White House Commends ‘Admirable’ Students Protecting American Flag by T.J. Muscaro – US Politics News

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.”
The White House also affirmed the position taken by President Joe Biden in his May 2 address on the ongoing pro-Palestine protests on college campuses, specifically that while the administration remains committed to the rule of law, it also opposes the idea of activating the National Guard….