Gov. Maura Healey slammed President Donald Trump’s administration Thursday for engaging in “political theater” after a federal transportation official suggested the White House was considering taking over the state-owned South Station to address security.

Healey railed against remarks made by Deputy Director of Transportation Steven Bradbury at an event in South Station Wednesday, the same day the Trump administration announced plans to take management of Union Station in Washington away from Amtrak.

The first-term Democrat from Arlington said what the Trump administration is doing in Washington, “and now threatening to do at South Station, is outrageous, wrong, and has nothing to do with transportation or public safety.”

“It’s more political theater, more political power grabs from Don

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