The first time American audiences met Sean Duffy , he was a twenty-something year old in the Nineties, grinning for The Real World Boston trailer and exuding bad “vibes” after inquiring about a hot tub. The reality television cast member later went on to serve in the House in 2011, representing Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. The Republican and die-hard Trump supporter left congress in 2019, returning to the screen to co-host The Bottom Line on Fox Business.
On Monday, fellow reality TV personality and president-elect Donald Trump nominated Duffy to be the next secretary of the Department of Transportation and serve in the next White House administration. The announcement comes as Trump followed up his election win earlier this month by tapping a series of devout zealots and conspiracy theorists to lead the the country’s immigration enforcement, environmental protection, homeland security, foreign policy, national security, and more. While Trump’s first term as president faced considerable pushback from the courts — 246 agency regulations, guidance documents and memoranda were challenged at the federal level, with his administration winning 54 of the cases — the president-elect will be entering a second term with GOP control of the House and Senate.
Duffy is the second Fox News pundit tapped by Trump, and the first former Real World cast member nominated. “Sean will use his experience and the relationships he has built over many years in Congress to ma.