Minnesota in Chaos: Can the President Invoke the Insurrection Act? | Mehek Cooke

Unshaken & Unafraid with Joe Pags · Jan 28, 2026 · 33m · transcript

Minnesota is spiraling.

ICE agents are being blocked. Police are standing down. Local leaders refuse to enforce federal law.

So what happens when a state won’t protect its own citizens?

Attorney and policy expert Mehek Cooke joins Joe Pags to break down the one tool the President can legally use right now: the Insurrection Act.

Can the President send in federal troops without Congress?

When does federal authority override the states?

And has Minnesota already crossed that line?

This is a straight talk, no-spin look at what the law actually allows — and why waiting could make…