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President Trump announced he would invoke the Insurrection Act if Minnesota’s leaders continue to allow violent attacks on federal immigration officers, saying he will “quickly put an end” to the lawlessness that has overtaken parts of Minneapolis. The president’s warning is a clear message that federal authority will not be shrugged off while agents doing their jobs are targeted and ambushed.
The threat follows two recent ICE-related shootings in the Twin Cities — a fatal encounter on January 7 and a separate confrontation that left an agent and another man wounded on January 14 — incidents that touched off furious protests and clashes with federal personnel. Demonstrators have hurled fireworks and rocks, and federal officers report being assaulted while trying to enforce the law, escalating a dangerous breakdown of order.
On Fox & Friends, Trey Gowdy made the sober constitutional point that the Insurrection Act is one of the limited, lawful tools the president can use when state and local officials either cannot or will not restore order. Conservative Americans should take little comfort from politicians who cheer the chaos or pretend federal law enforcement has no role when local governments fail.
DHS reports it has made thousands of arrests in the state since December amid an intensified immigration enforcement push, yet city and state leaders have publicly clashed with federal authorities instead of getting a handle on the violence. When governors and mayors posture for the cameras while neighborhoods burn and officers are assaulted, they abandon the very citizens they swore to protect.
The Insurrection Act is not a gimmick; it is a narrowly tailored, historically used authority that allows the federal government to intervene when necessary to enforce the law and protect Americans. Conservatives know that preserving civil order sometimes requires decisive federal action when local leadership collapses into politicized paralysis.
This moment is a straightforward test of priorities: do we side with hard-working Americans and the rule of law, or with professional agitators who exploit tragedy for chaos? Patriots who love their country should back measures that restore safety and send a message that no city is off-limits to lawful enforcement and that disorder will not be tolerated.
