Speaker Johnson Criticizes Newsom Amid Guard Debate

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was noncommittal on Friday when pressed on whether the Trump administration should send National Guard troops to his home state, CNN reports.

“I don’t know; that’s not my call,” he told the news outlet. “It may be necessary; I don’t know. Let’s take one city at a time and see.”

“We have to address the crime problem in any city where it is, if it’s a problem like that,” he added.

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