WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump stated Monday he’s naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cupboard.
Duffy is a former actuality TV star who was one in all Trump’s most seen defenders on cable information — a first-rate concern for the media-focused president-elect. Duffy served within the Home for practically 9 years, was a member of the Monetary Providers Committee and was chairman of the subcommittee on insurance coverage and housing. He left Congress in 2019, and is now co-host of a present on Fox Enterprise, the “Backside Line.”
In his announcement Monday, Trump famous that Duffy is married to a Fox Information host, calling him “the husband of a beautiful lady, Rachel Campos-Duffy, a STAR on Fox Information.”
Trump stated Duffy would use his expertise and relationships constructed through the years in Congress “to keep up and rebuild our Nation’s Infrastructure, and fulfill our Mission of ushering in The Golden Age of Journey, specializing in Security, Effectivity, and Innovation. Importantly, he’ll vastly elevate the Journey Expertise for all Individuals!”
Duffy in 2022 dominated out a run for Wisconsin governor, regardless of pleas from Trump to make a bid, saying he wanted time to take care of the wants of his household of 9 kids, posting on social media that his youngest youngster had a coronary heart situation.
He’s a former lumberjack athlete and frequent contributor to Fox Information. He was featured on MTV’s “The Actual World: Boston” in 1997. He met his future spouse on the set of MTV’s “Highway Guidelines: All Stars” in 1998.
He was a particular prosecutor and Ashland County district lawyer who gained election to Congress as a part of a tea get together wave in 2010. He served till resigning in 2019.
