Tim Pool: “At what point will Trump just do it? Invoke the Insurrection Act. Round these people up.”
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From the January 15, 2026, edition of Timcast, posted to YouTube
TIM POOL (HOST): In a major escalation, Donald Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act over the extremism we have seen in Minneapolis. Last night, videos went viral showing far-left extremists breaking into a federal agent's vehicle, stealing weapons, using tow ropes to break open a locker and steal a rifle from what is presumed to be an FBI agent. They stole charging documents, presumably arrest warrants, and other secure information from a federal law enforcement agency, all while being filmed not wearing masks and using tools to do this. It is getting absolutely out of hand. This is not protest. This is not free speech. This is violent terroristic extremism. You even have a video of a local coming out and screaming for these people to leave because they have kids sleeping.
At what point will Trump just do it? Invoke the Insurrection Act. Round these people up. Peaceful protesters, that was always allowed. You want to link arms and sing songs and block roads, by all means, you get a slap on the wrist, you get arrested. That is what we tolerate for civil disobedience. But we've got video of these people breaking into a federal officer's vehicle.
So the first thing I'm gonna do, I'm gonna show you this video, play this video for you, then we'll talk about the response. We got tons of these videos. We've gotta break them all down. This is a degree of insanity that I have not seen in my lifetime on the ground covering these things. This video from Nick Sorter — breaking, Minneapolis police rider successfully broke open a weapons locker in a federal vehicle and stole a rifle and ammunition. I captured the thief's face and license plate on the getaway vehicle. Please share and help identify this POS. I have forwarded this to the top levels of the FBI.
Additionally, we've got more information on the shooting that took place. Apparently, as federal law enforcement officers were attempting to arrest a criminal, two individuals came out of the house and tried to beat the agent with a shovel. He responded by opening fire. And now we are just seeing the breakdown.
I'm sorry.
Insurrection Act now or forever hold your peace because this is escalation we've not experienced before.