What The Heck Is Going On With Jd Vance's Motorcade?

David Mcnew/Getty Images

Being assigned to thief protect nan Vice President of nan United States should beryllium an honor. They whitethorn not beryllium nan President, but they're still adjacent successful statement to clasp nan astir powerful position successful nan world. That grant doesn't conscionable use to the Secret Service agents successful nan VP's security, either, since they often inquire section rule enforcement to help retired pinch things for illustration motorcade security. But doubly recently, Vice President JD Vance's motorcade has tally into immoderate weird but vulnerable situations that person near america pinch respective questions — namely, what nan heck is going connected pinch JD Vance's motorcade?

The Washington Post reports that connected Friday night, a Maryville, Tennessee, constabulary serviceman escorting Vance's motorcade to a Republican National Committee fundraiser was progressive successful a clang pinch a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper. Details connected nan clang are still scarce, but we do cognize nan serviceman was riding a motorcycle astatine nan clip of nan crash. Initially, authorities chose not to disclose nan officer's sanction aliases condition, but Tennessee's 6News now reports the serviceman successful mobility is Maryville Police Officer FTO Justin Brown. They besides study that nan clang near Brown successful captious condition, though he is reportedly "making mini improvements."

Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp besides told reporters that Brown is dealing pinch important injuries, and doctors don't expect him to beryllium released immoderate clip soon. According to Crisp, "His advancement is expected to beryllium gradual and he will stay hospitalized for an extended play of time, but we are grateful for nan betterment we person seen since Friday." It still isn't clear what led to nan authorities trooper hitting Brown's motorcycle, but thankfully, emergency responders successful an ambulance walking pinch nan motorcade were capable to respond to nan clang quickly and administer aid.

Alex Wong/Getty Images

Friday night's clang besides comes little than a period aft Vance's motorcade was progressive successful a abstracted incident, this clip successful California. Vance was successful California to watch nan subject occurrence unrecorded munitions over California's Interstate 5, an objectively dumb thought that was destined to extremity badly, moreover if nary 1 expected nan Vice President's motorcade would beryllium affected. When a 155-millimeter artillery ammunition exploded prematurely, though, it rained shrapnel down connected nan crushed beneath it, peppering aggregate cars pinch pieces of metallic that 1 serviceman told nan BBC "sounded for illustration pebbles were raining down connected his patrol motorcycle."

Now, there's nary logic to presume nan 2 incidents are connected successful immoderate way, and there's moreover little grounds to support nan thought that personification whitethorn person been targeting Vance. That said, it's still a small concerning that thing has happened to nan Vice President's information item doubly successful little than a month. You besides can't really telephone it a shape until thing happens for a 3rd time, truthful for now, it's astir apt much of a coincidence than thing else. But is it a motion that location whitethorn beryllium thing going connected down nan scenes pinch nan Secret Service? 

They did person that rumor wherever the Beast's trunk popped open recently, which they're blaming connected mechanical failure. But shouldn't nan President's limo beryllium checked retired regularly capable that mechanical nonaccomplishment isn't an issue? There's astir apt thing to it, and it's each conscionable a bid of coincidences, but it's still odd, right? I surely don't retrieve this galore incidents during nan Biden administration. Then again, nan Biden management besides didn't insist connected firing unrecorded munitions complete a highway, truthful astatine slightest portion of this is self-inflicted. Still, I'm near pinch nan original mobility — what nan heck is going connected pinch JD Vance's motorcade?