Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy‘s pregnant daughter blasted the “unconstitutional” Transportation Security Administration (TSA) after enduring an “absurdly invasive” pat-down while traveling.
Evita Duffy-Alfonso, 26, took to X to vent about the treatment she received for not wanting to go through a body scanner, and the shameless media pounced on the opportunity to report that she ripped “Trump’s TSA.”
“I nearly missed my flight this morning after the TSA made me wait 15 minutes for a pat-down because I’m pregnant and didn’t feel like getting radiation exposure from their body scanner,” Duffy-Alfonso said on the post. “The agents were passive-aggressive, rude, and tried to pressure me and another pregnant woman into just walking through the scanner because it’s ‘safe.'”
I nearly missed my flight this morning after the TSA made me wait 15 minutes for a pat-down because I’m pregnant and didn’t feel like getting radiation exposure from their body scanner. The agents were passive-aggressive, rude, and tried to pressure me and another pregnant woman…
— Evita Duffy-Alfonso (@evitaduffy_1) December 18, 2025
“After finally getting the absurdly invasive pat-down, I barely made my flight. All this for an unconstitutional agency that isn’t even good at its job,” she continued. “Perhaps things would have gone more smoothly if I’d handed over my biometric data to a random private company (CLEAR). Then I could enjoy the special privilege of waiting in a shorter line to be treated like a terrorist in my own country.”
“Is this freedom? Travel, brought to you by George Orwell—and the privilege of convenience based solely on your willingness to surrender biometric data and submit to radiation exposure? The ‘golden age of transportation’ cannot begin until the TSA is gone,” Duffy-Alfonso concluded.
When an uninformed social media user suggested that she “run this” by her father, Duffy-Alfonso replied, “He isn’t in charge of TSA. TSA is under DHS, which is run by Kristi Noem. If he did have TSA, he’d radically limit it and lobby Congress to abolish it.”
He isn’t in charge of TSA. TSA is under DHS, which is run by Kristi Noem. If he did have TSA, he’d radically limit it and lobby Congress to abolish it.
— Evita Duffy-Alfonso (@evitaduffy_1) December 18, 2025
Created in 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the TSA is a Department of Homeland Security agency that primarily focuses on airport security to prevent hijackings and other threats.
Duffy-Alfonso had plenty of support on social media for her harsh take on the agency — here’s a quick sampling of responses, as seen on X:
You’re 💯 to abstain from the body scanner, pregnant or not. And it’s absurd that we have to give up our biometric data to TSA PRE and CLEAR in order to go through the metal detector machines. You have every right to opt out and those petty bureaucrats were punishing you for it.
— Natalya Murakhver (@AppletoZucchini) December 18, 2025
If there was an airline that had no security at all- none, I would not only fly that airline exclusively, I’d be willing to pay much higher ticket prices
— Tom Shillue (@tomshillue) December 18, 2025
Unfortunately even having clear doesn’t solve this issue. I have both precheck and clear. This exact situation happened to me just 2 weeks ago also flying while pregnant. Got pulled for a “random” screening and had to wait while my husband already made it through. TSA is the…
— Morgonn McMichael Brown (@Morgonn) December 18, 2025
And yet the Biden administration allowed illegal aliens to board commercial flights without any identification, pat downs or vetting. I witnessed first hand at airports like Corpus Christi, San Antonio, O’Hare , San Diego etc.
— WiseLatina2theRight (@chancletafly) December 18, 2025
@TSA should be ended. They’re a complete joke. It sucks to fly anymore. They’re ALWAYS rude, lackadaisical and incompetent. Time for this Bush disaster to end. @POTUS @VP @StephenM @SecDuffy
— Jeff (@Jeff_Crawdaddy) December 18, 2025
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