White House Commends ‘Admirable’ Students Protecting American Flag

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says deploying the National Guard ‘is something that governors decide on.’

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks to the media during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The White House praised the actions of UNC-Chapel Hill fraternity brothers on May 3 for protecting the American flag from protestors looking to tear it down and replace it with a Palestinian flag.

“All Americans have the right to peacefully protest,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who deemed it “admirable” to protect the flag. “It is not right to forcefully forcefully take down the American flag to replace it with another flag. It is not right.”