White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at Thursday’s briefing was asked what the tipping point was for President Donald Trump to invoke 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. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

REAGAN REESE, THE DAILY CALLER: President Trump threatened invoking the Insurrection Act today in the Truth Social Post. I’m wondering what his tipping point is. Like, what would it take for him to invoke the Insurrection Act? KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE: Look, that’s only a question, frankly, Reagan, the President can answer. But the Insurrection Act is a tool at the President’s disposal. As you know, it has been used sparingly, but it has been used by previous presidents in American history. And I think the President’s Truth Social Post spoke very loud and clear to Democrats across this country, elected officials, who are using their platforms to encourage violence against federal law enforcement officers, who are encouraging left-wing agitators to unlawfully obstruct legitimate law enforcement operations. And if you talk to any law enforcement officer, no matter what level they work at, they want to be working with their counterparts, whether that’s at the federal level or the federal authorities wanting to work with their counterparts at the state and local level. And it’s truly shameful that now for more than a year, you’ve had elected Democrat governors and mayors who have basically held their state and local law enforcement hostage and told them, you cannot cooperate with federal law enforcement. Why? They cooperated under the Biden administration. It’s because these Democrats are deranged in their hatred for President Trump, and they are holding their state and local law enforcement hostage as a result. And these Democrat mayors and governors are doing this over what? Over the lawful and legitimate law enforcement operations to remove violent criminals from the streets of Minnesota, from the streets of California, from the streets of New York, and from the streets of every state across this country. And you don’t see these riots and this vandalism taking place in states like Florida. Why? Because you have a governor in that state who has empowered federal and local authorities to work together. And it’s despicable what we’re seeing from these Democrat politicians, especially in sanctuary states and cities across the country.

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