Leavitt: 'Only Trump knows' what would trigger insurrection act in Minneapolis

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00:00President Trump threatened invoking the Insurrection Act today in the Truth Social Post.

00:04I'm wondering what his tipping point is.

00:05Like, what would it take for him to invoke the Insurrection Act?

00:08Look, that's only a question, frankly, Reagan, the President can answer.

00:12But the Insurrection Act is a tool at the President's disposal.

00:15As you know, it has been used sparingly, but it has been used by previous presidents in American history.

00:22And I think the President's Truth Social Post spoke very loud and clear to Democrats across this country,

00:28elected officials who are using their platforms to encourage violence against federal law enforcement officers

00:36who are encouraging left-wing agitators to unlawfully obstruct legitimate law enforcement operations.

00:45And if you talk to any law enforcement officer, no matter what level they work at,

00:50they want to be working with their counterparts, whether that's at the federal level

00:54or the federal authorities wanting to work, with their counterparts at the state and local level.

00:59And it's truly shameful that now for more than a year, you've had elected Democrat governors and mayors

01:07who have basically held their state and local law enforcement hostage and told them,

01:12you cannot cooperate with federal law enforcement.

01:14Why?

01:15They cooperated under the Biden administration.

01:17It's because these Democrats are deranged in their hatred for President Trump.

01:22And they are holding their state and local law enforcement hostage as a result.

01:25And these Democrat mayors and governors are doing this over what?

01:29Over the lawful and legitimate law enforcement operations to remove violent criminals

01:35from the streets of Minnesota, from the streets of California, from the streets of New York,

01:41and from the streets of every state across this country.

01:44And you don't see these riots and this vandalism taking place in states like Florida.

01:52Why?

01:53Because you have a governor in that state who has empowered federal and local authorities to work together.

01:58And it's despicable what we're seeing from these Democrat politicians,

02:02especially in sanctuary states and cities across the country.