Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota amid escalating riots and violence.
On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump warned that he could invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the military to Minneapolis. The warning came as demonstrations escalated following the Wednesday evening shooting of a man by federal agents and last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Good, the anti-ICE protester who attempted to run over an agent with her vehicle. Trump blamed corrupt politicians in Minnesota for doing nothing to stop the violence, which has included rioting, looting federal vehicles, and the continued obstruction and assault of federal officers.
“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump’s threat came hours after federal officers shot a man in the leg during a confrontation in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening.
