Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy might need as soon as been a actuality TV star, however lately nothing upsets him greater than seeing his previous within the highlight.
In a New York Instances article revealed Monday, journalist Caroline Kitchener described Duffy as a as soon as “sex-hungry 25-year-old” who starred on MTV’s “Real World,” the place he gyrated on a pool desk.
Since then, the supposedly God-fearing Duffy has tried to show his fame round, even making pancakes along with his spouse and 9 kids for a Fox Information phase. However for many who bear in mind—and for the journalist who rolled again the tapes—Duffy was as soon as identified for flashing younger ladies and bragging about his variety of sexual companions.
As a substitute of acknowledging his colourful previous—a lot of which was actually caught on tape—Duffy has resorted to a traditional Trump group tactic: attacking the reporter’s credibility.
“With all the serious issues facing our country, the New York Times decided to dispatch a former abortion correspondent (cosplaying now as a “family” professional) for a success piece on me and the Trump administration,” Duffy wrote on X Monday. “NYT reporter [Kitchener] is genuinely disturbed that I’m happily married, have nine kids, and—brace yourself—didn’t abort any of them.”
Kitchener, thoughts you, is a former Washington Publish reporter who received a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the autumn of Roe v. Wade in 2023.
Duffy’s response is unsurprising for a Cupboard member of President Donald Trump’s, who additionally touts himself as a person of household values regardless of his previous teeming with intercourse scandals and connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
And let’s not neglect Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has tried to bury his personal sexual assault and dishonest allegations. To not point out, his personal mom has described him as an abuser of girls.
After all, there’s additionally Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who marketed a easy life by wading in sewage water along with his household, and his 37 affairs, which he allegedly blames on his ex-wife.
Household values certain are considerable within the Trump administration.
