STEVE: THEY WORKED OUT THE
SATELLITE BUGS, SO LET'S GO
BACK TO WAS SAW, WISCONSIN,
CONGRESSMAN SEAN DUFFY JOINS
US.
YESTERDAY HE ANNOUNCED HE IS
RETIRING FROM CONGRESS.
THERE SEATED NEXT TO HIM HIS
WIFE, OUR FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR RACHEL
CAMPOS-DUFFY.
THE REASON GIVEN WAS YOU
WANTED TO RETIRE FROM
CONGRESS, CONGRESSMAN, TO
DEAL WITH THE HEALTH
COMPLICATIONS OF YOUR UNBORN
CHILD, SO TELL US ABOUT
DISCOVERING WHAT THE
PROBLEMS WERE.
>> YEAH.
SO NOT LONG AGO WE FOUND OUT
THAT OUR LITTLE BABY HAS A
COUPLE HOLES IN THE HEART.
SO AFTER SHE IS BORN,
WHETHER IT'S TWO TO SIX
MONTHS AFTER LIFE, SHE IS
GOING TO NEED OPEN HEART
SURGERY.
THEY HAVE TO CRACK HER OPEN
AND FIX THE HEART.
THEY WALKED US THROUGH THIS
YESTERDAY.
I ANNOUNCED I WAS LEAVING
CONGRESS AS I WAS WALKING IN
TO MEET WITH THE HEART
DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN WITH THE BABY.
I LOVE POLITICS BUT I LOVE
MY FAMILY.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A
BALANCE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
BRIAN MENTIONED BEFORE WE
WENT TO THE LAST BREAK, I
MEAN, THE SCHEDULES ARE
GRUELING.
I'M OUT IN D.C. FOUR DAYS A
WEEK AND I'M BACK WITH
RACHEL.
WHEN I'M BACK HERE WITH
RACHEL AND THE KIDS, I HAVE
A BIG DISTRICT AND YOU HAVE
TO TRAVEL AROUND AND SEE
PEOPLE AND WE GET BEAT UP A
LITTLE BIT AS MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.
WE ARE FAVORITE PUNCHING
BAGS.
BUT THEY ARE REALLY HARD ON
FAMILIES.
AND I DIDN'T DIE.
I KIND OF FELT LIKE I WAS AT
MY FUNERAL YESTERDAY.
I WILL FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT
THINGS TO DO WHERE I CAN
HAVE A BETTER BALANCE WHERE
I CAN SUPPORT RACHEL AND THE
KIDS.
BUT NOT WITH THE SAME
SCHEDULE THAT I HAVE AS A
U.S. CONGRESSMAN.
AINSLEY: RACHEL --
>> I WOULD JUST ADD EVERY
CONGRESSIONAL FAMILY I'M A
CONGRESSIONAL SPOUSE AS WELL
AS BEING A CONTRIBUTOR FOR
YOU GUYS AND WHEN THE
SPOUSES ALL GET TOGETHER, WE
ALL TALK ABOUT WORK LIFE
BALANCE FOR OUR FAMILIES.
IT'S A REALLY TOUGH THING TO
DO.
IT'S TOUGH IF YOU HAVE TWO
KIDS.
IT'S REALLY ROUGH WITH NINE.
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR
SIGNS.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON,
IT'S JUST AN INDICATION OF
THE BANDWIDTH IS GETTING
REALLY TIGHT HERE AND AT
SOME POINT YOU HAVE JUST GOT
TO PUT YOUR FAMILY FIRST.
I FEEL REALLY PROUD OF WHAT
SEAN HAS DONE IN 8 AND A
HALF YEARS IN CONGRESS.
I THINK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE
SAVED AMERICAN CAPITALISM.
IT'S A BLUE COLLAR RECOVERY
RIGHT HERE IN WISCONSIN.
IT WASN'T THAT WAY WHEN HE
STARTED.
THE ECONOMY WAS DEFINITELY
IN DECLINE OVER HERE IN
NORTH AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, SEAN,
I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT HE
HAS DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND IT'S JUST WORKED OUT.
AINSLEY: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I'M SURE WHEN YOUR DOCTOR
GAVE YOU THAT NEWS HEART
BROKEN AS A MOM.
TELL US ABOUT THAT
EXPERIENCE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE
INITIAL NEWS WAS SHOCKING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE
LIVE IN A TIME OF AMAZING
TECHNOLOGY.
I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT WHEN
I MEET WITH THE DOCTORS.
THEY WALK YOU THROUGH
EVERYTHING.
I HAVE BEEN GETTING SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO I HAD NO IDEA
THEIR KIDS HAD BEEN THROUGH
THIS, TOO.
WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO US.
AND ARE OFFERING ADVICE AND
TELLING US, YOU KNOW, WHAT
THEY DID AND WHAT TO EXPECT.
SO, IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
YESTERDAY, THE OUTPOURING OF
LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT WE
RECEIVED WAS PRETTY
OVERWHELMING.
NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS
FROM ALL MY COLLEAGUES AT
FOX AND I REALLY WANT TO
THANK EVERYBODY WHO REACHED
OUT.
IT REALLY WAS VERY TOUCHING.
BRIAN: RACHEL, HAS ANY OF
YOUR OTHER KIDS GONE THROUGH
THIS?
OUR SEAN, ANY OTHERS DID YOU
HAVE CHALLENGES LIKE THIS?
>> NO.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS A LITTLE
SHOCKING.
WE HAVE HAD PRETTY EASY
BIRTHS AND REALLY HEALTHY
KIDS.
>> WE HAD REALLY EASY
BIRTHS.
