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.
“Somehow you people still haven’t taken the bait so we have to back away from that threat for a minute.”
“We’re gonna try threatening your elected leaders with obstruction, maybe dox a few more of our own agents by total accident, see if we can find any more CIA trained child soldiers in a tight spot looking for work, and then keep poking the bear while we circle back around.”