Chasten Buttigieg Rips Fox News for Ignoring Trump Sec’s Costly Family WH Trip — After Grilling Pete About Exact Same Thing
Chasten Buttigieg called out Fox News for failing to treat Trump Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy the way it treated then-Secretary Pete Buttigieg for bringing family on an official White House trip.
Trump has attended several high-profile events recently, becoming the first sitting president to go to the Super Bowl and taking a lap around the track at the Daytona 500 this past weekend.
On Sunday, Duffy — himself a former Fox News host — posted a video of himself and his family preparing to board Air Force One, writing “On our way to Daytona with POTUS….”
Fox News did report on Duffy and his family making the trip with Trump in two separate live hits on Sunday.
Chasten re-posted the video of Duffy the next day, and wrote “I remember when Fox News absolutely melted when a certain Secretary took a family member on a presidential delegation. Let’s see how this one plays out.”
He was referring to an interview his husband gave on the January 5, 2023 that went like this:
BRET BAIER: You also brought your husband Chasten on a military aircraft to attend a sporting event in Netherlands.
PETE BUTTIGIEG: That’s quite a spin to put on it.
BRET BAIER: Was that reimbursed? Because that was one of the controversies.
PETE BUTTIGIEG: Of course not. I led a presidential delegation to support American wounded warriors and injured service members – the Invictus Games as has been tradition for many years. I led the American delegation as one of the great honors of my time in this job. And the diplomatic protocol on a presidential delegation is that the principal is often accompanied by their spouse. It was a great trip. Incredible.
Here’s what I want you to understand. Before me, it was the secretary of the Army under President Trump who took that trip with his wife. Before that, it was Mrs. Trump as First Lady who went to the Invictus Games. Before that, Mrs. Obama did the same thing. And I guess the question on my mind is, if no one’s raising questions about why Secretary Esper and his wife led that delegation, as well they should have, then why is it any different when it’s me and my husband?
BRET BAIER: Understood.
Thus far, Duffy’s trip has received no further mentions on Fox News.
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