[LAUGHTER]
SHE IS GREAT AT HAVING
BABIES.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WE
HAVE HAD WITH COMPLICATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR US IN
THE SENSE THAT WE'RE LIVES.
WE BELIEVE IN WHATEVER GIFTS
GOD GIVES US WE ACCEPT THEM
AND THIS IS GOING TO A TO BE
A GREAT GIFT.
YEAH IT'S GOING TO BE A
LITTLE MORE STRESSFUL.
THIS BABY WILL HAVE 8 OTHER
SIBLINGS TO WRAP THEIR
LOVING ARMS AROUND HER.
WE WILL DO IT AS A FAMILY.
WE WILL FIGURE OUT A
DIFFERENT WAY TO BALANCE OUR
LIVES.
BUT THIS LITTLE BABY
COULDN'T HAVE A BETTER MORE
LOVING HOME TO COME INTO.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR HER TO
COME AND BUT IT'S GOING TO
BE EASIER FOR HER, TOO.
NOT TO HAVE HER DAD FLYING
BACK AND FORTH TO
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SOMEONE ELSE CAN SAVE
AMERICA, BRIAN, STEVE, AND
AINSLEY, I'M GOING TO TAKE A
BREAK.
I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO
POLITICS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING
TO DO.
IT'S JUST AT THIS TIME I
NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND
MAKE SURE RACHEL AND I AND
THIS BABY ARE HEALTHY AND
DOING WELL.
STEVE: CONGRESSMAN, I'M SURE
A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVEN THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT HEALTHCARE FOR THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THIS
PROGRAM AND ALL ACROSS
DINNER TABLES AROUND
AMERICA, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
ARE GOING WHAT ARE THEY
GOING TO DO ABOUT HEALTH
INSURANCE?
YOU HAVE GOT HEALTH
INSURANCE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT IS YOUR PLAN BECAUSE
THEN THE CHILD WOULD HAVE
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION, I
WOULD IMAGINE, IF YOU ARE
GOING TO SWITCH HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS, FLIGHT YOU HAVE
THOUGHT OF ALL OF THIS
ALREADY?
>> YEAH.
I HAVE.
JUST SO YOU KNOW MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS DON'T GET HEALTH
INSURANCE FOR LIFE.
I KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN
AN EMAIL TO THAT EFFECT.
CAN I GET ON A COBRA PLAN
AFTER I LEAVE CONGRESS FOR
18 MONTHS.
WE PAY THE FULL BOAT FOR
THAT SO WE CAN TRANSITION
AND WITH THE CONDITION OF
THE BABY, WE HAVE THAT
COMPLETE COVERAGE.
BUT, YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT.
I HAD TO LOOK AT THAT AND
MAKE SURE THAT WITH OPEN
HEART SURGERY WE HAD
COVERAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE COULD PAY FOR
THAT AND WE HAVE GOT THAT
WORKED OUT.
SO, THANK GOD THAT'S NOT A
CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOK TO
THE BIRTH.
BRIAN: NOW, RACHEL, WE TALK
ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT.
AND CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION?
OF COURSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO
GREEN LIGHT.
THIS BUT SEAN HAS SO MANY
SKILLS, IS HE A LUMBERJACK
BY TRADE.
WE GO BACK TO WORKING IN THE
WOODS?
PUT ON THE PLAID AND THE
THERMAL T-SHIRT AND GO BACK
OUT THERE?
AINSLEY: OR BACK TO THE REAL
WORLD?
RACHEL: ACTUALLY, WE USED
TO, BEFORE WE MOVED TO
WAUSAU WE LIVED IN A HOUSE
THAT DID HAVE A WOOD BURNING
FIREPLACE AND SEAN -- BEFORE
SEAN WAS A CONGRESSMAN HE
HAD A LOT MORE TIME AND HE
ACTUALLY DID CHOP THE WOOD
I' M LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT.
>> THAT WAS 15 TO 20 POUNDS
AGO.
NOW IT WOULD BE TOUGHER.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE LAWN
MOWING.
AINSLEY: REPUBLICAN STRONG
HOLD I KNOW THE PRESIDENT
WON BY 21 POINTS.
YOU BEAT YOUR OPPONENT IN
THE MIDTERM ELECTION CYCLE
BY 22 POINTS.
WHAT HAPPENS?
IS THERE A SPECIAL ELECTION?
>> WELL, THE SPECIAL
ELECTION, THIS IS A REPUBLIC
LEANING SEAT.
DEMOCRATS HAVE A LOT MORE
MONEY THAN REPUBLICANS SMALL
DOLLAR DONORS IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE A LOT
MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE.
IF WE GET
IF WE OET
IF WE OUTSPENT 2 TO 1 I
THINK IT COULD BE
CHALLENGING.
I THINK WHEN THIS SEAT AND
LOVE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
CONSERVATIVE POLICIES IN OUR
ECONOMY I THINK WE WILL HOLD
THE SEAT IT.
WILL BE A RAUCOUS RACE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED US
YESTERDAY AND SPECIFICALLY
RACHEL, TOO.
AND JUST GAVE US HIS
WELL-WISHES AND SENT US HIS
LOVE.
ON AIR FORCE ONE COMING BACK
FROM THE G7 AND TOOK THE
TIME TO CALL US.
I THINK IT SPEAKS A LOT
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HOW
HE VALUES FAMILY AS WELL AND
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY
COOL OF HIM.
STEVE: WELL, IT WAS REALLY
GOOD TO HEAR YOUR STORY
FIRST HAND FROM BOTH OF YOU
AFTER THE NEWS BROKE
YESTERDAY.