The difference between Gavin Newsom and Alexandria Cortez is, at some point, Newsom cannot afford to ignore reality for very long as a governor. Alexandria Cortez is one person in Congress so she can afford to spout her nonsense and her unrealistic dreams and goals.
I am sure Gavin Newsom would’ve loved to continue that bullet train project. But he had to face mathematical reality. Alexandria Cortez likes to ignore economics and math and she can afford to do it because she can just blend in with everybody else in Congress that likes to ignore math and economics