutches his pearls over federal law enforcement rounding up illegal immigrants hiding in Democrat strongholds like the Twin Cities—where rioters torched businesses during the 2020 BLM chaos—he conveniently ignores the real siege: sanctuary policies that shield criminals and embolden chaos. This isn’t comedy; it’s propaganda from a coastal elite who views uniformed officers upholding the law as the true villains, not the undocumented felons gaming the system or the activists shielding them.
Zooming out, Colbert’s smear reveals the Left’s deepening contempt for armed authority when it doesn’t align with their open-borders utopia, a stance that should have every 2A advocate on high alert. ICE agents, like our cops and deputies, rely on firearms to execute dangerous warrants amid riots and resistance—think Portland 2020, where feds faced laser-guided projectiles and bricks from peaceful protesters. By demonizing these goons as aggressors, Colbert normalizes defunding and disarming the thin blue line that protects us all, paving the way for selective enforcement where only progressive militias get a pass. It’s the same playbook that branded January 6 attendees as insurrectionists while excusing Antifa’s black bloc arsonists.
For the 2A community, this is a clarion call: supporting Trump’s ICE crackdown isn’t just about immigration; it’s about affirming that armed guardians of the rule of law—whether Border Patrol or your local sheriff—deserve our backing against celebrity-driven disarmament narratives. When Colbert mocks masked enforcers, he’s subtly eroding the cultural acceptance of everyday carry for those who keep us safe. Gun owners know better: the real threat to citizens isn’t federal agents doing their jobs; it’s the lawless vacuum left when we hamstring them. Time to push back—share this, arm up, and vote for leaders who enforce borders with both badges and bullets.
