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Trump Threatens Insurrection Act as Minnesota Protests Grow

Author: user avatar Editors Desk Source: Bloomberg
Federal law enforcement officers during confrontations with residents following a shooting incident in Minneapolis on Jan. 15.  Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
Federal law enforcement officers during confrontations with residents following a shooting incident in Minneapolis on Jan. 15. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

President Donald Trump threatened to deploy US military forces to Minnesota in order to quell protests in response to violent encounters involving federal immigration agents.

“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,” Trump posted on social media Thursday.

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