National Guard, J.D. Vance
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US Vice President JD Vance was met with jeers and shouts of "Free DC" while visiting troops in Washington on Wednesday, as the National Guard said forces from multiple Republican-led states had arrived in the capital.
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth received a frosty reception in Washington, D.C.’s Union Station on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration launched a federal takeover of the capital.
Trump administration officials led by JD Vance fired back at protests targeting the federal takeover of D.C. during a wild scene at Union Station.
An estimated 1,900 troops are being deployed in D.C. with more than half are coming from GOP-led states responding to the Trump admin.
US Vice President JD Vance and other senior officials have been heckled during a meeting with National Guard troops in Washington DC. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller accompanied the Vice President to Union Station to visit troops,