JD Vance booed during hamburger handout to national guard troops in DC

US vice-president, at Washington's Union Station with Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth, defends use of troops in area with less crime

JD Vance was booed and heckled with chants of Free DC!" during a photo op with national guard troops at Union Station in Washington on Wednesday afternoon.

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.