Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with National Guard troops at Washington’s Union Station on Wednesday, while protesters booed at the two leaders and chanted “free D.C.”

Vance told reporters that he had come to pass out a few burgers to the troops and responded to the chants with, “Let’s free Washington, D.C. from lawlessness.”

He added that he believed crime statistics were not showing the full scope of crime levels in D.C. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was also present during the visit.

Officials say about 1,900 troops are being deployed in Washington, with more than half coming from Republican-led states , including Tennessee, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, West Virginia and Ohio.

Earlier Wednesday, an armored vehicle col

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