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 Joe Biden personally to request he send in the National Guard.
“I’m here to proclaim to all those who gnash their teeth and demand to wipe the State of Israel off the map and attack our innocent Jewish students this simple truth: Neither Israel, nor these Jewish students on this campus, will ever stand alone,” he declared.
Asked about Johnson’s comments on Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters they had not received a call from the speaker’s office.
“That is something that
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