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Watching Minneapolis descend into the kind of lawless street theater that Liz Collin called “frankly embarrassing” on Thursday’s The Record with Greta van Susteren is a gut-punch to every American who values order and common sense. Collin, an Alpha News journalist who has long documented the failure of local institutions in Minnesota, was right to call out the chaos unfolding on the city’s streets as officials dither while federal law enforcement tries to do its job.
This round of unrest didn’t start in a vacuum — it followed the tragic fatal shooting of Renee Good on January 7, 2026, during federal immigration operations in Minneapolis, an event that understandably sparked outrage and outrage-driven demonstrations. Families and communities deserve answers and accountability, but outrage must not be an excuse for mobs to paralyze a city or for local leaders to lose control.
When a separate federal officer was shot and another man wounded in a Jan. 14 incident, tensions predictably escalated and nightly scenes of clashes, vandalism, and dangerous confrontations multiplied. Minneapolis is not merely the backdrop for protest theater — it has become an active flashpoint because state and city officials have refused to confront the real problem: endemic disorder that targets law-abiding citizens and cripples neighborhoods.
President Trump’s public warning that he could invoke the Insurrection Act to restore order was a stark reminder that federal authority exists for a reason when local governments abdicate responsibility. The Insurrection Act is rarely used, but the president is right to signal he will protect federal officers and Americans when governors and mayors stonewall; leadership means making the hard call to secure peace.
Predictably, Minnesota’s Democratic leaders rushed to condemn the president’s firmness while offering little in the way of practical solutions to stop the nightly mayhem. Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis officials have expressed outrage at federal tactics, but their rhetorical posturing rings hollow when their failure to keep streets safe is what forced federal intervention in the first place. The American people see through the theater; they want safe communities, not excuses.
Conservatives should be unapologetic in defending the men and women who put their lives on the line enforcing laws Congress passed and presidents enforce — ICE and DHS officers are carrying out a mandate to protect our borders and our communities. Journalists like Liz Collin who report honestly on the breakdown of order deserve praise for telling truths the legacy media prefers to spin away.
For those worried about the legal reach of the Insurrection Act, remember it has been employed in past crises to restore order when states could not, and our nation’s safety must come before political theater. If Minneapolis elects chaos over competence, federal authority is not only lawful, it is necessary to prevent a dangerous precedent that would invite disorder in every city across America.
On January 15, 2026, Americans watched a familiar pattern play out: local failure, media moralizing, and federal resolve to clean up the mess when nobody else will. If Minnesota’s leaders insist on playing politics while neighborhoods burn, conservatives and patriots must stand with law enforcement, demand accountability, and insist that order — not excuses — is restored.
