{"id":59976,"date":"2025-10-06T17:26:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=59976"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:50:14","slug":"trump-says-he-would-invoke-the-insurrection-act-if-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/trump-says-he-would-invoke-the-insurrection-act-if-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he would invoke the Insurrection Act \u201cif necessary\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Donald Trump said he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act if local or state officials or the courts were \u201cholding us up,\u201d following a series of legal challenges over his deployment of National Guard troops to several U.S. cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWell, I\u2019ll do it if it was necessary,&#8221; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5m1zXTX9DHQ\">told reporters<\/a> on Monday when asked about invoking the Insurrection Act. &#8220;So far it hasn\u2019t been necessary, but we have an Insurrection Act for a reason.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If I had to enact it, I\u2019ll do that,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;If people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure I\u2019ll do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments come as his administration faces multiple lawsuits over efforts to send federally controlled National Guard troops to several U.S. cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, a court blocked the deployment of Oregon\u2019s National Guard, ruling that conditions in Portland did not meet the legal thresholds required for federalization, such as rebellion or invasion. The judge described the protests as \u201csmall and sedate\u201d and said Trump\u2019s claims of widespread violence were \u201cuntethered to the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Oregon and the City of Portland sued Trump and top federal officials over his decision to federalize 200 National Guard members, arguing that the move exceeded presidential authority. The lawsuit contends that no circumstances of invasion, rebellion, or obstruction of federal law existed to justify the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House maintains that Trump acted lawfully to protect federal property from \u201cviolent riots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a similar lawsuit on Monday to block a planned deployment of troops to Chicago. 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