Rock the boat. A report from The Guardian is alleging that Vice President JD Vance changed the water level of a river for his birthday boating trip. Wow. Technically, Vance himself didn't change the water level. We'll explain what happened in a moment. But, Jake, what was your reaction to this story? [00:00:18] It's a good thing we cut all waste, fraud and abuse from the government. Jesus Christ, man, this is epic. Even conservatives are like, bro, really? You changed the flow of a river so you can go kayaking. [00:00:34] All right, let's give you the details. And I got more where that came from. It all has to do with a recent birthday trip near a particular lake in Ohio. Okay. Where he wanted to have a good time, and he didn't want anything or any act of nature to interfere with it. [00:00:50] Vance was spotted in the southwestern Ohio area August 2nd, his 41st birthday, according to social media posts that noted he was seen canoeing on the Little Miami River tributary that Caesar Creek Lake feeds into. U.S. Secret Service, asked the U.S. [00:01:05] Army Corps of Engineers to change the outflow of that lake, and this was the stated reason why the request from the US Secret Service was made to support safe navigation of the US Vice President's security detail for an August outing. [00:01:23] But the Guardian got a tip for the real reason why the lake's outflow was changed. 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. [00:01:42] Specifically, the outflow request was intended to raise the Little Miami River's water level. Guardian was unable to verify that claim, but if the report is true, it casts doubt on the Trump administration's mission to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the government. [00:01:58] While there is no allegation that Vance's office did anything illegal, ethics lawyer Richard Painter, who served in the George W Bush administration, said it seemed hypocritical, pretty outrageous for Vance to be receiving these particular accommodations for his family holiday. [00:02:13] When the administration's cuts have led to drastic cuts in the National Park Service. And we've talked a lot about that. Okay. Jake, even to support safe navigation for the Secret Service, [00:02:28] I don't agree with you. Just don't go. Don't go kayaking. Isn't that what you and your family and millions of Americans, if they can even afford a vacation, would have to do. Yeah, 100%. I mean, look, there's two levels of outrage here. One is, you know, if that source they have is right, and he they changed the flow [00:02:49] of a river in America, by the way, that endangers a bunch of things when you ask them to do that out of order. So they're taking water from the lake and bringing it into the river. And you see the the water level in the lake drop. I've seen the charts on it, etc.. And I mean, that could affect the natural habitat, [00:03:07] that could affect the not only the fish, but the guys who go fishing there. ET cetera. ET cetera. Right. There's a lot of ramifications that go along with that. That's why they don't normally do it willy nilly. And there's a whole process for it. And if you did all of that because you wanted ideal kayaking conditions [00:03:24] because you're a fancy elite, that's just unreal, right? But okay. But let's go to what Sharon said because I was going to say the same thing. Let's say that that's not true. He just wanted to go kayaking. He didn't need ideal conditions. But God does. [00:03:41] Secret service has a kayak that somehow is deeper than other kayaks. And so they that's that's that's why they needed it for the deep Secret Service kayaks. Right. Okay. Now, if I'm the vice president, do I take vacation from time to time? [00:03:58] Of course. You're a normal person. You got to take vacation. You want to go kayaking? Okay. No problem. That sounds fun. Okay. And then they tell me, well, the Secret Service have to come with you. That makes sense. And I know that that comes with a certain amount of cost, and that's okay, because that's how we run this government and they need that protection. [00:04:13] Then if they said to me, sir, we're going to have to change the course of the river so that the Secret Service can go kayaking with you. So we're going to have to take all the water out of the lake and bring it into the river. I'm like, you know what? Don't worry about it. I go to the pool instead, right? [00:04:30] Or I'll go to a movie. Check out the new Marvel movie or something. Right? No, I don't need you to change the course of the river and the flow of the river so I can go kayaking for a dad. No, don't don't don't don't, don't. And so far, nobody's reported how much this cost. But my guess is a lot. Okay. [00:04:48] And I would be worried about the taxpayers. I would be worried about seeming incredibly aloof and elitist. That I'm changing the flow of a river to accommodate my kayaking ass. Right? Like that. [00:05:03] But apparently that never even occurs to them. Like. Well, of course it changed right away. It changed whatever you need. But, sir, weren't you saying that you were going to fight waste, fraud and abuse? No no no no. That was just a gimmick. So we could do tax cuts for the rich. [00:05:21] Remember I also said we'd cut the Pentagon? Then we added $150 billion, and most of that went to my donors like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and all those guys. Oh, change the river. I mean, I can tell you a long story about in history, how Genghis Khan once changed [00:05:37] the path of a river, to spite his enemies. But in this case, J.D. Vance is doing it to spite his own voters. Yeah. Let them eat cake. There's this enormous disconnect. It used to be when politicians were stealing lots of money. [00:05:54] You'd have to catch them on some grainy surveillance footage or something. They didn't want people to know that they weren't, you know, blue collar roots and this and that. Now change it. Just change it. Go to the pool. We came here to do kayaking, and I want to do it right here. [00:06:13] And this is where we're doing it. - My kids screaming I want. - To go kayaking. And so this is what they're doing. Okay. He needs a break. Kayaking in this particular place is what he needs to do. And then he'll get back to Epstein's strategizing with Kash Patel and Pam Bondi [00:06:30] and her scratched cornea another day. Yeah, it's just outrageous. It's outrageous the how they're so front and center with it. Outrageous. Yeah, I forget the exact amount, but it was millions. And maybe even in the tens of millions when Donald Trump diverted [00:06:48] his entire European trip to go play golf at his course in Scotland. Right. Having nothing to do with foreign policy, having nothing to do with anything. Right. And it costs a tremendous amount of money. But not only did he want to play golf there, but he wanted everybody covering his course. [00:07:04] So he invited the entire world media so he can get marketing for his golf course. And we had to pay for that. And they're pretending that they're cutting waste, fraud and abuse. They are the waste, fraud and abuse. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets his wings. [00:07:20] Totally not true, but it does keep you updated on our live shows.