16 states, including California and New York, banded together to file the lawsuit.
President Donald Trump slammed a lawsuit filed by 16 states, including California and New York, saying it was propelled mostly by radicals on the left.
Trump took to Twitter on Feb. 19 to share his thoughts on the lawsuit.
“As I predicted, 16 states, led mostly by Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left, have filed a lawsuit in, of course, the 9th Circuit! California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their out of control Fast Train, with no hope of completion, seems in charge!” he said.
New California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced the cancellation of the train project, which ran into severe cost overruns, saying “there’s been too little oversight and not enough transparency.” The announcement prompted Trump to demand the return of $3.5 billion the federal government gave to California for the project.
Trump added on Tuesday, “The failed Fast Train project in California, where the cost overruns are becoming world record setting, is hundreds of times more expensive than the desperately needed Wall!”
Trump asked Congress to approve $5.7 billion in funding for the border wall but the final appropriations only included about $1.3 billion, prompting him to declare a national emergency on Feb. 15.
The emergency declaration, combined with the spending bill, would give the administration $8 billion for the wall, the president said.
