ROUND TWO: Hillary Clinton Pokes Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy a Second Time, Gets Torched Again

At some point, you'd think that Her Imperial Majesty Hillary I, Dowager-Empress of Chappaqua, would figure out that she's fighting way out of her league when she takes on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Only yesterday she fired a broadside (play on words not intended) at the secretary for inviting the DOGE team in to look at the Department of Transportation's books. Her Imperial Highness questioned their ages and slammed the secretary - who has only been in office a matter of days - for safety declining on his watch. Secretary Duffy promptly defenestrated the Dowager-Empress. It was a beautiful thing to see.

On Thursday, Her Imperial Majesty came back for a second round - and got politely but firmly stomped on again.

I know you’re lashing out because DOGE is uncovering your family’s obscene grifting via USAID, but I won’t let you lie and distort facts. The FAA administrator announced he resigned over a month before Trump took office, and the air traffic controllers were always exempt from… https://t.co/WOI5K4242D
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) February 6, 2025

The secretary writes:

I know you’re lashing out because DOGE is uncovering your family’s obscene grifting via USAID, but I won’t let you lie and distort facts. The FAA administrator announced he resigned over a month before Trump took office, and the air traffic controllers were always exempt from Trump’s civil service buyouts.
The previous administration shamelessly used USDOT as a slush fund for the Green New Scam, throwing away money and resources on wasteful environmental and social justice projects rather than updating our nation’s antiquated air traffic control systems and other critical infrastructure.
I’m returning this department to its mission of safety by using innovative technology in transportation and infrastructure. Your team had its chance and failed. We’re moving on without you because the American people want us to make America’s transportation system great again. And yes, we’re bringing the 22-year-olds with us.

Secretary Duffy is being more polite, likely, than his boss would be (or than I would have been) but he's been defining, and defending, his vision for the Department of Transportation against media figures and failed former politicians alike since his name was placed in nomination - and he's been doing a damn good job of it.

But we have to ask: What is Her Imperial Majesty Hillary I hoping to gain by setting herself up as a punching bag for people who are, candidly, out of her league? Well, one thought comes to mind; consider this chain of reasoning:

Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State under Barack Obama, who apparently was a believer in the old maxim "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."

USAID, which is under scrutiny from the DOGE right now and whose vastly wasteful spending is coming to light, is under the State Department.

The Clintons are famously corrupt - almost Biden-level - and have been involved in all manner of questionable shenanigans - including allegations of graft from money spent on places like Haiti.

The little-known Haiti Development Fund, an LLC incorporated in Delaware in August 2010, was created by the Clinton Foundation with an initial endowment of $20 million from shady Canadian mining mogul Frank Giustra and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
The Fund was supposed to supply desperately needed seed money to Haitian entrepreneurs after an earthquake devastated the country in January 2010.
But The Post found only one project that it funded with a fraction of the start-up cash.

Is there something hidden in the books of USAID that Her Imperial Majesty doesn't want to be dragged into the light of day?

There is no evidence of this - not yet. But Her Imperial Majesty sure seems determined to discredit the DOGE and the Trump administration officials. Of course, it's not working out well for her - but it's a safe bet she'll keep trying. And it's an even safer bet that we'll keep pointing and laughing every time she steps on another rake.

Update 2/6/25 2:19 p.m. ET: We came across this tweet that seemed appropriate:

Just a PSA: My dad would never commit suicide. https://t.co/nEczFuJcK7
— Evita Duffy-Alfonso (@evitaduffy_1) February 6, 2025

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