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Trump taps Fox News host and former Rep. Sean Duffy as transportation secretary
(www.courthousenews.com)
For fuck's sake... How many more TV stars is he going to pick?
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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"Stars"
The guy was apparently a legislator before going to Fox, five terms in the House, and four terms as a district attorney prior to that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Duffy
Not really a transportation guy, but he's put in his time in the government.
Let's see who Trump had as Secretary of Transportation in his first term.
Hmm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Chao
She did have a transportation background in two prior administrations. So he's certainly had less experience with transportation than she has but I don't think I'd just call him a TV star, either.
Be interesting to see some statistics on backgrounds of cabinet secretaries in the past, see how common tapping someone with just a legislative background is.
EDIT: The current Secretary of Transportation is Buttigieg. He doesn't really have a transportation background either, worked in Navy intelligence and was a mayor and apparently is the youngest guy to ever hold the office.
She did have a transportation background in two prior administrations
And she also happens to be married to Mitch McConnell.
My father-in-law lives in his old district. I remember the name from that and
Duffy resigned his seat effective September 23, 2019, to care for a newborn daughter with a heart defect.
I guess that was longer ago than I remember (and in that time I had my own daughter born 3 months early. If I had the luxury of being able to quit my job and know I could keep my family afloat I would have done the same). Wonder how she's doing now...
... And I just looked it up before posting. Daughter has Down Syndrome, and her mom brought her on Fox News in what turned into an anti-choice bit with her saying other countries are "exterminating" Down Syndrome "Nazi style". Gross.
It's like he's so close to sounding like a good, decent human being... and then he has his wife go do that shit at the end.
Truly the best people, immense
Trump's picks are really starting to sound like the setup to a 4-year long Aristocrats joke.
The Autocrats
“This is the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house, work together, and have their lives taped. Find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real..”
They’ll ruin all the good work Pete did