JD Vance Booed While Visiting National Guard in DC
So, something pretty intense happened in Washington, DC this week. JD Vance, the US Vice-President, was out at Union Station, which, as you probably know, is the city’s largest rail hub. He wasn’t alone—he was there with Pete Hegseth, the Defense Secretary, and Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff. They were visiting National Guard troops who had been deployed to the city just last week by former President Donald Trump. The troops were there supposedly to crack down on crime, homelessness, and general disorder.
But the visit didn’t exactly go as smoothly as planned. As Vance and the others arrived, they were immediately met by protesters. People were yelling slogans like “Free DC!” and “From DC to Palestine, occupation is a crime.” Some of the chants even included more colorful language. It got loud, it got chaotic, and honestly, the atmosphere seemed pretty tense.
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Despite the heckling, Vance tried to keep things on message. While handing out burgers to the troops at Shake Shack, he made a point of thanking the soldiers, saying, “We appreciate everything you’re doing,” and he added, “We brought some law and order back.” He explained why the troops had been stationed at Union Station, claiming that the area was being overrun by “vagrants, drug addicts, the chronically homeless, and the mentally ill,” and that visitors didn’t feel safe. He even said the station should be “a monument to American greatness” and that people “do not have to live like this.”
Addressing the crowd outside, Vance didn’t hold back. He called the protesters a group of “old, primarily white people” who had “never felt danger in their entire lives.” He went on to co-opt their own chant, saying, “Let’s free Washington DC, so that young families can walk around and feel safe and secure.” Meanwhile, Stephen Miller added his own comments, referring to the demonstrators as “crazy communists” and joking that they were all “over 90 years old” and should “take a nap.”
This whole scene comes after Trump federalized the city’s police department and ordered nearly 1,900 National Guard troops to DC. Most of them were sent from Republican-led states like Louisiana and South Carolina. Even though the city’s crime rate has been steadily falling—violent crime is at a 30-year low—the administration has framed the deployment as a crackdown on “crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor” in the capital.
So, there you have it. A burger handout turned into a real-life confrontation between political leaders and the public, highlighting just how divided opinions are on the presence of federal troops in Washington. It’s a situation that’s definitely worth keeping an eye on, especially as debates over policing and public safety continue to play out in cities across the country.
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