Last weekend, birthday boy JD Vance had the US Army Corps of Engineers manually raise the water levels of a lake in Ohio to have a better kayaking trip — using public funds to do so.
The official request stated that the outflow of water was modified for the vice presidential security detail to safely navigate the water, though there’s an unconfirmed report from an anonymous source that said it was done to create ‘ideal kayaking conditions’ — and while the USACE does occasionally change outflows for things like community events and training for first responders, the Vice President’s birthday doesn’t sound like it fits into those categories. Most people would’ve just picked a different birthday activity!
The hypocrisy of this administration truly is astounding, from running on government transparency but refusing to release the Epstein files, to claiming to care about Americans but cutting access to healthcare, vaccinations, and cancer research, to making everything more expensive while Trump and his minions make fortunes.
Former White House Special Counsel for ethics and government reform Norm Eisen spoke on the absurdity and hypocrisy of using public funds to raise the water levels of a lake for a birthday party amid cuts to Medicaid, the National Park Service, NOAA, and almost everything else beneficial for Americans. He said, “I never would have permitted this kind of a thing because whether it technically violates the rules or not, it creates the appearance that the vice-president of the United States is getting special treatment that’s not available to the average person who wants to utilise that body of water for recreational purposes.” Special treatment is definitely the theme of the Trump admin — it’s giving Capitol citizens using Hunger Games arenas as vacation spots, to be honest.
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