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"Maybe he'll pick one of the Teen Moms to be secretary of labor!"
Jimmy Kimmel called Donald Trump's nomination of former Fox Business host Sean Duffy for the secretary of transportation his "least embarrassing pick," and here's why.
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During his Tuesday night monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he explained that although Sean served as a U.S. representative for Ashland County, Wisconsin, from 2011 to 2019, he started his career in the '90s in reality television.
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"Duffy served in Congress for eight years, but you know what he did before that? He was on The Real World and Road Rules on MTV," Jimmy said.
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"[Trump] hired the guy from Road Rules to be secretary of transportation because, of course, he did — the word 'road' is right in there."
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Sean was on The Real World: Boston, Season 6 of the popular MTV reality television series.
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He also starred in the reality competition show Road Rules: All Stars in 1998. Sean returned in 2002 for the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons, the series' second name before becoming The Challenge.
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Jimmy joked," "And that's one of his least embarrassing picks. Maybe he'll pick one of the Teen Moms to be secretary of labor!"
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To name a few, former WWE executive Linda McMahon was nominated for secretary of education.
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TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz was nominated for administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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And Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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However, his nomination for Attorney General received the most criticism — Matt Gaetz. The House Ethics Committee made it known in June that Matt was under investigation for allegations of sexual misconduct, drug use, and obstruction. He was also under federal investigation for allegedly sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl. Matt denied all allegations, and the Department of Justice ended their investigation without charging him with any crimes against him.
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Matt reportedly responded in a letter to the committee, writing, "Your correspondence of September 4 asks whether I have engaged in sexual activity with any individual under 18. The answer to this question is unequivocally NO. You can apply this response to every version of this question, in every forum."
"Matt Gaetz, also known as the caucasian Diddy, is in the hot seat right now," Jimmy said, noting that "at least two women have testified before the House Ethics Committee claiming Gaetz paid them for sex."
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On Thursday, Matt withdrew his name from consideration, and Trump selected former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his new nominee for Attorney General.
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