NEW: Trump Threatens To Invoke the Insurrection Act 

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Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present 22 min 7 speakers 8 chapters transcribed
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What is President Trump's threat regarding the Insurrection Act?

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How does the Insurrection Act function in the U.S.?

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What reactions have officials in Minnesota had to Trump's threat?

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How are the protests in Minneapolis different from past events?

T.J. Holmes 2:27
Hey there, folks. It is Thursday, January 15th. We are getting close to the evening hours, sundown in most places across the country as we record this. And Robes, a lot of eyes, is going to be on Minneapolis because, called it... President Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. And I can't take credit for this. We should have seen this coming from a mile away.
Amy Robach 2:52
Well, I was actually going to give credit where credit was due because you really did call this this morning just based on the language we were already seeing yesterday. And the words they were using were by design and certainly leading up to now this announcement we got from the president on Truth Social.

What do recent polls say about public opinion on ICE agents?

Amy Robach 3:10
He is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act. We can read his Truth Social post for you just to make it very clear what the president is saying.
T.J. Holmes 3:19
A reminder of what we're talking about here and where we are. There is something. There is an act, an Insurrection Act, a law. What year was it? Is it 180-something or 190-something? The Insurrection Act that essentially allows the President of the United States to send in troops to essentially tamp down or beat back an insurrection. But an insurrection has to be defined as a particular thing. There are very specific guidelines legally about what constitutes an insurrection.

How are local leaders responding to the ongoing unrest?

T.J. Holmes 3:47
Yes, presidents have used the Insurrection Act in the past. For some pretty extreme cases, though, Robes, not necessarily because there are some possible undocumented immigrants on attack.
Amy Robach 4:01
No, yes. No, this is to quell, as you point, an insurrection, civil disorder, or an armed rebellion. And so when the president, if the president were to enact the Insurrection Act, basically the president can empower the military to make arrests,

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