{"id":126744,"date":"2026-05-11T08:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-defends-new-reality-show-amid-backlash\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:26:22","slug":"transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-defends-new-reality-show-amid-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-defends-new-reality-show-amid-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy defends new reality show amid backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-f39be8\" class=\"body-graf\">Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is making a controversial road trip back to reality TV.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"styles_subscriptionCTA__LOUeY\" id=\"subscriptionCTA\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_textWrapper__vxvko\">\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB styles_textLarge__qlzwu\">Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB\">Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/rockcms\/2026-01\/arrow-f55fa5.svg\" alt=\"arrow\" class=\"styles_arrow__tnruW\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f85ac5\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThe Great American Road Trip,\u201d a five-part reality series set to air on YouTube in celebration of the United States\u2019 250th anniversary, follows Duffy as he travels across the country with his wife, Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, and their nine children.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a22e51\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThe motto is: To love America is to see America,\u201d Duffy says in the show\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QPNmTYUi9DY\" target=\"_blank\">trailer<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s more than a road trip. It\u2019s a civic experience. It\u2019s one of the most powerful ways to understand the vast, beautiful, complicated place we call home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-2d7473\" class=\"body-graf\">The project marks a return to the couple\u2019s reality-TV roots. Before entering politics, Duffy was a cast member on MTV\u2019s \u201cThe Real World: Boston\u201d in 1997, then joined the channel\u2019s reality game show \u201cRoad Rules: All Stars,\u201d on which he and Campos-Duffy first met.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-935677\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1102\" data-original-width=\"2000\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-225p-bc4920.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-225p-bc4920.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-225p-bc4920.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-225p-bc4920.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-225p-bc4920.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Duffy, left, drives a car with his family in the vehicle\" height=\"1102\" width=\"2000\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy embark on a family road trip for a YouTube series called &#8220;The Great American Road Trip&#8221; to celebrate America&#8217;s upcoming 250th anniversary.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">The Great American Road Trip \/ U.S. Transportation Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-63ccc8\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWe\u2019re encouraging everyone to go take a road trip to celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday,\u201d Duffy says in the trailer, which also features the family meeting with President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-930999\" class=\"body-graf\">The show has drawn criticism from those who call it tone-deaf as average fuel prices have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/data-graphics\/gas-prices-iran-war-state-national-cost-trump-rcna265835\" target=\"_blank\">climbed to more than $4.50 per gallon<\/a>, up roughly 50% since the U.S. entered war with Iran in late February.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ff947f\" class=\"body-graf\">Some commenters on YouTube were blunt. One compared the trip to \u201cgoing on a foodie tour during the Great Depression.\u201d Another wrote: \u201cAmericans are struggling to afford gas and groceries but these two reality tv and Fox News stars are treated to free trips with celebrity visits and a cruise. Read the room, Mark and Marie Antoinette.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-418825\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1102\" data-original-width=\"2000\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-234p-e38042.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-234p-e38042.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-234p-e38042.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-234p-e38042.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-234p-e38042.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Duffy and his family eating inside of a restaurant\" height=\"1102\" width=\"2000\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Duffy and his family eat together during their road trip.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">The Great American Road Trip \/ U.S. Transportation Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-4edae4\" class=\"body-graf\">Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was among the first prominent voices to weigh in. \u201cI love a good road trip, but this is brutally out of touch: a Trump Cabinet member making a documentary about himself while regular families can\u2019t afford road trips anymore, because Trump and his war put gas prices through the roof,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteButtigieg\/status\/2052844538801037590?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8d95ab\" class=\"body-graf\">Other Democratic politicians, including <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovPritzker\/status\/2053190037177516172?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/2053294345768644984?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> \u2014 who noted the multiple air travel accidents that occurred \u201con [Duffy\u2019s] watch\u201d while he was filming \u2014 echoed the criticism.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d09875\" class=\"body-graf\">Transportation Department spokesperson Nathaniel Sizemore told NBC News that politicians criticizing soaring gas prices \u201cshould sit this one out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5db940\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThese are the same people who waged a war on fossil fuels, pushed gas to over $5 a gallon, and forced American families into expensive electric vehicles,\u201d Sizemore wrote in an email. \u201cSecretary Duffy has already taken action to make cars for affordable and support the President energy dominance agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-88487d\" class=\"body-graf\">The Transportation Department also pointed to positive responses from the likes of Arkansas Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sarahhuckabee\/status\/2052885695589487035?s=46\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Huckabee Sanders<\/a>, a Republican, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rogermarshallmd\/status\/2053302262869443068?s=46\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Roger Marshall<\/a> (R\u2014Ky.) and country musician <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnrich\/status\/2052859480296083853\" target=\"_blank\">John Rich<\/a>, who wrote the show\u2019s theme song.