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Just freaking root for the United States of America. Why is that so hard for you Democrats?

Wait. The left are complaining that we “used up” too many resources to rescue a pilot? That’s their new gripe? Seriously?

𝐑𝐄𝐏. 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐍𝐆: 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀’𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇-𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀 “𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐈𝐓-𝐀𝐍𝐃-𝐒𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇” 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐍𝐄 Congressman Vince Fong, a Republican from Bakersfield who sits on the House Transportation Committee, calling the project what it is: a fraud sold to voters under false pretenses. “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 2026. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘵-𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩”. His analogy was devastating: “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘶 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰”. The 2008 business plan that sold voters on the project? “𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭” — Fong’s words. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵”. Kevin Dalton frames it correctly: “Gavin Newsom’s high speed rail will go down as the 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.” The numbers support the accusation. Voters approved $𝟗.𝟗𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 in bonds in 2008 for a $33 billion project. The cost is now $𝟏𝟐𝟔 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 — a 𝟐𝟖𝟐% 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 — with a $90 billion funding gap and zero operational track. Over $𝟏𝟖 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 has already been spent on concrete guideway in the Central Valley, connecting Merced to Bakersfield — two cities that were never part of the original pitch. The original promise: L.A. to San Francisco in 2 hours 40 minutes by 2020. The current reality: a concrete ribbon in the San Joaquin Valley with track construction not even starting until late 2026, completion of just the Central Valley segment projected for 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟐, and full L.A.-to-S.F. service on no published timeline. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐮. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 $𝟏𝟐𝟔 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝟔𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀’𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇-𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐋 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇. 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆. “𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘓.𝘈. 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰?” “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺”, answered Anthony Williams, a California High-Speed Rail Authority board member. The current estimated cost: $𝟏𝟐𝟔 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. The shortfall: roughly $𝟗𝟎 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. That’s not a rounding error. That’s the GDP of a mid-sized country. When voters approved this project in 2008 via Proposition 1A, they were promised $𝟑𝟑 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 for a San Francisco-to-Los Angeles bullet train operational by 2020. Here we are in 2026 — 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 — and not a single mile of track has been laid. The state has spent over $𝟏𝟖 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 on guideway and civil structures in the Central Valley, with 80 miles of concrete completed between Merced and Bakersfield (CHSRA 2026 Business Plan). No trains. No track. No stations. Just concrete in the middle of farmland, connecting two cities nobody was asking to connect. Williams’ confidence: “𝘋𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦? 𝘈𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺”. But when pressed on how, the answer was vague — “𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦” involving cost optimization, private investment, and connecting to bigger cities sooner. Translation: they have no plan, but they’re confident about having no plan. The track contract hasn’t even been awarded yet — that’s expected in Q2 2026, with actual track construction starting 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 at the earliest (Railway Age). The Merced-to-Bakersfield segment isn’t projected for completion until 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟐. $𝟏𝟐𝟔 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬. 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, “𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲” 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚.

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