It was not invoked, but there was an attempt by that White House to try and use it. So Tom Davis and myself, Republican from Virginia, put an amendment in making sure it was difficult to invoke that act. and especially against American citizens. Take it one more step to 2010 on the Armed Services Committee. I passed a resolution that in the National Defense Authorization act, we created the Council of Governors. (09:06–09:13)
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Asserts that Tim Walz and Tom Davis introduced an amendment to make invoking the Insurrection Act more difficult.
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