Vice President JD Vance joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller at Washington’s Union Station to greet National Guard troops deployed to the nation’s capital.

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The trio greeted troops near a table piled with hamburgers, and Vance said, “You guys are doing a helluva job.”

Pro-Palestinian protesters could be heard chanting nearby, and Vance said those demonstrating appeared “to hate the idea that Americans can enjoy their communities.”

Vance was later asked by reporters why troops had been sent to Washington’s main train transportation hub.

The vice president suggested crime was extremely high at the station — a premise disputed by local officials. He added, “This should be a monument to America

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