Rep. Mary Miller calls for arrest of Gov. Tim Walz under Insurrection Act

Republican lawmakers are urging President Donald Trump to invoke the Rebellion Act towards Minnesota Governor Tim Walz after the Democrat warned he might deploy the Nationwide Guard in response to federal immigration enforcement actions in his state.

“Invoke the Rebellion Act. Arrest Tim Walz,” Rep. Mary Miller, R-Sick., mentioned in a post on X on Wednesday night.

Miller’s calls to implement the regulation, which supplies the president the authority to arrest suspects who impede federal regulation enforcement, comply with Walz’s suggestion that he might deploy the Nationwide Guard to push again on President Donald Trump’s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Rep. Mary Miller, R-Sick., delivers remarks after receiving a message of help throughout a Save America Rally with President Donald Trump on the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Photos)

“We don’t want any additional help from the federal authorities. For Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, you might have completed sufficient. I’ve issued an alert order to arrange the Minnesota Nationwide Guard,” Walz mentioned at a press occasion.

Walz’s warning on Wednesday adopted a lethal encounter between ICE and a girl. A regulation enforcement officer shot Renee Nicole Good, 37, as she confronted officers from her automotive in Minneapolis, in response to the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS).

“We now have troopers in coaching and are ready to deploy if essential. I remind you {that a} warning order is a warning to individuals,” Walz mentioned. “Minnesota is not going to enable our neighborhood for use as a crutch in a nationwide political battle.”

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz introduced on January 5, 2026 throughout a press convention on the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota that he wouldn’t search re-election. (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune by way of Getty Photos)

Under Minnesota law, Walz has the ability to deploy the Nationwide Guard for the “protection or help of the state, the enforcement of the regulation, [or] the safety of individuals” within the state.

Different Republicans responding to Walz’s warning additionally imagine such motion might result in the regulation getting used.

“Somebody remind him: Donald Trump is the commander in chief. And federal authority trumps state authority. That is not an opinion, that is the Structure,” mentioned Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. in her own message.

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks throughout a listening to with the Home Oversight and Accountability Committee on the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing on April 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photos)

‘What threatens Walz has a reputation: revolt. Mr. President, the regulation is in your facet. Make the most of it,” she added.

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Walz’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.