Pete Hegseth, Vance and National Guard
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As three of the most powerful men in the world attempted to seize yet another media moment broadcasting the White House’s crackdown on crime in Washington, protesters in the station drowned them out.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has sent a strong letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, rejecting the Trump administration's threats over immigration policies and asserting that Boston will not "bow down to unconstitutional threats or unlawful coercion" from the federal government.
The protesters jeered Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as they visited Union Station, blocks from the U.S. Capitol, to thank the troops at a Shake Shack where they bought lunch for the guard members.
The VP dismissed the demonstrators as ‘old, primarily white people’ who have ‘never felt danger in their entire lives.’
AP journalist describes chaotic scene when Vance and Hegseth made unannounced visit to Union Station
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.