Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Warns Daughter Against Harvard in Sponsored Docuseries

Secretary Sean Duffy, a graduate of St. Mary’s College of Minnesota, appears in a six-episode docuseries titled “The Great American Road Trip,” posted on the official Department of Transportation YouTube feed. In the program, he cautions his 18-year-old daughter Paloma against enrolling at Harvard University, claiming the elite institution “corrupts” young women and fosters “perverted” attitudes. His wife, Rachel Campos Duffy, and their nine children accompany him, and a segment shows the family touring Harvard where chaplain Father Nathaniel Sanders defends the campus’s Catholic community.

Duffy’s stance diverges from other prominent conservative Harvard alumni such as Justice John Roberts and the late Antonin Scalia. The series was financed by private sponsors—including Boeing, Toyota, United Airlines, Shell, Royal Caribbean, Enterprise and Lyft—and each episode opens with a disclaimer that the production did not use taxpayer funds. Ultimately, Paloma decides to attend the University of Chicago instead of Harvard.