{"id":2539596,"date":"2026-01-16T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-down-from-insurrection-act-threat-in-minneapolis\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:13:53","slug":"trump-backs-down-from-insurrection-act-threat-in-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-down-from-insurrection-act-threat-in-minneapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump backs down from Insurrection Act threat in Minneapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-backs-down-from-insurrection-act-threat-in-minneapolis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2539596&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Trump said Friday he wouldn&#8217;t use teh Insurrection Act right now to respond to unrest in Minneapolis but added that he would if necesary, calling the law &#8220;very powerful.&#8221; He had earlier threatened to invoke the act in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media post<\/a> to quash protests tied to the death of Renee Good, who was shot by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigration-reaches-near-historic-high-1-million-border-crossings-this-year-and-counting\/\" title=\"Illegal Immigration Reaches Near-Historic High: 1 Million Border Crossings This Year (and Counting)\">immigration enforcement agent<\/a> after striking the agent with her vehicle. Trump also claimed the act has been used by roughly 48% of presidents and &#8220;a lot.&#8221; Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged the president to de-escalate and appealed for peaceful protest, while DHS and ICE pushed back at the governor&#8217;s rhetoric and called for cooperation to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >remove criminal undocumented immigrants<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump backs down from Insurrection Act threat in Minneapolis<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2475503\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> relented Friday on his threat to use the Insurrection Act in response to unrest in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4421303\/tom-homan-offers-pull-ice-from-minneapolis-if-allowed-access-jails\/\">Minneapolis.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I&rsquo;d use it,&rdquo; Trump said about the Insurrection Act while speaking to a gaggle of reporters as he left for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\">Florida<\/a>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s very powerful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4422157\/trump-nice-machado-nobel-peace-prize\/\">Trump: It was &#8216;very nice&#8217; of Machado to give me her Nobel Peace Prize<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4422137\/trump-to-pardon-former-puerto-rico-governor-convicted-corruption-charges\/\">Trump to pardon former Puerto Rico governor convicted on corruption charges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4422332\/watch-live-trump-attends-dedication-ceremony-in-florida\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump attends dedication ceremony in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> on the Insurrection Act: &#8220;If I needed it, I&#8217;d use it. It&#8217;s very powerful.&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6KLjkEhQqW\">pic.twitter.com\/6KLjkEhQqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2012226600641692025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Trump also claimed the act has been used by 48% of presidents and that it&rsquo;s been used &ldquo;a lot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president threatened on Thursday to invoke the old law to quell unrest in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don&rsquo;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,&rdquo; Trump wrote in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\">social media<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<p>Many residents of the city have protested the death of Renee Good at the hands of an immigration enforcement agent. Good struck an agent with her vehicle before being shot dead.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) quickly asked Trump to turn down the political temperature after his initial threat.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am making a direct appeal to the President: Let&rsquo;s turn the temperature down. Stop this campaign of retribution. This is not who we are. And an appeal to Minnesotans: I know this is scary. We can &mdash; we must &mdash; speak out loudly, urgently, but also peacefully. We cannot fan the flames of chaos. That&rsquo;s what he wants,&rdquo; Walz posted on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3847973\/what-is-the-insurrection-act-trump-national-guard-troop-deployment\/\">WHAT IS THE INSURRECTION ACT, THE LAW AT THE CENTER OF THE DEBATE OVER TRUMP DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DHS and ICE responded by blaming the governor&rsquo;s rhetoric for the violence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The buck stops with you, Governor. Tone down the hostile, inflammatory anti-ICE rhetoric,&rdquo; ICE posted on X. &ldquo;Work with ICE to remove criminal illegal aliens from MN streets.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump backs off Insurrection Act threat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2539597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014749677489_5f25f7-e1768513011952.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[56892,6772,5894,3970,3634],"class_list":["post-2539596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-insurrection-act","tag-minneapolis","tag-politics","tag-protests","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014749677489_5f25f7-e1768513011952.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2539596"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2539600,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539596\/revisions\/2539600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2539597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}