Overview
- At his alma mater, Ventura praised demonstrators outside Minneapolis' Roosevelt High School and warned that constitutional norms have been undermined since Jan. 6.
- He labeled President Donald Trump a "draft-dodging coward," contrasting the president’s draft record with his own Vietnam service.
- Ventura signaled interest in a return to the governor’s office, saying he is "owed a second" term after serving one term from 1999 to 2003.
- Homeland Security said agents pursued a U.S. citizen who rammed a government vehicle and led a five-mile chase into a school zone before being stopped near the campus.
- DHS reported an assault on an agent and objects and paint thrown by a crowd, saying officers used "targeted crowd control" and denying tear gas, while some local reports described a chemical spray.