Whoopi Goldberg of The View shared her thoughts on Donald Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis. Crowds have gathered to protest, and the president posted that he may deploy the military to end the protests. Whoopi reiterated that “people protesting is not an insurrection, it’s just people protesting.”
President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis
Tensions continue to rise in Minneapolis following a second shooting by an ICE officer. The first shooting took the life of Renee Nicole Good last week. Crowds gathered to protest ICE conduct and the administration’s very strict immigration policies. Minneapolis officials continue to urge demonstrators to maintain peaceful conduct.
Despite this, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy U.S. troops to stop the protests. Whoopi and her fellow panelists feel that this may be adding fuel to the fire of what is already a dangerous tinderbox situation.
For now, the panelists continued to reiterate the need to keep peace on the streets and not to meet chaos with chaos. However, Whoopi, touching on the Civil Rights movement of the past, added that she feels that no matter what, the ICE side will remain aggressive against the protestors, and this may escalate the situation.
“To me, I’m really glad that people have been doing it the right way,” she said. “Because had people gone in a different direction, this is a whole different story. This is a whole different conversation. So I’m happy to see that people are exercising their right.”
She also added, “People protesting is not an insurrection. It’s just people protesting. When he’s saying that he’s going to put that out, he’s basically saying you’re doing something you’re not doing.”
Joy Behar weighed in and called out the Trump administration’s hypocrisy when it comes to protesting. “On January 6, when there was really an insurrection, the administration said the people attacking police were tourists,” she said.
TELL US – DO YOU AGREE WITH WHOOPI? SHOULD PEOPLE BE ALLOWED TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST WITHOUT FEAR OF THE INSURRECTION ACT?
