Katie Porter walked back her criticism of the high-speed rail boondoggle. Why?

Katie Porter walked back her criticism of the high-speed rail boondoggle. Why?

Kill the California high-speed-rail boondoggle? Katie Porter went there. Well, a little. The former U.S. House member and failed 2024 candidate for U.S. Senate now is running for governor in 2026. She has gone farther than any Democratic candidate to question the project, which she had strongly supported. “Increasingly, the evidence is showing that this project is not going to be able to be completed remotely on budget or remotely on time,” she …