Scott Jennings Makes the Case for Trump to Invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota [WATCH]

Political commentator Scott Jennings sharply criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, State Rep. Bobby Champion, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey following a violent confrontation involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a federal operation in Minneapolis, accusing state and local leaders of fueling hostility toward federal law enforcement.

Jennings laid out his account of the incident, saying it began with a targeted traffic stop carried out by federal and local law enforcement officers.

“On the streets of Minneapolis last night, another shooting involving an ICE agent who was doing nothing more than enforcing federal immigration law,” Jennings said.

“Let’s start with the facts. Last evening, around 6:50, local federal law enforcement officers conducted a targeted traffic stop in Minneapolis of an illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the country by Joe Biden in 2022.”

According to Jennings, the individual fled the scene, leading to a violent encounter.

“The illegal alien fled the scene in his vehicle and crashed into a parked car. He then jumped out of the car, and he ran off on foot,” Jennings said.

“The ICE agent caught up to the illegal alien, who then violently assaulted the officer.”

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Jennings said the situation escalated when others joined the confrontation.

“While they were fighting, two radicalized whack jobs ran out of a nearby apartment and attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and a broom handle,” Jennings said. “These are Tim walz’s political vigilantes.”

Jennings said the ICE agent, facing multiple attackers, fired a defensive shot.

“The Ice agent pulls out his gun, and he shot the illegal alien in the leg, which is a reasonable reaction,” Jennings said. “His life, after all, was in danger.”

Jennings said all three individuals involved were later arrested and both the ICE agent and the individual who was shot were hospitalized.

He then turned his attention to comments made by Minnesota State Rep. Bobby Champion, who spoke about the incident on CNN.

“If there were neighbors and others who came out to help this person, that is just an example of Minnesota being a place where we help our neighbors,” Champion said.

Jennings reacted strongly to Champion’s remarks and highlighted additional comments from the lawmaker when asked whether the use of weapons against ICE agents mattered to him.

“Actually, no, right?” Champion said. “Because from our vantage point, we wanted to make sure, and always wanted to make sure that Minnesotans are being dealt with properly.”

Jennings accused Minnesota’s leadership of encouraging resistance to federal officers.

“Democrats in Minnesota. Walz and whose lieutenants like this person are imploring people to run out of their homes with shovels and beat Federal officers,” Jennings said.

Jennings also criticized remarks made by Gov. Walz during a speech delivered later that evening.

“Federal government is raining down upon our communities,” Walz said.

“2 to 3000 armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota, armed, masked under trained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live.”

Walz continued by framing the enforcement actions as something beyond immigration policy.

“Let’s be very, very clear, this long ago, stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement,” Walz said.

“Instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey also addressed the federal presence, expressing concerns about the scale of ICE activity.

“Imagine if that city or that town was suddenly invaded by 1000s of federal agents that do not share the values that you hold dear,” Frey said.

“Imagine if your daily routines were disrupted.”

Jennings responded by accusing state leadership of undermining federal authority and escalating tensions.

“Worried about 1000s of people coming into your community that don’t share your values?” Jennings said.

“Well, it sounds like a pretty good argument against the illegal invasion that has happened in Minneapolis and across the country.”

Jennings argued that Minnesota’s sanctuary policies have forced federal agents to operate without cooperation from local authorities, increasing the risk of violence. He also accused Walz of framing Minnesota as separate from federal authority.

“Walls in his speech said that Minnesota is living under a, quote, federal occupation,” Jennings said, adding that Walz had also said Minnesota would remain “an island of decency, of justice, of community and of peace.”

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