National Guard, Vance and Washington
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As Vice President JD Vance staged a lunch to thank the National Guard members that President Donald Trump has deployed to Washington, DC, he was frequently drowned out by protesters.
The protesters jeered Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as they visited Union Station, blocks from the U.S. Capitol, to thank the troops at a Shake Shack where they bought lunch for the guard members.
The Trump administration has deployed an overwhelming show of force in the nation's capital in response to a supposed “crime emergency.”
JD Vance was booed during his visit to the National Guard in Washington on Wednesday. The National Guard has been deployed in the US capital for almost a week and a half. Protesters gathered on the sidelines of the visit by US Vice President and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth,
Vice President Vance will speak with National Guard soldiers stationed at Union Station on Wednesday amid the Trump administration’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., law enforcement. President Trump deployed National Guard troops to the nation’s capital earlier this month to aid in the administration’s crackdown on crime in the District,
As protesters chanted nearby, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller visited National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
A Trump administration official slammed protestors in Washington, D.C.'s Union Station who called for the city to be "free" after the National Guard's deployment.
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The vice president and defense secretary met with National Guard troops at Union Station, while protesters booed at the two leaders and chanted “free D.C.”
Vice President Vance spoke with National Guard soldiers stationed at Union Station on Wednesday amid the Trump administration’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., law enforcement. President Trump deployed National Guard troops to the nation’s capital earlier this month to aid in the administration’s crackdown on crime in the District,