The White House has turned down Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) call to deploy the National Guard on college campuses that are witnessing large-scale protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict. What Happened: House Speaker Johnson, on Thursday, urged President Joe Biden to mobilize the National Guard to suppress the widespread protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas war, as reported by The Hill. Johnson had visited Columbia University on Wednesday, where the first major pro-Palestine protest took place and has since proliferated to several colleges across the country. I…
