The vice president and defense secretary met with National Guard troops at Union Station, while protesters booed at the two leaders and chanted “free D.C.”

Vice President JD Vance joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller at Washington’s Union Station to greet National Guard troops deployed to the capital.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller also claimed that bringing in federal law enforcement is meant to protect Washington’s Black residents, as Trump administration officials greeted troops at Union Station.

Vance and Hegseth, joined by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, were at the transit hub to meet with members of the National Guard deployed to the nation’s capital by President Donald Trump. Trump took control of the city’s police force and deployed the guard to combat what he called “out of control crime” in D.C.

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

Vice President JD Vance will tout the administration’s signature tax-and-spending law and attack Jon Ossoff, the vulnerable Senate Democrat who opposed it.

“Oh look, it’s couch-fucker !” one person shouted in a video shared to X by HuffPost reporter Arthur Delaney. “You gonna fuck a couch, buddy?” The shouting built to a crescendo, and it became difficult to make out the jeers of individual onlookers. But one sentiment was clear: “Go fuck a couch, JD Vance!” the first heckler shouted.

The wall on the side of Sulimay’s Restaurant joins a global movement of using memes of the Vice President to protest his policies.

Donald Trump has given Vice President J.D. Vance an expanded role in coordinating a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, in what could end up being a crucial litmus test ahead of the 2028 election.