[ExI] Trump suggests not letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego

[Adrian Tymes]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
> ...> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> >...Republicans who would resort to this process, would be morally capable of attempting to coerce all alternatives to either not run, withdraw, or not run very intensely, all but guaranteeing the winner before a single ballot is cast.... Adrian
>
> In the republic party, the nominee is chosen by state level popular vote, then the states send delegates to a convention where the nominee is already known.  In the democrat party, the nominee is chosen by party biggies, which can be arbitrarily super.

That's pretty much the case for both parties.  It may be a little more
formal in the Democratic Party's case, but who all in 2024 ran a
serious anti-Trump campaign that was given sufficient resources by the
Republican Party bosses?

Also: this is only among the people who file to run.  Part of the
proposed interference is before that step.