<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 12:32 PM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:</span></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"> </span><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></u><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-1299005463664353388"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-1299005463664353388WordSection1"><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-1299005463664353388gmaildefault"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">> </span></i></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><b style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </b><i style=""><font face="georgia, serif">The EC protects the people who live in the smaller states. </font></i></span></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><i style=""><font face="georgia, serif">They are in the minority. </font></i></span></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>In 2020 in California<span class="gmail_default" style=""> more people</span> vote<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">d</span> for Trump then</b></font><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""> Texans voted for Trump, but the California Trump voters were still in the minority so over 6 million of them received exactly ZERO votes in the electoral college; where was their protection? </b></font></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""><br></b></font></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:18px"><font face="georgia, serif" style=""><i> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>I support protecting minorities.</i></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b> I think my minorities<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>should have equal rights but you go further than that,  you think<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span><span style="background-color:transparent"> they should have superior rights,</span><span class="gmail_default" style="background-color:transparent"> you must be the most woke DEI</span></b></font><span style="background-color:transparent"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b> </b></font><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style="">loving ultra liberal around?!</b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""><br></b></font></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style="">John K Clark</b></font></span></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""><br></b></font></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-1299005463664353388"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-1299005463664353388WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> </span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>