FILE: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in 2016.

A word to visiting politicos: Don’t tread on California’s transit. 

On Thursday morning, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stopped by LA’s Union Station to give a news conference on California’s high-speed rail project. Duffy tore into the project, arguing that it was wasteful and unaccountable, and he announced an upcoming “compliance review” for the $4 billion in federal funds dedicated to the rail system.

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“President Trump has thought about this project, he’s talked about this project, and I think he was kind when he said that this project has been mismanaged,” Duffy told reporters. 

But the most striking part of the conference may have been the LA crowd’s vocal protests. Beneath the sound of........

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