Pentagon Puts 1,500 Troops On Standby For Possible Minnesota Deployment, Report Says

The Pentagon has ordered some 1,500 active-duty troops to prepare for a potential deployment to Minnesota, several news outlets reported on Sunday. 

The order, first reported by ABC News, comes days after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to put down protests that erupted in the aftermath of the killing of Minneapolis woman Renee Good by an immigration agent.

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However, Trump later told reporters he didn’t think...