Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act

“As the sound of sirens wailed and flash bangs popped across the street, President Trump announced from the Rose Garden that he would use the U.S. military to stop the riots across the county that have been sparked by the death of George Floyd,” NBC News reports.

“To activate the military to operate in the U.S., Trump would have to invoke the 213-year-old Insurrection Act, which four people familiar with the decision had told NBC News he planned to do.”

Scott Anderson: “Important note: it’s not clear from Trump’s Rose Garden remarks that he’s yet invoking the Insurrection Act. Doing so requires him to issue a specifically worded proclamation — and he didn’t do that tonight, though he could later (in writing).”