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Ron Johnson: “California spent close to $14 billion on a high-speed rail…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 1:01:13

And I can tell you, speaking for myself in Ohio, I don't think California deserves a Dollar of the taxpayer dollars from the people of Ohio to cover up their disgusting incompetence. So I will point out California spent close to $14 billion on a high-speed rail system which will probably never be completed. They spend billions on illegal immigrants offering themselves as a sanctuary state, sanctuary city. Again, these are just the realities we need to face when we're asking Ohio or Florida or Wisconsin taxpayers to again pay for their grotesque incompetence and mismanagement and poor governance. (1:01:13–1:01:21)

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Asserts that California has spent nearly $14 billion on an incomplete high-speed rail system.

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