JD Vance, joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller, handed out burgers to National Guard troops deployed at Union Station. Demonstrators outside booed and heckled, chanting slogans including "Free DC!" and "From DC to Palestine, occupation is a crime," and shouted expletives as the men entered and spoke. Vance thanked the troops and asserted that law and order had been restored. Vance characterized parts of the city as overrun with vagrants, drug addicts, the chronically homeless and the mentally ill, and said Washington should be a safe monument where young families can feel secure.
Handing out burgers to troops deployed last week by Donald Trump, at the station's Shake Shack alongside the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, Vance told soldiers we appreciate everything you're doing and asserted: We brought some law and order back. Meanwhile, a crowd of demonstrators protested outside. The crowd shouted slogans such as Free DC! and From DC to Palestine, occupation is a crime.
Asked why the troops were at the station instead of parts of the city where crime rates were statistically higher, Vance claimed it was being overrun with vagrants, drug addicts, the chronically homeless and the mentally ill and that visitors didn't feel safe. This should be a monument to American greatness, he said, later adding: We do not have to live like this.
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