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People Are Outraged After JD Vance Reportedly Had Bizarre Birthday Request

The vice president is being criticized for a request involving water.

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JD Vance made news for two things this week: He reacted to South Park‘s lampooning of him by posting to X that he had “finally made it,” and his team reportedly had the water level raised in Ohio when his family went on a boating trip.

Per The Guardian, Vance’s team “had the Army Corps of Engineers take the unusual step of changing the outflow of a lake in Ohio to accommodate a recent boating excursion on a family holiday.” Vance was depicted canoeing last weekend, which coincided with his 41st birthday.

The request came from the US Secret Service to “support safe navigation” for Vance’s security detail during a visit to the Little Miami River.

A subsequent Guardian story included a statement from Vance’s office that the vice president and his staff were unaware of the request.

“The Secret Service often employs protective measures without the knowledge of the vice-president or his staff, as was the case last weekend,” the statement from Vance’s office said.

“These decisions were made solely by agents during our standard advance planning process and did not involve the Office of the Vice President,” the Secret Service said in a statement.

The newspaper reported something else: “One source with knowledge of the matter who communicated with the Guardian anonymously alleged that the outflow request for the Caesar Creek Lake was not just to support the vice-president’s Secret Service detail, but also to create ‘ideal kayaking conditions.'”

It’s not clear what the cost was of carrying out that engineering maneuver. But there were some shocked social media reactions to the whole affair:

There was also an angry reaction by a Democratic Congresswoman from Ohio:

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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