Roughly 15 minutes prior to me making this comment (2:45 CST):

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/01/24/walz_i_have_activated_the_national_guard.html

REPORTER: Have you activated the National Guard… can you tell us if they are going to be playing a role?

GOV. TIM WALZ (D-MN): Yeah, yes, the answer is yes, we have, as we said last week, and we staged those troops. I’ll have General Manke talk about where they’re at, and again, use this as an opportunity to stress to Minnesotans the frustration you have, and as you saw this, they killed a man, created chaos, pushed down protesters, threw gas indiscriminately, and then left the scene, and then were left to clean up. I understand the anger.

I understand trying to parse who were the law enforcement on the scene when you got there after a man was killed is difficult for folks who are out there, but I can’t stress enough our goal, and I’ll have General Manke talk about what the role of these Guard troops are in conjunction with incredible work from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, from mutual aid across, and of course the State Patrol, of trying to get to the point where what we’re saying is we can handle this, and Minnesotans can express their First Amendment rights, and have our folks on the streets, and get these people out of here. And so, John, if you want to talk a little bit, but the answer is yes, there’s activated, he can talk to you about numbers.