White House shuts down GOP calls to bring in National Guard for college protests

TheHill— The White House punted on Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) demand for President Biden to call in the National Guard to college campuses amid mass protests over the Israel-Hamas war on Thursday. Johnson visited Columbia University on Wednesday, the first of major pro-Palestine protests that have spread to dozens of college campuses around the country, and

The Washington Times—Speaker Johnson says Biden should call in National Guard to quell protests at colleges. House Speaker Mike Johnson says he thinks the president should call in the National Guard to calm the anti-Israel protests on college campuses if they fail to diminish on their own.

MYHIGHPLAINS—Hawley, Cotton call on Biden to deploy National Guard over Gaza protests at colleges. GOP Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) called on President Biden on Monday to deploy the National Guard to colleges, particularly Columbia University in New York City, where pro-Palestinian protesters have staged sit-ins and other disruptive activities to focus public attention on the war. “Eisenhower sent the 101st to Little Rock. It’s time for []

Washington Examiner—White House ignores Johnson’s call to send in National Guard to Columbia University. The White House Thursday deflected House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) request to send National Guard assets to police pro-Gaza protests at Columbia University, saying it’s New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D-NY) call. Johnson visited Columbia on Wednesday, where he called on university President Minouche Shafik to resign and added that he planned on calling President […]