WINONA, Minn. – Somebody, we probably never will know who, plugged Sean Duffy’s name into the Saint Mary’s entry on the Wikipedia online reference site as a graduate of the university. The Wiki site is edited anonymously by readers. In the revised Saint Mary’s entry, Duffy is ncluded correctly but spartanly in a list of notable alums: “Former congressman from Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District.” There is no mention that Duffy has been a Washington lobbyist since leaving Congress in 2010. Nor, curiously, does the entry note that he was nominated two weeks ago by President-elect Donald Trump to head the U.S. Transportation Department. Also curiously, Saint Mary’s has never considered Duffy for Distinguished Alumni honors — even 13 years after he was first elected to Congress. In some respects Duffy is a hot potato. Politically he’s a right-wing extremist. As a Trump cabinet nominee Duffy finds himself in a group chosen by Trump to rid the nation of his critics and to the “destruction of the Deep State.” Trump has promised drastic cuts in federal programs and services and even the total elimination of several cabinet-level agencies.
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Duffy. A former Wisconsin lumberjack athlete and frequent contributor to Fox News. One of his congressional campaign ads has him in red plaid at the Lincoln Memorial with an axe in attack mode.
Long-lost alum? Or best forgotten?