California high-speed rail is not dead, but modern Van Helsing Sean Duffy, Trump’s Transportation Secretary, is bringing out the wooden stake and hammer getting ready to pierce its heart.
At least, I hope so.
Over a decade and $16B of taxpayer dollars wasted with zero results on this rail project. If protestors want to shout at someone, they should direct their outrage at Governor Newsom and complicit Democrats who have enabled this fraud and waste for a train to nowhere. @USDOT will… pic.twitter.com/KsXKhYczll
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) February 20, 2025
This project, like all modern American rail projects–be it light rail, Amtrak, or other high-speed rail boondoggles–is nothing but a money sink. They exist for no other purpose than to soak taxpayers and spread the money around. There are a few subway systems in the country that actually…
