Newly sworn-in Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy only had a few hours to celebrate his promotion before tragedy struck.
Duffy was all smiles Wednesday when Vice President JD Vance delivered the oath of office to lead the Department of Transportation following a bipartisan vote on Tuesday in the Senate, enjoying the long-awaited moment with his wife and children.
But hours later — following conversations with President Donald Trump, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, Govs. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and Laura Kelly (D-KS), and National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy — Duffy was taking the podium for a hastily arranged press conference on the midair collision between a civilian airliner and a military helicopter that left 67 people dead just outside of Washington, D.C.
“Not just the local team but the federal team has performed very well…
