Imagine the irony: the Obama Presidential Center, a gleaming monument to eight years of executive overreach on gun control, is begging for skilled unpaid volunteers to staff its Chicago opening later this year—while CEO Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s longtime advisor and architect of some of the most aggressive anti-2A policies, rakes in a cool $740,000 salary. Reports from outlets like the New York Post highlight the center’s call for volunteers with expertise in everything from event planning to digital media, all for the privilege of working for free. Jarrett’s payday? That’s taxpayer-subsidized nonprofit luxury, funded by donations that could have gone to actual community needs in a city where violent crime, often fueled by illegal guns, remains a plague.

This isn’t just tone-deaf elitism; it’s a masterclass in hypocrisy that should fire up every 2A patriot. Chicago, under Obama’s influence and Jarrett’s orbit, became ground zero for common-sense gun laws that did zilch to stop bloodshed—homicide rates soared during his presidency, with over 700 murders in the Windy City alone in 2016. Now, they’re building a shrine to that failed legacy, exploiting volunteers while Jarrett cashes executive checks that dwarf what most Americans earn in a decade. It’s the same playbook: do as I say, not as I do. Donors and volunteers are propping up a narrative that paints gun owners as the villains, even as the center glosses over how Obama’s ATF fast-and-furious scandal armed cartels and his admin’s export controls strangled law-abiding manufacturers.

For the 2A community, this is red meat—proof that the progressive elite preaches sacrifice for thee but not for me. While we’re fighting back against ATF overreach and red-flag laws that echo Obama’s playbook, they’re fundraising millions for marble halls and six-figure sinecures. Share this story, call out the grift, and remind everyone: the real community service is defending the right to self-defense, not volunteering for the gun-grabbers’ vanity project. Let’s make sure this center becomes a punchline, not a pedestal.