Dr. Kevin Roberts

It's always a pleasure.

Thank you for what you do to be part of taking back America.

Well, something definitely needs to change because at its most fundamental, as you outlined, Vince, this is one of the most egregious violations of the rule of law that I see, certainly in modern American history.

And it is as simple as the following.

a federal law enforcement agency with jurisdiction, especially over illegal aliens, is not only not being cooperated with by local law enforcement, but in many jurisdictions in this country, obviously in Minneapolis and across the state of Minnesota, those law enforcement leaders are actively undermining their work, thereby putting into jeopardy the lives of those federal law enforcement agents.

So the president, I think, is entirely right morally

ethically to be thinking about doing something like invoking the Insurrection Act.

I'm hopeful that there can be additional steps as well.

But ultimately, if you take even one step back, additional step back, you realize the American people have had enough of this.

They really do want law and order.

And ultimately, these jurisdictions that are sanctuary cities and states and counties stand in the way of Americans' public safety.

No, he wouldn't be.

I mean, to your point, there's a long history of invoking the Insurrection Act.

At Heritage, my colleagues will be publishing an analysis of this particular situation later today.

So therefore, I'll answer this as a historian of this country, as you know.

The reason the Insurrection Act exists is precisely because of what's going on in Minneapolis, which is to say, where the federal government has jurisdiction, particularly as it relates to public safety and the rule of law,

occasionally in our republic's history cities and counties and states have violated that and so if in fact we settled something in the american civil war which is that the federal government has this authority then if you believe in the rule of law and you you call yourselves as the democrat party does the party of democracy then it seems to me that something has to impose that rule of law that's why the insurrection act exists

I think they're totally guilty of that.

And it's really important for people to understand on a practical level what having a sanctuary city or a sanctuary state does.

What it means is it makes it that much harder for ICE agents to actually find the felons, the worst of the worst among the illegal aliens, which then means you have to round up all of the illegal aliens and process them, and you continue to undermine the common good.