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cdb873\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cLaina and I raised our kids to love this country and explore the incredible gift God gave us in America,\u201d Marshall wrote on X. \u201cGod bless the Duffy family for doing the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-38af6e\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1125\" data-original-width=\"2000\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-235p-049adf.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-235p-049adf.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-235p-049adf.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-235p-049adf.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-235p-049adf.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people driving snowmobiles in the snow on the street outside\" height=\"1125\" width=\"2000\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Duffy and his family ride snowmobiles during their road trip.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">The Great American Road Trip \/ U.S. Transportation Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-97dee0\" class=\"body-graf\">Duffy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecDuffy\/status\/2053174586246631580?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">said on social media<\/a> that all of the show\u2019s production costs were covered by a nonprofit group, The Great American Road Trip Inc. \u2014 not taxpayers \u2014 and that neither he nor his family received a salary or production royalties. Sizemore said that covered costs included gas, car rentals, lodging and activities and that taxpayer funds were used only for official government travel.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f77929\" class=\"body-graf\">Critics also raised conflict-of-interest concerns: Several of the show\u2019s sponsors \u2014 including Boeing, Toyota, Shell, Royal Caribbean Group and United Airlines \u2014 are companies that Duffy\u2019s department oversees and regulates. (Comcast\/NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News, is also listed as one of its sponsors.)<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-42addf\" class=\"body-graf\">The Department of Transportation told NBC News that The Great American Road Trip Inc. is an independent organization, and \u201chow and who they accept donations from in furtherance of their mission to celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday is their decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7e6d9e\" class=\"body-graf\">The Great American Road Trip Inc. did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Toyota told NBC News in a statement that it \u201cis proud to support initiatives that celebrate America\u2019s history, people and the spirit of exploration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-0af38a\" class=\"body-graf\">Boeing, Shell, Royal Caribbean Group and United Airlines did not immediately respond to requests for comment <\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-d7344b\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1103\" data-original-width=\"2000\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-2-235p-b20835.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-2-235p-b20835.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-2-235p-b20835.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-2-235p-b20835.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260510-sean-duffy-vl-2-235p-b20835.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people, including Sean Duffy, raise their fists and cheer\" height=\"1103\" width=\"2000\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Duffy and his family cheer in front of the Rocky statue in Philadelphia.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">The Great American Road Trip \/ U.S. Transportation Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-bf6064\" class=\"body-graf\">Questions also arose about how much time Duffy devoted to the project. In an interview, Duffy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H3qLQVx2UKs\" target=\"_blank\">told Fox News<\/a> that he spent seven months filming \u2014 a disclosure that prompted criticism about his commitment to official duties. Campos-Duffy disputed that characterization, telling Pete Buttigieg\u2019s husband, Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, that filming took place in \u201csmall one and two day stops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-95529a\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cYou and I both know that my husband has done more in one year to transform the DOT and ATC than your husband did in over 4 years on the job,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RCamposDuffy\/status\/2052848788402782423?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b9f6aa\" class=\"body-graf\">In his own post, Duffy wrote that the \u201cradical, miserable left\u201d are \u201cupset because they don\u2019t want you to celebrate America! And they definitely don\u2019t want you to teach your kids civics &amp; patriotism. So they tell lies to undermine the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-074d76\" class=\"body-graf\">He added that career ethics and budget officials at the Transportation Department had reviewed and approved both his participation and travel \u201cin accordance with federal rules,\u201d and concluded: \u201cUnder my leadership, DOT has become the most responsive, productive, and transformational in its history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1b7c4e\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/sean-duffy-dot-fire-back-critics-new-reality-show-rcna344428\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is making a controversial road trip back to reality TV. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. \u201cThe Great American Road Trip,\u201d a five-part reality series set to air on YouTube in celebration of the United States\u2019 250th anniversary, follows Duffy as he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow2JLhCw:productID":"","_gspb_post_css":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11535,9099,34488,3827,11943,15028,1654,21204],"class_list":["post-126744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubirata","tag-backlash","tag-defends","tag-duffy","tag-reality","tag-sean","tag-secretary","tag-show","tag-transportation"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy defends new reality show amid backlash - 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