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Bill O’Reilly recently appeared on NewsNation and said that what we are seeing in Minnesota and other places like Portland, Oregon is not protesting, but rather is open rebellion against the United States government.
It’s an excellent point, because there is a distinct difference between those two things and the so-called ‘protests’ have gone way beyond what is considered acceptable.
To make matters worse, this is all being egged on by elected officials like the mayor and the governor. It’s why Republicans in Minnesota are reportedly preparing to impeach Tim Walz.
Transcript by Overton News:
O’REILLY: “The problem with the Democrats is that the resistance to so over the top, it’s so blatant ideological to the left, that most Americans, even though they feel very sorry for Renee Good…they reject these people.”
“So I wrote a column on Bill O’Reilly dot com called ‘Rebellion.’”
“This is not a protest in Minnesota or Oregon or California. This is a rebellion.”
VITTERT: “Right, fighting with ICE is different than protesting.”
O’REILLY: “You can protest ICE all day long. Okay. But if you’re not going to obey federal law, as CLEARLY, Minnesota and Oregon are not…they’re not going to obey the law..that is a rebellion!”
“Just as we saw in the south before the Civil War and during the Vietnam War.”
“Those were the only two times that the American people, at least some of them, were in open rebellion against the federal government.”
See the video below:
Bill O’Reilly says what’s happening in Minnesota has gone WAY past protest — it’s now a REBELLION against the federal government.
The only two previous times Americans openly rebelled against federal authority were the Civil War and the Vietnam War.
O’REILLY: “The problem with… pic.twitter.com/cwVuI4yiOF
— Overton (@overton_news) January 13, 2026
Bill is correct about this and it’s hard to see how this ends without some form of intervention.
Certain leaders like Walz and Mayor Frey deserve to be removed from office and/or prosecuted for not stopping it and for making it worse.
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