{"id":2230173,"date":"2024-04-25T15:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-ignores-johnsons-call-to-send-in-national-guard-to-columbia-university\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T15:17:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:17:01","slug":"white-house-ignores-johnsons-call-to-send-in-national-guard-to-columbia-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-ignores-johnsons-call-to-send-in-national-guard-to-columbia-university\/","title":{"rendered":"White House disregards Johnson&#8217;s request for National Guard at Columbia University"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-ignores-johnsons-call-to-send-in-national-guard-to-columbia-university%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2230173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House rejected House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">request<\/a>\u2064 to deploy \u2064National Guard troops at \u200cColumbia University to manage pro-Gaza protests. Responsibility\u2063 was redirected \u2062to Governor Kathy Hochul of New York. Johnson also urged the resignation of Columbia&#8217;s \u2063President Minouche \u2064Shafik \u2062and mentioned contacting\u2064 President Joe Biden \u2062directly. Your \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\" title=\"9 Key Points from Trump Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\">key points<\/a> from the original text. It provides \u200ca clear and concise overview of the \u2062situation involving the White House, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Columbia University, and the related calls to action. Well \u2064done!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a><strong> <\/strong>Thursday deflected House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a>\u2018s (R-LA) request to send National Guard assets to police pro-Gaza protests at Columbia University, saying it\u2019s New York Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s (D-NY) call.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson visited Columbia on Wednesday, where he called on university President Minouche Shafik to resign and added that he planned on calling President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> personally to request he send in the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 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,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Johnson\u2019s comments on Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters they had not received a call from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-narrowly-reelected-to-another-term-as-speaker-of-the-house\/\" title=\"Pelosi Narrowly Reelected to Another Term as Speaker of the House\">speaker\u2019<\/a>s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is something that is under the governors,\u201d she said of Johnson\u2019s request to mobilize National Guardsmen. \u201cAs you know, Gov. Hochul visited Columbia University recently, and so she spoke to that. So I would just refer you to her comments. That is something for governors to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has condemned the \u201cvile\u201d antisemitism on display from some protesters, while simultaneously voicing compassion for the people of Gaza. Jean-Pierre echoed that rhetoric on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Biden] talked about how Passover \u2014 as Jewish Americans were celebrating Passover, and he said that antisemitism basically is wrong, and that we should call that out,\u201d she continued. \u201cThere is no place, no place for hate or hateful rhetoric or any type of violence, obviously, and that\u2019s what that is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can listen to Jean-Pierre\u2019s comments in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"KPU-0e1t6WI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Gaggle Aboard Air Force One En Route to Syracuse, NY\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KPU-0e1t6WI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the White House rejected House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s plea to deploy National Guard units for overseeing pro-Gaza demonstrations at Columbia University. The decision pivots the responsibility to New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Johnson, who visited Columbia on Wednesday, demanded President Minouche Shafik&#8217;s resignation and hinted at contacting the President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2230174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24115740959116.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2230173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24115740959116.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2230174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}