Conover already reported that during his speech, Sean Duffy showed callous disregard for his youngest daughter while slinging around a version of the derogatory slur R-word. His daughter, Valentina, was born with Down syndrome and a heart defect. She was on stage while Duffy was using the slur word and getting massive applause from the audience. Great parenting skills there, Sean!
But Duffy was not done insulting his family members. Duffy went on to talk about the “evils” of society, casting aspersion on things like love, get-rich-quick schemes (has he even met his boss?!), and gaining fame through social media, even though he himself is a reality TV star and a prolific tweeter:
Our young people have been lied to. They’ve been told that they would be fulfilled with hookup culture or some get-rich-quick scheme, or they could find fame in social media, and that would fulfill them, but I’ll tell you, they found that that’s a false promise.
While Duffy was saying this, his oldest daughter, Evita Duffy-Alfonso, and her husband, Michael Alfonso, were on stage with him. Duffy-Alfonso has tens of thousands of followers on Xitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Alfonso, who is running for Duffy’s old congressional seat, is also a prolific tweeter and a podcaster.
But wait! There’s more!
Duffy went on to criticize people who pursued an education:
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