Hegseth faces off with 'Free DC' protesters at National Guard event
Hegseth praised about 200 Guard members as protesters heckled officials and chanted for them to go home during the task force event.
- On Thursday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosted a National Guard ceremony at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, facing intense heckling from protesters demonstrating against the administration's military deployment.
- The ceremony supported the Trump administration's 'D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force,' an initiative aimed at lowering crime and 'beautifying' the nation's capital ahead of the country's upcoming 250th anniversary celebrations.
- About 200 members of the National Guard attended, where Hegseth praised their "difficult, tough job" while labeling protesters "ingrates" as demonstrators blew whistles and horns throughout his address.
- White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche joined the Secretary, claiming the deployment caused significant crime drops and increased public trust in Guard members.
- Despite administration claims, a D.C. think tank recently reported that the deployment reduced opportunistic property crime but had no measurable effect on violent crime rates in the district.
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