It was not particularly surprising to see House Speaker Mike Johnson at Columbia calling for the resignation of the college's president. However, to hear him demand that Biden send the National Guard to suppress the pro-Palestine demonstrations seemed extraordinary to me. I suppose Johnson was a child when National Guardsmen opened fire on the student protesters in 1970 at Kent State, killing four and wounding nine. That seems a poor excuse for a national leader for such a level of ignorance or disregard about such an historic and consequential event.
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| Mary Ann Vecchio screams as she kneels over the body of Kent State University student Jeffrey Miller on May 4, 1970. Photo by John Filo |
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