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Because "without a shred of ethics" describes most politicians too.
Most of the "work" of politics, at least once one is in office, is figuring out ways to justify doing whatever it is that one has been bribed to do.
So in this particular case, some number of politicians wre bribed to kill the high-speed rail project, so they needed some excuse to do it, then the hyperloop came along and gave them one.
It didn't need to be compelling or even reasonable - it just needed to be sufficient. And it was.
I guess i was wondering whether anyone believed it, as far as, did it have an impact on public opinion?
I assume a fair number of people believed it.
Really though, I think that a lot of people don't technically "believe" things like that, because they don't even consider it that much. They just hear some public figure they trust for whatever reason make mouth noises that seem to have something to do with the matter at hand, and that's good enough for them.