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A lot of demonstrators sang slogans as Vice President JD Vance thanked the National Guard and the police at the Union Station in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.
Vance praised the law enforcement and said that violent crime had dropped by 35% in the nine days since the president Donald Trump Order the procedure. The Vice President appeared alongside Defense Minister Pete Hegseth and the deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, each of whom noticed on the screaming demonstrators.
In recent years, Vance has described the Union Station as Vagrantia, drug addicts, “chronically homeless” people and mentally ill people and attacks in the public transport center.
“I think you hear these boys screaming us out of us. Of course these are a few crazy demonstrators. But I will tell you a few years ago when I brought my children here, they were shouted at by violent vagrants. And it was frightened by hell from my children,” said Vance.
“I know that we have now acted, some violent, crazy people who shout with a few crazy liberals who shout at the Vice President. But I think that’s a very worthwhile trade because we want our people to enjoy our beautiful cities,” continued Vance. “This is your city. You should feel free to come here.”
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Vice President JD Vance and Defense Minister Pete Hegseth visit the National Guard troops at the Union Station in Washington, DC on August 20, 2025. (Alexander Drago / Pool / AFP)
Vance also collided with a reporter who asked if he had evidence of the problem of crimes in Washington.
“You just have to look around – obviously DC has a terrible crime problem,” he said, pointing out how the Ministry of Justice and the FBI statistics “support”.
“Just talk to a resident of this city, this beautiful, great American city,” said Vance. “We hear these people outside who scream ‘free dc’, let us free us from lawlessness.”
“It is bizarre that we have a lot of age, mainly white people who protest against the guidelines out there that people bring to safety when they have never felt danger in their entire life,” added the Vice President.
Miller was still dull and described many of the demonstrators as “older people” and “over 90 years”.
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“We will not allow the communists to destroy a large American city, let alone the capital of the nation,” said Miller and mocked the demonstrators as “stupid white hippies”.
Vice President JD Vance eats a Shake Shack Hamburger with members of the National Guard at the Union Station in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Pool/AFP via Getty Images))
“99% of this city were terrorized by 1% of this city for too long,” said Miller. “And the voices that you hear outside, these crazy communists, you have no connection to the city. You have no families. They have not grew up in this city. They have no one that they send to school in this city. They have no jobs in this city. They have no connections to this community.
The Trump government’s procedure against violent crimes in DC has already brought hundreds of arrests. The show of violence has recorded gang members, pregnant people and robberies Immigration last. 52 people were arrested on Friday alone, including 28 illegal immigrants, while three weapons were confiscated.
The National Guard troops are at the Union Station in the middle of demonstrators, days after President Trump ordered a crime in the city. (Fox News Digital/Emma Woodhead)
Federal teams also released dozens of homeless camps, and the officials said that these distances were carried out without confrontations or arrests.
The operation began on August 7 with the start of the Task Force “Making DC Safe and Beautiful”. from Trump in March through an executive order.
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He escalated it on August 11th by temporarily confiscating the federal control via the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) after emergency powers in Home Rule Act, the first such step in US history.
Michael Dorgan from Fox News contributed to this report
