WASHINGTON, DC — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joked about putting Senate Democrats on a “no-fly list” when arguing that they should not be able to go home while they keep the government shut down during a Friday morning policy event with Breitbart News.

Speaking with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle, Duffy recalled his experience as a former U.S. representative during the previous shutdowns of 2018 and 2019.

“We stayed here for a month. I gained 10 pounds, I think, because I ate pizza and the junkiest food,” he said. “But you sit here every weekend, every day, while the government is shut down — and your family’s upset, your kids are annoyed.”

“That people would go home during a shutdown when the American people are suffering is just flat out wrong,” the secre

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