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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy revealed details of their seven-month family road trip filmed for an upcoming reality TV program to mark America's 250th birthday. Pete Buttigieg and Chasten Buttigieg criticized the project as out of touch amid rising gas prices.
The GuardianTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, announced their new reality television program "The Great American Road Trip" on "Fox & Friends" on Friday. The series follows the family's seven-month trek across the nation, which was filmed in short one- and two-day stops over weekends, children's spring break and other brief windows.
Sean Duffy told Fox News the project was undertaken to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
The road trip was filmed for the upcoming reality TV program. Rachel Campos-Duffy, a co-host on "Fox & Friends," replied on X to criticism by telling Chasten Glezman Buttigieg to stand down. , and that her family participated for free.
Chasten Glezman Buttigieg posted on X accusing the Duffys of taking a multi-month, taxpayer-funded family road trip while gas and grocery prices soar due to Trump's war of choice. He called the Duffys unfocused, unserious and out of touch. Pete Buttigieg posted on X that a Trump Cabinet member making a documentary about himself while regular families cannot afford road trips because Trump and his war put gas prices through the roof is brutally out of touch.
Rachel Campos-Duffy stated that her husband has done more in one year to transform the DOT and ATC than Pete Buttigieg did in over 4 years on the job. Sean Duffy stated that the radical, miserable left hates the series because it is too wholesome, too patriotic and too joyful.
He highlighted modernized air traffic control, the removal of illegal truck drivers and a 20% annual increase in hiring controllers compared to his predecessor as part of his record at the DOT.
Career ethics and budget officials at the Department of Transportation reviewed and cleared Sean Duffy's participation. Zero taxpayer dollars were used for the production. Filming took place strictly during short windows like weekends and his children's spring break.
Corporate sponsors of the show include Boeing, United Airlines, Toyota and Shell. Chasten Buttigieg reposted multiple creators on X who took aim at the road trip's corporate sponsors. Sean Duffy appeared at the unveiling of Amtrak's Freedom 250 Acela train at Washington Union Station on 7 May.
Sean Duffy was sworn in as Secretary of Transportation on January 29, 2025. " America's 250th birthday is the reason Duffy gave for the project.
“Our message is really simple: to love America is to see America. So put the phone down, hit the open road, and rediscover what makes America great.”
“— Sean Duffy”
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