"“I love road trips. I love America,” Buttigieg began, before making a jokey reference to his military service: “I actually took a taxpayer-funded road trip lasting about seven months. It was in Afghanistan.” “This is something very different,” he continued. “This is not about patriotism. And it is an embarrassment to have him going around saying that a road trip, quote, ‘fits any budget,’ at a time when more and more Americans cannot afford a road trip.”"
"“To make road trips unaffordable and then go around celebrating your own road trip is exactly what people are so frustrated about, and part of why the Duffy road trip scandal has been such an embarrassment to the Tr*mp administration is it's happening at the same moment that Tr*mp is alienating voters by making it clear that he doesn't care.”"
"Duffy recently made headlines after revealing he and his family took a seven-month road trip to film a reality TV show. The subsequent five-part production, The Great American Road Trip, hits YouTube for free next month as part of celebrations for America's 250th anniversary. News of the show prompted widespread criticism from many Democratic politicians."
Sean Duffy revealed that he and his family took a seven-month road trip to film a reality TV show, The Great American Road Trip, releasing it for free on YouTube as part of America’s 250th anniversary. The announcement prompted criticism from Democratic politicians. Pete Buttigieg responded on CNN by saying he loves road trips and noting he previously took a taxpayer-funded road trip lasting about seven months while serving in Afghanistan. He argued Duffy’s situation is different, calling it an embarrassment because Americans increasingly cannot afford road trips. Buttigieg linked affordability problems to higher gas prices and criticized the Trump administration’s actions in the Middle East, saying the timing fuels frustration.
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