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A 26-year-old congressional candidate brought his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, along for a last-minute TV hit ahead of his primary election. <\/p>\n

Read more Jurors Stun Courtroom With Last-Minute Discovery as Trial Comes to a Close<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Alfonso, the Trump-endorsed candidate running for Congress in the rural Wisconsin House district Duffy once held, recruited his well-known relative to accompany him for a television interview with NewsNation. <\/p>\n

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Alfonso has been taking the heat even from Republicans in his own district, who question whether he is truly qualified to be in Congress, as the exact details of his work history, as well as whether he even currently has a job, remain unclear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When asked to address the nepotism allegation, a visibly defensive Alfonso replied, \u201cI\u2019m not gonna apologize for marrying my middle school sweetheart,\u201d in reference to his wife, Evita Duffy, the eldest of Duffy\u2019s nine children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m gonna talk about the things that really matter to the voters. I\u2019m the hardest working one; I put 60,000 miles on my car in nine months,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Duffy also defended his son-in-law\u2019s candidacy against the nepo allegations, pointing to his experience working in construction as evidence he should be in Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019d be great to have someone who knows how to put on a pair of jeans and a pair of boots and a hard hat and work his butt off 12 hours a day,\u201d Duffy said. \u201cThat\u2019s what he\u2019ll do when he goes to Washington, the same thing he\u2019s done here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, his candidacy seems to be heavily boosted by his in-laws\u2019 connections with the president. <\/p>\n

Duffy, who has lived in an affluent New Jersey town with his wife and several of his children since 2021, funneled $1 million from his campaign committee to a super PAC supporting his son-in-law\u2019s campaign for his old congressional seat. <\/p>\n

Transportation lobbyists have also poured money into his campaign, an unlikely move given the rural nature of the seat he is running to represent. Some of these donations include $5,000 from Delta Air Lines PAC, $2,500 from Southwest Airlines PAC, and $1,000 from the U.S. Travel Association PAC.<\/p>\n

Read more CNN Data Guru Reveals \u2018Red Lights Flashing\u2019 for Top Trump Goon<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to tagging along for TV hits, Duffy has also been accompanying his son-in-law on the campaign trail, joining him and Evita at a local fair last week, where they passed out Alfonso campaign flyers. His campaign has also been promoted by his mother-in-law, Rachel Campos Duffy, a Fox & Friends<\/i> weekend host, on her social media accounts.<\/p>\n

While Alfonso has never run for elected office, President Donald Trump gave \u201cMAGA Warrior Michael Alfonso,\u201d whom he called a \u201cyoung \u2018STAR,\u2019\u201d his \u201cComplete and Total Endorsement\u201d in the race. Trump additionally was a guest at his wedding to Evita in 2022.<\/p>\n

The details of his work history appear to be murky, and it remains unclear whether he is currently working anywhere. The Daily Beast has reached out to Alfonso\u2019s campaign for comment, but has not received a response.<\/p>\n

He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in December 2022, records show, but admitted at one point that he \u201cdropped out of school\u201d because he \u201chad enough of the nonsense on college campuses.\u201d He pursued a degree in math because, as he put it, \u201cliberal arts stuff at UW-Madison is a nightmare.\u201d <\/p>\n

He also worked in construction, pouring cement as he attended college and after receiving his degree. He and Evita later moved to central Florida to work for The Dan Bongino Show<\/i>, the podcast of the right-wing conspiracy theorist and former FBI deputy director.<\/p>\n

He claims to currently work as a part-time accountant at his local church, but the church does not list him as an employee.<\/p>\n

In previous interviews, he has downplayed the importance that work experience provides, and asserted that Trump\u2019s endorsement matters more in the race.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat has experience ever gotten us?\u201d Alfonso said in a local TV interview earlier this year. \u201cAnd, I have had experience. I\u2019ve worked since I was 14 years old. I worked in constructionfor six years. I paid my way through college. And, I do think I have as much experience as really anyone in this because it\u2019s about life experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A 26-year-old congressional candidate brought his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, along for a last-minute TV hit ahead of his primary election. 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