Donald Trump says he is nominating former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy for transportation secretary
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet.
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In his announcement Monday, Trump noted that Duffy is married to a Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 host, calling him 바카라 게임 웹사이트the husband of a wonderful woman, Rachel Campos-Duffy, a STAR on Fox 온라인 바카라 게임.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Duffy is so far the second Fox-affiliated television host to be named to a Cabinet position in Trump's new White House. Trump last week announced he was choosing Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary.
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Duffy in 2022 ruled out a run for Wisconsin governor, despite pleas from Trump to make a bid, saying he needed time to care for the needs of his family of nine children, posting on social media that his youngest child had a heart condition.
He is a former lumberjack athlete and frequent contributor to Fox 온라인 바카라 게임. He was featured on MTV바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Real World: Boston바카라 게임 웹사이트 in 1997. He met his future wife on the set of MTV바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트Road Rules: All Stars바카라 게임 웹사이트 in 1998.
A reality television background before politics is not unusual in Trump's world. The former president launched his political career after his hit reality show, 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Apprentice,바카라 게임 웹사이트
Duffy, after his time on reality television, worked as a special prosecutor and Ashland County district attorney. He won election to Congress as part of a tea party wave in 2010.
When he first ran for office, Duffy was largely considered an underdog but attracted national attention for his campaign ads, in which he donned a red flannel shirt and chopped trees. He told voters he came from a 바카라 게임 웹사이트long line of lumberjacks바카라 게임 웹사이트 and would bring his axe to Washington.
He served until resigning in 2019.
The Transportation Department oversees the nation바카라 게임 웹사이트s complex transportation system, including pipelines, railroads, cars, trucks and transit systems as well as federal funding for highways.
[related id='2eddb7e0-d427-4afb-b694-c91da4002cd4' align='center']If confirmed, Duffy would take over the department at a time of tremendous change, especially on the nation바카라 게임 웹사이트s highways. Traffic deaths remain near record highs at a time when new technologies are being introduced that could help make the roads safer. Multiple companies are deploying autonomous robotaxis and even driverless semis with no specific federal regulations. And the nascent move from gasoline to electric vehicles presents safety problems of its own, especially with battery fires that can be difficult to extinguish.
The department includes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which regulates automakers, including Elon Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트s Tesla. The department sets fuel economy standards for cars and trucks and regulates the airline industry through the Federal Aviation Administration, one of its agencies.
Trump has criticized electric vehicles as expensive and unreliable and called President Joe Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s policy to promote EVs 바카라 게임 웹사이트lunacy.
He also has said EV manufacturing will destroy auto industry jobs and has falsely claimed that battery-powered cars don바카라 게임 웹사이트t work in cold weather and aren바카라 게임 웹사이트t able to travel long distances.
Trump has softened his rhetoric in recent months after Musk endorsed him and campaigned heavily for his election.
Even so, industry officials expect Trump to try to slow a shift to electric cars, and a tax credit for EV purchases is reportedly among those the Trump administration may seek to eliminate next year.
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Duffy, Trump said Monday, 바카라 게임 웹사이트will make our skies safe again by eliminating DEI for pilots and air traffic controllers.바카라 게임 웹사이트 DEI refers to 바카라 게임 웹사이트diversity, equity and inclusion바카라 게임 웹사이트 programs.
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