Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
"Minnesotans are at the vanguard right now...Take what we’re doing and bring it to your cities.”
Reporters Nate Halverson and Sam Van Pykeren spoke with first-time protesters, vets, and religious leaders at a demonstration outside of the federal Whipple building in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The building is where much of the federal activity is happening, and has become ground zero over the last months of regular and growing protests as the federal occupation of the city continues.
But the Minnesotans from far and wide have a message for people in the rest of the country who may watching. Here's what they have to say:
"Minnesotans are at the vanguard right now...Take what we’re doing and bring it to your cities.”
Reporters Nate Halverson and Sam Van Pykeren spoke with first-time protesters, vets, and religious leaders at a demonstration outside of the federal Whipple building in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The building is where much of the federal activity is happening, and has become ground zero over the last months of regular and growing protests as the federal occupation of the city continues.
But the Minnesotans from far and wide have a message for people in the rest of the country who may watching. Here's what they have to say:
