White House Declines Johnson’s Call to Send National Guard to Columbia Protests

President Joe Biden speaks in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House, on April 3, 2024. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

The White House responded on April 25 to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) call to send the National Guard troops to deal with pro-Palestine protests on college campuses, saying it sees this as a state issue.

“That is something that is under the governors,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One. “That is something for the governors to decide.”