Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rebuked a “hit piece” from the New York Times, suggesting the writer is “genuinely disturbed” that he is married and has a large family.
The piece spotlights various actions Duffy has taken since becoming secretary, such as signing a memo to prioritize transportation funding to communities with higher marriage and birth rates. It also cites comments Duffy made several years ago on his Fox News podcast From the Kitchen Table: The Duffy’s, in which he and his wife encouraged younger listeners to have children.
In reaction, Duffy, a father of nine, highlighted how the article’s author previously covered abortion for the Washington Post, and is currently “cosplaying now as a ‘family’ expert.”
“Let the NYT goof off,” Duffy wrote on X. “I’m laser focused on making transportation great again—modernizing air traffic control, rebuilding bridges, and reviving U.S. commercial shipping through a reinvigorated Merchant Marine Academy. While they obsess over my beautiful family, I’m working for yours.”
With all the serious issues facing our country, the New York Times decided to dispatch a former abortion correspondent (cosplaying now as a “family” expert) for a hit piece on me and the Trump administration.
NYT reporter @CAKitchener is genuinely disturbed that I’m happily… pic.twitter.com/wrNTMFoK42
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) June 23, 2025
Evita Duffy-Alfonso, Duffy’s eldest child, similarly dished criticism against the piece, revealing that one of the “deranged” questions the author asked was whether or not her parents considered aborting her.
“The truth is simple: we’re not a prop, a brand, or some act,” Evita Duffy wrote. “We’re a real, loving, faithful, joyful family — and @CAKitchener is bitter and a creep.”
The NYT just published a hit piece on my family, accusing my dad of using us as political props for his career. The writer, Caroline Kitchener, is an abortion reporter who now claims to be a “family” journalist. But it’s clear she hates family, given how much the size of ours… pic.twitter.com/AkiicQXodp
— Evita Duffy-Alfonso (@evitaduffy_1) June 23, 2025
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Before the New York Times published its piece against Duffy, Rachel Campos-Duffy, the transportation secretary’s wife and a Fox & Friends Weekend cohost, posted a video of her children learning to dive in a swimming pool, writing, “I love my family.”
Last month, Sean Duffy showcased the Department of Transportation’s Great American Road Trip initiative, highlighting 250 different stops across the country that families can visit during their next road trip. The initiative’s launch is meant to tie into the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.