Van Jones, the perpetually aggrieved CNN commentator, dropped a bombshell on Monday’s OutFront – or at least that’s what he thinks it is. Claiming a backlash is starting to build against President Trump, Jones is peddling the narrative that the political winds are shifting against the man who just crushed the gun-grabbers’ dreams in the 2024 election. Picture this: Trump, fresh off victories that have the left clutching pearls, is supposedly facing a tidal wave of opposition. But let’s peel back the layers – Jones’ pearl-clutching comes amid a barrage of Trump wins on the Second Amendment front, from appointing pro-2A judges to signaling a full-court press against Biden-era ATF overreach on pistol braces and ghost guns. Is this backlash real, or just the echo chamber of CNN desperately trying to rally the anti-gun troops?
Context is king here, and the timing couldn’t be more suspect. Jones’ outburst lands as Trump prepares to dismantle the regulatory machine that’s been choking law-abiding gun owners – think the Chevron doctrine’s demise empowering courts to smack down executive overreach, and a potential Supreme Court ready to eviscerate bump stock bans or expand carry rights further. The left’s backlash rhetoric smells like projection: after years of failed assaults on AR-15s and standard-capacity magazines, they’re watching red states fortify permitless carry while blue-city crime waves expose their failed policies. Van Jones isn’t reporting news; he’s manufacturing morale for a movement that’s hemorrhaging support. Polls show record gun ownership highs, with 2A enthusiasm spiking among demographics the Dems once took for granted – women, minorities, even urbanites arming up post-2020 riots.
For the 2A community, this is catnip: every hysterical claim of backlash signals weakness, not strength. Trump’s momentum isn’t buckling; it’s accelerating toward a pro-gun renaissance – executive orders gutting NFA abuses, budget slashes to the ATF’s enforcement slush fund, and state-level reinforcements turning America into a patchwork fortress of freedom. Ignore the noise from Jones and his ilk; it’s the sound of irrelevance. Gear up, train hard, and vote like your rights depend on it – because with Trump back in the saddle, the real backlash is against the tyrants who’ve tried to disarm us for decades. The Second Amendment isn’t building backlash; it’s building an unbreakable wall.
