Article 72WG7 "Autocratic Power Grab": Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota

"Autocratic Power Grab": Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota

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Following Minneapolis protests in response to the ICE killing of Renee Good, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday, a move that would allow him to send military forces to the city. Trump's comments came after a second person was shot by ICE following a traffic stop. Trump probably sees this as a civil war," says Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights. This, as we all know, is being leveraged as part of an autocratic power grab."

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