Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy returns to reality TV roots, sparking criticism and questions
Source: CNN Politics
PUBLISHED May 9, 2026, 8:03 PM ET
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s new reality show, filmed with his family over the last seven months, has sparked criticism amid high gas prices, in addition to raising ethics questions.
Duffy said that costs for the five-part series titled “The Great American Road Trip,” which will air for free on YouTube ahead of America’s 250th birthday, were paid for by a nonprofit, the Great American Road Trip Inc., and that “zero taxpayer dollars were spent on my family.” He said his family did not receive a salary or production royalties.
The project’s sponsors, according to its website, include Boeing, Shell, Toyota, United Airlines and Royal Caribbean — all companies that intersect with the Department of Transportation.
“As everyday Americans struggle with the price of gas and raise concerns about airline safety, the Secretary announces that he spent work time going on a road trip that appears to have been funded by the very industries his agency oversees,” Donald K. Sherman, the president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said in a statement.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/09/politics/sean-duffy-road-trip-tv-show
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Mayor Pete along with a lot of others including Joe Biden, Governor Shapiro, and really good workers got this Freeway in Philadelphia back open in under 2 weeks.
But our current Sec. of Transportation is taking months of vacations which is paid for by corporations who do business with the USDOT. So in the end we are paying for his and his family’s vacations by paying those
corporations for their goods and services.
