Trump Threatens To Invoke Insurrection Act As Left-Wing Chaos In Minneapolis Spreads
Update (1024ET):
In response to overnight left-wing chaos, what can only be described as the Democratic Party's "George Floyd 2.0" attempt, President Trump wrote on Truth Social about the very real possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act.
"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 warned.
The warning from Trump comes after left-wing nonprofits and far-left militant groups mobilized in the metro area in the last week after a "legal observer" was shot and killed. These left-wing groups have been positioned to mount a pressure campaign against federal agents, seeking to disrupt deportation operations targeting criminal illegal aliens (or the Democrat Party's future voting bloc).
The Insurrection Act would allow Trump to deploy active-duty military forces or federalize the National Guard within the Democratic-run state to restore order as Democrats allow left-wing groups to go rogue. The act has not been invoked since the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
This is a legal nuclear option to restore order after left-wing rioters last night looted federal vehicles, stole weapons and ammunition, and after an incident in which an ICE agent shot an illegal during a violent confrontation with the agent.
Potential invocation of the Insurrection Act represents a significant shift in the federal civil-military posture of the Trump administration, as left-wing orgs mount a fight. Perhaps it's time for the Trump administration to leave flank these orgs and begin an assault across the funding networks within the nonprofit world.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/left-wing-chaos-continues-minneapolis-federal-vehicles-looted