Rep. Mary Miller calls for arrest of Gov. Tim Walz under Insurrection Act

Republican lawmakers are urging President Donald Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the Democrat warned he may deploy the National Guard in response to federal immigration enforcement actions in his state.

“Invoke the Insurrection Act. Arrest Tim Walz,” Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., said in a message to X Wednesday evening.

Miller’s calls to enforce the law, which gives the president the power to arrest suspects obstructing federal law enforcement, follows Walz’s suggestion that he could deploy the National Guard to push back against President Donald Trump’s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., delivers remarks after receiving an endorsement during a Save America rally with President Donald Trump at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

“We do not need additional help from the federal government. To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, you have done enough. I have issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard,” Walz said during a press briefing.

Walz’s warning Wednesday follows a fatal encounter between ICE and a woman. A law enforcement officer shot Renee Nicole Good, 37, as she confronted officers from her car in Minneapolis, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

“We have Soldiers in training and ready to deploy if necessary. I remind you, a warning order is a warning to people,” Walz said. “Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as a prop in a national political fight.”

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced that he will not seek re-election on January 5, 2026, during a press conference at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Under Minnesota law, Walz has the authority to deploy the National Guard for “the defense or relief of the State, law enforcement, [or] protection of people” in the State.

Other Republicans reacting to Walz’s warning also believe such action could trigger recourse to the law.

“Someone remind him: Donald Trump is commander in chief. And federal authority trumps state authority. That’s not an opinion, it’s the Constitution,” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said in her own post.

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks during a hearing with the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the Rayburn House office building April 11, 2024, in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“What Walz threatens has a name: insurrection. Mr. President, the law is on your side. Use it,” she added.

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Walz’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.