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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned his teenage daughter that liberal universities could “corrupt” her mind as she considered attending Harvard, arguing that elite institutions do not give students a balanced range of political ideas.
Duffy made the remarks to his 18-year-old daughter, Paloma, during a Boston episode of The Great American Road Trip , a six-part series following the Trump administration official and his family across the United States. The episode showed the family visiting Harvard University and Boston College as Paloma weighed her options for higher education.
“If I send you there, I think what happens is, they have professionalized figuring out how they can take good, young girls like you and, I think, corrupt their minds,” Duffy told her.
The former Republican congressman added that he did not expect his daughter to share his political beliefs but wanted her to make her own decisions after encountering a range of viewpoints. He said he did not believe “the Harvards of the world” offered that kind of well-rounded picture.
Paloma pushed back, telling her father that she had attended a highly conservative high school and was part of an “extremely conservative family.” Studying in a more liberal environment, she argued, could therefore give her a broader education.
The Department of Transportation promoted the road-trip project as part of the government’s celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary. Duffy unveiled the initiative in May 2025, describing road trips as a distinctly American tradition and encouraging families to explore the country.
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