Protesters booed and jeered Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as they came to the station, located blocks from the U.S. Capitol, to thank the troops. The crowd's chants drowned out the voices of the officials.

The VP dismissed the demonstrators as ‘old, primarily white people’ who have ‘never felt danger in their entire lives.’

President Donald Trump has expanded his law-enforcement crackdown in Washington, D.C., with top officials visiting National Guard troops at the city's main railroad station.

Watch as JD Vance and Pete Hegseth deliver Shake Shack burgers to National Guard deployed in Washington DC. Footage taken on Wednesday (20 August) at Washington DC's Union Station shows Vance handing out burgers to troops as he applauds them for “doing a hell of a job”.

A visit to National Guard members patrolling Union Station in downtown Washington D.C. by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was met by protestors.

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Stephen Miller spoke to the National Guard in DC on Wednesday.

Veep was joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller, who promised additional resources to DC crime crackdown while calling protesters ‘stupid white hippies’

Vice President JD Vance discusses efforts make the country safe again, starting with Washington, D.C., on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited Union Station on Wednesday to speak with National Guard members who have been positioned at the station and were greeted by protesters.