The daughter of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ignited a fierce online debate after calling for the abolition of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) following a negative airport screening experience.
Airport Incident Sparks Viral Rant
On Thursday, December 18, 2025, Evita Duffy-Alfonso took to social media platform X to detail a frustrating encounter at airport security. The 26-year-old, who is the daughter of Secretary Duffy and Fox News personality Rachel Campos-Duffy, explained that she was made to wait 15 minutes for a manual pat-down because she is pregnant and opted out of the body scanner due to radiation concerns.
She accused TSA agents of being "passive-aggressive, rude" and claimed they tried to pressure her and another pregnant woman to use the scanner anyway, insisting it was safe. "After finally getting the absurdly invasive pat-down, I barely made my flight," Duffy-Alfonso wrote. "All this for an unconstitutional agency that isn’t even good at its job."
Calls to Abolish the TSA and a Political Clarification
In her lengthy thread, Duffy-Alfonso did not hold back her criticism of the agency. She suggested the experience was "travel brought to you by George Orwell" and stated that the "'golden age of transportation' cannot begin until the TSA is gone." She argued the agency is a violation of the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches.
When social media users suggested she complain to her father, the Transportation Secretary, she was quick to correct them. "TSA isn’t run by my dad, idiot. It’s under DHS, not DOT," she replied, referring to the Department of Homeland Security, led by Secretary Kristi Noem.
However, she added a provocative hypothetical: if her father did control the TSA, he would "radically limit it and lobby Congress to abolish it."
Damage Control and Broader Context
Following the backlash, Duffy-Alfonso attempted to clarify her position in a subsequent post. She expressed full support for President Donald Trump and Secretary Noem's efforts to "keep out terrorists and illegals." However, she argued for "more common sense around how we treat Americans exercising their right to travel" and hoped the TSA would improve its treatment of expectant mothers.
This incident highlights the ongoing, contentious debate over security, privacy, and passenger rights in air travel. It also casts a spotlight on the Duffy family's penchant for controversial travel opinions. Secretary Sean Duffy has recently made headlines by suggesting passengers should dress up for flights, that airports should install pre-flight exercise areas, and that wood-paneled station wagons should make a comeback.
As of publication, neither the Department of Transportation nor the Department of Homeland Security has publicly commented on Duffy-Alfonso's posts.
