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President-Elect Donald Trump said in a statement on Monday that he has nominated Fox Business Network host Sean Duffy to serve as Secretary of Transportation.
A Republican, Duffy served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. He is the co-host of The Bottom Line. He was also a cast member on MTV’s Real World in the 1990s.
“Sean has been a tremendous and well liked public servant, starting his career as a District Attorney for Ashland, Wisconsin, and later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District,” Trump said in the statement posted on Truth Social. “During his time in Congress, Sean was a respected voice and communicator in the Republican Conference, advocating for Fiscal Responsibility, Economic Growth, and Rural Development. Admired across the aisle, Sean worked with Democrats to clear extensive Legislative hurdles to build the largest road and bridge project in Minnesota History.”
Trump called Duffy the “husband of a wonderful woman, Rachel Campos-Duffy, a STAR on FoxNews, and the father of nine incredible children.”
Campos-Duffy co-hosts Fox & Friends Weekend, where Trump found another cabinet nominee in Pete Hegseth, who left the network on the day Trump announced his nomination as Secretary of Defense.
Fox News praised Duffy after the nomination.
“Sean Duffy provided valuable insights and analysis in co-hosting the FOX Business Network program, The Bottom Line,” the network said in a statement to Mediaite. “As Duffy departs FOX News Media effective today, we wish him the best of luck in his return to Washington. Moving forward, The Bottom Line will continue with Dagen McDowell joined by rotating co-hosts.”
