Vice President JD Vance sparked alarm on Sunday when he said that President Donald Trump was considering invoking the Insurrection Act under the pretenses of combating violent crime in US cities.
During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker asked Vance if Trump was “seriously considering” invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to use the US military to carry out law enforcement operations.
‘A Pretext to Take Over American Cities’: JD Vance Sparks Alarm With Comments on Insurrection Act“The guardrails are gone,” warned Democratic political strategist David Axelrod.