JD Vance sought last week to use a military helicopter to ferry himself and his son across Washington for a golf lesson, one of a number of allegedly unusual travel requests that has left the Republican’s security detail “fed up,” MS Now reports.

The alleged travel plans aboard Marine Two were ultimately canceled due to weather, but Secret Service agents nonetheless discussed it among themselves unhappily, according to the outlet.

Past vice presidents have had Secret Service agents drive their children to activities, rather than use military hardware, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars per hour to operate.

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    13 days ago

    A series of last-minute travel requests, known as “off the record” movements,

    Not like this administration likes to do anything on the record.

    Vance’s plans to travel from his home at the Naval Observatory to the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base would’ve represented a flight on a familiar route, while avoiding public impacts such as traffic jams

    Ah, he thinks he’s too good to sit in traffic.

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      13 days ago

      Not to defend vance, fuck him, but a motorcade would indeed be disruptive to regular traffic. Or don’t vice presidents travel in convoys?

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        Yeah, I always hated when a motorcade made my commute even worse (I live in the DC area and commuted near Andrews AFB, so it did happen now and then - I usually ran into them on the Suitland Parkway).