Trump Threatens Insurrection Act for Minnesota

 What happens when thousands of protesters, paid by evil actors, show up in MN to block streets, harass federal agents doing their legal jobs, throw snowballs and other things, and even try to hit an ICE agents with a car and a shovel?  Well the Minneapolis Police should be there doing their jobs of protecting Federal agents.

But what if there aren’t enough police to do their job because Minneapolis is short 600 police officers because of the threats by city councilmen and women and transgenders to “defund the police!”  Well then ICE has to dispatch more officers to MN to fill in for the what the police aren’t doing.

What happens if that doesn’t work and lawlessness starts breaking out everywhere?

Well then the President can call on the Insurrection Act.

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President Trump on Thursday threatened to deploy U.S. military forces under the Insurrection Act to Minneapolis if state officials don't stop protests against the sprawling immigration enforcement operation.

Why it matters: Every modern use of the Insurrection Act has come either at a governor's request or to expand civil rights protections over state objections. Trump would flip that script, sending troops against a governor's wishes to crush protests of the federal government's own actions.

• The situation has grown increasingly tense amid a surge in ICE activity and last week's fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent. 

The big picture: The Insurrection Act, which hasn't been invoked in decades, would allow the president to effectively bypass court rulings and tap authority scholars have warned is overly broad and ripe for misuse, Axios' Avery Lotz writes.

Driving the news: Trump's threat, posted to Truth Social, came hours after the second ICE shooting in the Twin Cities in a week, when an agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg during what the Department of Homeland Security described as an "ambush."

• Nearly 3,000 federal immigration agents have flooded the Twin Cities, more than the combined police forces of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

What they're saying: In his post, Trump vowed to act "if the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionist from attacking the patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job."

Zoom in: While most demonstrations in the last week have been peaceful, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said some protesters near the scene of Wednesday's shooting threw ice chunks and fireworks at law enforcement, and the Star Tribune reported three federal agents' cars were vandalized.

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/15/trump-insurrection-act-minneapolis-ice-protests