Gavin Newsom’s Multi-Billion Dollar High Speed Rail Scam Continues: Scott Adams [WATCH]

Scott Adams criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s handling of the state’s high-speed rail project, focusing on billions of federal dollars that were allocated to the project despite no completed construction and unanswered questions about where the money went.

Adams questioned how Newsom could still be viewed as a presidential candidate in light of the project’s outcome and Newsom’s proposal to reduce the scope of the rail plan rather than cancel it.

“All right, listen to this one. So as you know, California got these billions of dollars that were supposed to be from the federal government that was supposed to be spent on the so called high speed rail project,” Adams said.

“As you know, none of that got built after many years. As you also know, nobody can account for where the money went. So the money just disappeared, I.E., got stolen billions and billions of dollars.”

Adams said that anyone in charge during that period would face obvious questions about accountability and competence.

“So if you were the governor, or you were in charge in any way during that time, how do you explain where all the money went, and then still become president, because it’s so obvious that there’s either massive incompetence, maybe, or just theft, or both,” he said.

Adams then described Newsom’s proposal to keep the project alive by reducing its size rather than canceling it outright.

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“So here’s what Newsom has proposed, that instead of canceling the project because they don’t have any money, and they have no way to get that money back, and there’s it would cost five times more than they thought to build it,” Adams said.

“So there’s no real possibility of building the thing they have funded for just none.”

He said Newsom’s approach was intended to avoid returning the federal funds.

“But instead of canceling the project, he’s trying to extend it and make it a smaller project, something that you could imagine, and probably only in your imagination, they could actually build,” Adams said.

“And the reason that he would want to keep it alive is that if he builds nothing, and he says, I’m not going to build anything, he has to give back the money, or at least he has to give back what maybe was left.”

Adams said Newsom’s plan was designed to keep the funds from being returned.

“So in order to not have to give back any money, he’s going to pretend that there’s still a live project, and it’s just much smaller, Holy f**king sh*t,” Adams said.

“You know, it’s probably legal. You know, it’s more of a weasel legal thing to do.”

Adams questioned how such actions would not disqualify Newsom from national political ambitions.

“But how in the world can you do something like this and still become considered to be a presidential candidate?” Adams said.

He suggested the issue would not reach or influence voters who might support Newsom.

“The only way is if, is if people like me know about it, but I wasn’t going to vote for him,” Adams said.

“And the people who might like him and might vote for him will never hear this story. They will never hear this story.”

Adams said even if the issue were raised publicly, he doubted it would change Democratic voters’ views.

“And even if you brought it up and people heard it for the first time,” Adams said.

“Let’s say, let’s say his competition brought it up at a debate or something. It’s sort of technical, and, you know, I’m not sure it would make any difference to a Democrat.”

He said Newsom could dismiss the issue by framing it as a policy difference rather than wrongdoing.

“And if he has some excuse, like, I don’t know what they’re talking about, we just need a train between these two places, and we have the money. Why wouldn’t we build it?” Adams said.

“So the Democrats could easily be convinced that there’s no real problem here.”

Adams said Newsom could argue there was no criminal conduct involved.

“And he would say, am I indicted for anything? No, is it a crime? No, we’re just doing things differently than Republicans would do them. There’s no crime in that,” Adams said.

He concluded by expressing disbelief that the issue would receive little scrutiny.

“So he could probably, very easily dismiss it in a debate, the news will probably let him have a pass, and it’s just unfrecking believable,” Adams said.

“Wow.”

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Gavin Newsom’s high-speed rail scam: Instead of returning billions in unspent federal funds for a train that was never built, he’s pivoting to a tiny Central Valley segment to keep the cash flowing.@ScottAdamsSays “How in the world can you do something like this and still… pic.twitter.com/RA99rAz9Bb

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