On Insurrection Act, Trump says he doesn’t think he ‘needs it right now’ in Minneapolis While speaking to reporters today, Trump said that he would use the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis if he “needed it”.
“I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I’d use it,” he added.
Earlier this week, Trump threatened to invoke the centuries old law, that allows the use of military forces to quell a domestic rebellion or invasion, in response to the protests against federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
A reminder that George HW Bush was the last president to use the act during the deadly 1992 Los Angeles riots.
I think the Jan 6 attack was a better case to justify the Insurrection Act, since you know they actually violently forced their way into a government building with malice intent.
Minneapolis is mostly protesting and peaceful noncompliance. I haven’t heard anything about riots or attacks carried out on law enforcement.
Not really though. The riot was a singular event that was handled by normal law enforcement. The insurrection act in my opinion shouldn’t exist but to the extent that it has a purpose it’s for like civil wars or other ongoing situations where the feds have lost control over entire regions for a period of time.
I don’t think law enforcement is on-scene. It’s just ICE, their victims, and people on-scene to witness and chastise the aggressors. No law enforcement there – I hear it’s mainly proud boys and the like.