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JD Vance's team had water level of Ohio river raised for family's boating trip
- pgib 1y agoHow many vacations does this guy take??
- dcrazy 1y agoI feel like you can say this about many politicians. A lot of the work of politics isn’t done in the Capitol building, it’s done on vacation with your favorite senator’s family. Plus the Vice Presidency is a ceremonial job.
- martin8412 1y agoIf he is on vacation, he can do less damage
- petermcneeley 1y agoWhen you think about what they do for a "job" can one really say if they are on vacation or not?
- delichon 1y ago* family ski trip to Vermont in March * family trip to Disneyland in July * family kayak trip in Ohio last week (on his 41st birthday) * currently on a 10 day visit with family to the UK The total is about 18 days of vacation in 201 days in office. That's more vacation that I get. Is it high for politicians?
- gerhardi 1y agoSeems pretty normal amount from many western countries / EU perspective though. A quite standard 30 days paid time off could go like: - Christmas to New year off (~3-5 days PTO + public holidays paid) - Winter holiday in Feb/March (5 days PTO) - Maybe a week off around Easter or Ascension day (4 days PTO + public holiday paid) - 3 weeks off in the summer (15 days PTO) - A long weekend in the autumn (1 day PTO) or a week if you didn't take a week off in the spring -> 30 days PTO total
- p_j_w 1y agoConservatives famously advocate for similar policies here in the US.
- kcplate 1y agoProbably about the same amount that you do, it’s just you don’t have media following you around everywhere reporting your every step.
- NickC25 1y agoWhat a narcissistic diva. Sad.
- eddythompson80 1y agoBeavers like to do that to rivers too. I don't know if they have a Secret Service equivalent. I think some do it for economical reasons but the majority do it out of boredom.
- kokx 1y agoI wouldn't be surprised if this happened without JD Vance's knowledge. This sounds like a thing that Secret Service would make happen to make sure they can secure him at all times.
- Rover222 1y agoYeah agreed.
- 4gotunameagain 1y agoI wouldn't be surprised if it was explicitly requested to make for a more fun kayaking trip either. This sounds like a thing that someone who rejects climate change while receiving big oil donations would do.
- docdeek 1y agoThe Secret Service did it to ensure the security of the second family. Via NYT: "Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesman, said that for security reasons, the agency asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to temporarily increase water flow from Caesar Creek Lake, which is connected to the river. The boats used by the Secret Service for security or an emergency evacuation are usually motorized and need deeper waters to operate, he said. Smaller boats like the ones the Vances were using, such as kayaks and canoes, can operate in shallower waters. Mr. Guglielmi also said that the Service and local public safety officials conducted a scouting mission ahead of the excursion. During that time, one of the local public safety boats ran aground, an indication that the water level was too low for that vessel.” [0] 0: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/secret-service-vance-boating.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c08.Cy5r.pRr2f6AyLyno&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/secret-servic...
- HWR_14 1y agoInstead of changing the flow of water, what if they had just gotten the second family to vacation elsewhere
- yahway 1y agoDoes it matter? Something else would be offset just the same.
- porlemni 1y agoOh this changes everything! Thankfully we all have your superior reasoning skills to help us navigate these frought waters.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 1y ago"for security reasons" is a wonderful excuse that can be used for everything, and mostly just shuts down any criticisms. It's up there with 'for the children'.