Protesters Shout at VP Vance and Sec. Hegseth, Stephen Miller Responds

Vice President Vance, Sec. of Defense Hegseth and White House Depty Chief of Staff Stephen Miller made a trip to Union Station today to personally thank some of the National Guardsmen who have been deployed in the city. Protesters took the opportunity to shout and boo.

As Vice President JD Vance staged a lunch to thank the National Guard members that President Donald Trump has deployed to Washington, DC, he was frequently drowned out by protesters.

Vance entered Union Station’s Shake Shack to a mix of claps and boos, shaking hands and posing for photos with several people waiting to order lunch. As the boos grew louder, others in the crowd began chanting “USA, USA, USA” in response.

Blocked from the second floor of a Shake Shack in Union Station — where Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller were chatting with more than a dozen guards Wednesday afternoon — protesters loudly chanted “shame,” “this is our city,” and “we want the military out of our streets.”

Video shows things started out pretty calm.

🚨Happening Now: Vice President JD Vance, Secretary Hegseth, and Stephen Miller arrive at Union Station to view the progress of the clean up in Washington DC pic.twitter.com/ol9o61Z8bQ

— William Martin (@VPCommsDir) August 20, 2025

But at some point it turned into people shouting that the Vice President is a Nazi.

Watch how the deranged NPCs reacted to Trump administration officials visiting the National Guard at Union Station in DC:

“F—k you Pete! F—king Nazi!”

“GET THE F—K OUT OF MY CITYYYY!”

Imagine being this passionate about letting criminals roam free. pic.twitter.com/7GJywCtlvM

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) August 20, 2025

The group made it into an upstairs area where VP Vance got an update on what they’d been doing and then thanked them saying, “We’re proud of you and we’re grateful to you.”

“We appreciate everything that you’re doing. You guys bust your ass all day, we give you a hamburger. Not a fair trade, but we’re grateful for everything you guys do.”@VP JD Vance and @SecDef Hegseth with National Guard troops at @shakeshack in Union Station, Washington, DC. pic.twitter.com/yqQefHQzLL

— CSPAN (@cspan) August 20, 2025

Vance apparently bought them lunch while the protesters kept shouting.

As JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, and Stephen Miller shake hands with National Guard troops and hand out hamburgers, you can hear “FREE DC” chants coming from the halls of Union Station. pic.twitter.com/LX5aloWMBd

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) August 20, 2025

Vance almuerza con la Guardia Nacional en Union Station |

El vicepresidente JD Vance llegó a Union Station en Washington junto a Pete Hegseth y Stephen Miller el miércoles 20 de agosto, para una sesión de fotos y un almuerzo con tropas de la Guardia Nacional.

Imágenes… pic.twitter.com/Dwnj3G4v3R

— El Diario Nueva York (@eldiariony) August 20, 2025

Then at some point Stephen Miller spoke for a couple minutes saying, “For too long, 99% of the city has been terrorized by 1% of the city.” He added, “We’re going to prove that a city can serve for the law-abiding residents who live there.” Referring to the protesters more broadly he said, “We are going to ignore these stupid, white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they’re all over ninety years old.”

🚨 LMAO! While at Union Station in DC, Stephen Miller just DESTROYED the leftist “protestors” who are yelling at National Guard troops

“We are going to ignore these STUPID WHITE HIPPIES that all need to go home and take a nap because they’re all over ninety years old.” 🤣🔥

“We… pic.twitter.com/M5nSpUMA7O

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 20, 2025

On the way out, VP Vance and Hegseth were pointing and laughing at some of the protesters.

HOLY SH*T 🚨 JD Vance and Pete Hegseth literally LAUGHED directly at protestors POINTING at them saying:

“This is the guy who thinks people don’t deserve law and order in their own community”

LMAO I LOVE THIS 🤣 pic.twitter.com/JSp1XbbxmY

— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) August 20, 2025

The booing and shouting continued as they left.

Vance and Hegseth leaving Union Station, lots of boos pic.twitter.com/oRT9wOca8c

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) August 20, 2025

The left really is doubling down on opposing law and order. I guess we’ll see if that message works for them in DC and beyond. As I’ve said before, I think their real concern is that this will work and suddenly Democrats in blue cities everywhere will be facing uncomfortable questions about how much crime and disorder gets tolerated.