All posts tagged "Great American Road Trip"

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has struggled to attract viewers to his controversial road trip reality show after months of delays.

According to a Thursday report by MeidasTouch, "almost nobody is watching" Duffy's six-episode reality show, "Great American Road Trip," which features his wife and nine children traveling with him through several states. The show has been criticized for its questionable funding sources and for showing off Duffy's road trip vacation while Americans struggle to afford gas and groceries.

The show aired on Wednesday, and after 24 hours, the six episodes had accumulated only about 5,400 views combined, according to MeidasTouch. The most-viewed episode was Duffy's Philadelphia episode, which had 2,300 views, and his Charleston and Arizona episodes drew fewer than 500 viewers each, MeidasTouch reported....

Another lawmaker could barely stand the way Trump's transportation secretary refused to answer straightforward questions during Capitol Hill testimony on Tuesday.

"You are encouraging Americans to spend the summer road tripping," Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) said to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy during testimony on Tuesday. "Let me just ask you, how much did you rack up on gas during your Great American Road Trip?"

She was referring to Duffy's controversial vacation that was reportedly bankrolled by industry giants he's supposed to regulate, including Boeing, Toyota, and Shell. Murray was pressing Duffy on how much he spent on gas because of his position that more people should road trip like him, but she was upset he would make that suggestion while gas prices rose amid the war in Iran....

A Trump official's "wholesome" family road trip reality show was bankrolled by companies that he regulates in his Cabinet-level position, according to a new report.

"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's glamorous road trip across the U.S. was paid for by corporate titans," The New Republic reported on Thursday. "The money came from a supposedly independent nonprofit...behind the nonprofit's funding is a medley of industry giants, including aircraft manufacturer Boeing, carmaker Toyota, and gas giant Shell."

Duffy filmed an upcoming reality show, The Great American Roadtrip, that documented a seven-month road trip he took with his wife and nine children. It will feature "really wholesome, good family stuff," his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, said, according to the report. ...