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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Donald Trump Threatens the Insurrection Act in Minnesota

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In response to the escalating violence and protests in Minnesota, Donald Trump warns about using the Insurrection Act to allow him to use the military within the United States. Will turning up the temperature make an already dangerous situation even worse? Plus, Gov. Tim Walz tells citizens to protest peacefully, but encourages the filming of ICE agents’ actions on the ground.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:38.5

The battle over immigration and customs enforcement has become even more heated in Minneapolis.

0:45.2

As a man, he's shot in the leg after reportedly resisting arrest and anti-ice citizens in the city protest ICE's appearance, some peacefully,

0:57.2

some in ways that appear to obstruct the agents doing their lawful duty. Are we headed

1:03.2

toward a larger and violent showdown and what should our politicians be doing to prevent it?

1:10.0

That's our subject for today on Potomac Watch.

1:12.5

I'm Paul as you go, the editor of the journal Opinion pages, Wall Street Journal,

1:16.8

and I'm here with my colleagues Kim Strassel and Kyle Peterson. So after the killing of

1:24.0

Renee Good last week and a tragic altercation with an ice agent. Neither side has seen

1:30.7

fit to cool things down. President Trump sent another 1,000 agents to the Twin Cities on top of

1:36.0

the 2000 that are reportedly already there. He also posted on Truth Social that Minneapolis,

1:43.5

I guess, Minnesota, your day of retribution is coming.

1:46.3

While Democrats are asking residents to go out in the streets or outside of their homes and monitor ice and film the agents.

1:54.4

Let's listen to first Christy Knoam in Minneapolis, the secretary of DHS, and then the governor of Minnesota.

2:02.6

Tim Walts.

2:03.6

Our ICE agents are following the law and running their operations according to training.

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