{"id":1551,"date":"2026-01-25T10:44:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2026-01-25T10:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:44:48","slug":"minnesota-gov-tim-walz-activates-state-national-guard-blasts-federal-government-after-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=1551","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activates state National Guard, blasts federal government after shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/24\/us-news\/articles-of-impeachment-filed-against-cartel-boss-tim-walz-could-expand-to-other-state-officials\/\">Gov. Tim Walz<\/a>\u00a0activated the state\u2019s National Guard in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed Minneapolis man who allegedly tried to intervene as federal agents arrested a migrant.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear how many Guard members are being called in, as National Guard Major Gen. Shawn Menke called the number \u201cadequate for this request,\u201d referring to a plea for assistance from the Hennepin County Sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Walz slammed the Trump administration Saturday, declaring state authorities would probe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/24\/us-news\/shots-fired-after-police-in-minneapolis-struggle-to-subdue-man-brandishing-gun-amid-protests-video-shows\/\">the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"38276706\"><\/button><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38276706\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/tim-walz-holding-press-conference-119609733.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/23\/us-news\/dhs-officials-debunk-viral-claims-ice-used-5-year-old-boy-as-bait-heres-what-they-say-really-happened\/\">Border Patrol agents<\/a>\u00a0attempted to arrest a criminal migrant outside a donut shop, federal authorities said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Follow The Post\u2019s coverage of the shooting of a 37-year-old anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activates state National Guard, blasts federal government after shooting<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gavin Newsom launches vicious attack on president over death of armed anti-ICE protestor: \u2018Trump made a shooting happen\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trump blasts Minnesota pols for \u2018inciting insurrection\u2019 in wake of shooting: \u2018Where are the local police?\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mamdani urges \u2018abolish ICE\u2019 after armed protester shot in Minneapolis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man waving gun at feds attempting to arrest illegal criminal migrant in Minneapolis fatally shot by agent: DHS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p>\u201cThey killed a man, created chaos, pushed down protesters, threw gas indiscriminately and then left the scene and then we\u2019re left to clean up,\u201d the governor claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinnesota\u2019s justice system will have the last word on this,\u201d he blustered, demanding President Trump withdraw federal agents from the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call on you once again: remove this force from Minnesota,\u201d Walz said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota\u00a0Gov. Tim Walz\u00a0activated the state\u2019s National Guard in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed Minneapolis man who allegedly tried to intervene as federal agents arrested a migrant. It\u2019s unclear how many Guard members are being called in, as National Guard Major Gen. Shawn Menke called the number \u201cadequate for this request,\u201d referring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1553,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551\/revisions\/1553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}