{"id":2677313,"date":"2026-10-06T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-scary-moment-as-usha-vance-and-infant-nearly-fall-from-helicopter-stairs-as-servicemen-refuse-to-move\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T18:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:10:56","slug":"watch-scary-moment-as-usha-vance-and-infant-nearly-fall-from-helicopter-stairs-as-servicemen-refuse-to-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-scary-moment-as-usha-vance-and-infant-nearly-fall-from-helicopter-stairs-as-servicemen-refuse-to-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Scary Moment as Usha Vance and Infant Nearly Fall from Helicopter Stairs as Servicemen Refuse to Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-scary-moment-as-usha-vance-and-infant-nearly-fall-from-helicopter-stairs-as-servicemen-refuse-to-move%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2677313&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recent incident involving Usha vance, the second lady, who appeared to stumble while carrying her infant son at a public event, while standing near military service members.Despite the fall, she regained her balance without injury, and the service members around her showed no reaction. The incident was shared on social media, prompting some users to criticize the military personnel for not assisting her, while others commented on the perceived protocol and the appropriateness of the response. Some leftists mockingly suggested the incident was perilous, but the overall tone indicates that the fall was harmless and quickly recovered from. The article reflects on the possible reasons for the vice president\u2019s perceived inattention and discusses broader lessons about protocol, protection, and social reactions to such occurrences.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Americans have a special relationship with our military. We freely criticize its leadership but rarely, if ever, its service members.<\/p>\n<p>This might be one of those exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>In a clip posted Monday to the social media platform X, second lady Usha Vance, wife of Vice President J.D. Vance, appeared to stumble while carrying the couple\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-tuck-hidden-reference-new-sons-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infant son, Alec.<\/a> and descending the short steps of Marine Two, the vice presidential helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>When she stumbled, not one of the four service members standing at attention a few feet away moved a muscle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my gosh,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >barely audible female voice<\/a> said after the near calamity.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the second lady caught herself before falling. She then smiled at the service members surrounding her.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-vances-task-force-purges-760000-names-obamacare-rolls-uncovering-rampant-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vice president<\/a> emerged from the helicopter carrying the couple\u2019s 4-year-old daughter, Mirabel. He shook hands with a service member and made his way to a nearby press gaggle. At no point did the vice president seem aware of his wife\u2019s near fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you probably saw, Usha and a couple of the kids are joining,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-munich-kamala-harris-raises-the-alarm-of-war-in-europe\/\" title=\"In Munich, Kamala Harris Raises the Alarm of &#039;War in Europe&#039;\">vice president told reporters<\/a> after explaining that he was heading to Alaska to campaign for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. \u201cThis is Usha\u2019s 50th state, which is why we are bringing a 9-week old-baby on a seven-and-a half-hour flight to Alaska.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cUsha and a couple of the kids are joining. This is Usha\u2019s 50th state, which is why we are bringing a nine week old baby on a seven and a half hour flight to Alaska.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VP JD Vance https:\/\/t.co\/WbCIMeVW48<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HowardMortman\/status\/2107127444717351225?\">October 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on X, some users bemoaned the lack of response from the service members.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@HowardMortman Not a muscle moved to help her.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rosebud Reflections and Lavender Whimsies (@FMNWhimsyLove) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FMNWhimsyLove\/status\/2107206259758059723?\">October 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@HowardMortman Scary.<\/p>\n<p>What a strange formality we have \u2013 officers standing at attention for a salute, but wont move an inch if a the 2nd lady w child is falling.<\/p>\n<p>To see the saluting officer all chummy walking w Vance, illuminates how stupid the protocol is, for this bit of ritual we have.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TwinFit \ud83e\udde2\ud83e\uddc9 (@NodeofEnvy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NodeofEnvy\/status\/2107201353873281282?\">October 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gleeful leftists, including Brian Krassenstein, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/one-obnoxious-leftists-made-smug-fauci-prediction-scrambled-delete-key-disastrous-hearing-began\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most insufferable<\/a> users on X, feigned concern for the infant while mocking the second lady \u2014 inexcusably using what could have been a dangerous situation to score cheap, juvenile political points.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Usha Vance nearly crushed her new baby. Glad he\u2019s ok. https:\/\/t.co\/QjLSacMYXz<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/krassenstein\/status\/2107140274682253418?\">October 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another X user blamed the vice president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVP Vance should exit first, ahead of his wife, so he can protect her and the baby. Usha is pretty much being dragged along. Vance is such a dork,\u201d the user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@HowardMortman VP Vance should exit first, ahead of his wife, so he can protect her and the baby. Usha is pretty much being dragged along. Vance is such a dork.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kathleen Lyons (@kaybuenoesyo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kaybuenoesyo\/status\/2107141553001308503?\">October 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, we disagree with the user\u2019s characterization of the vice president, and we see no evidence that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/el-sayeds-demeaning-usha-vance-comments-set-stage-major-backfire-key-demo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second lady<\/a> was being \u201cdragged along,\u201d but the point about the VP exiting first so as to protect his wife and child certainly has merit.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the vice president felt preoccupied with the trip and his campaign responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>If so, then he sacrificed the greater good, his family, to the lesser good, his political concerns.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the second lady did not fall, so the incident commands our attention only for a few moments.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there are lessons here for all involved long after we have forgotten about the second lady\u2019s stumble.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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