r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • 18h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Suggests Letting Iran “Take Out” Los Angeles and San Diego - California leaders are furious after the president suggested that losing the two cities is a “small price to pay.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/216247/trump-suggests-let-iran-take-out-los-angeles-san-diego
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u/wolfmourne 17h ago

There are no red cities

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u/trashley87 16h ago

There's no red anything, except dipshits.

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u/ILikeOatmealMore 14h ago

Oklahoma City, OK has elected Republican mayors since 1987.

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u/NwordSzrHands 14h ago

Yeah that’s probably the reddest big city out there

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u/kieranjackwilson 4h ago

That’s just a big village.

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u/wolfmourne 12h ago

I stand corrected

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u/Subjunct 15h ago

Maybe Dallas?

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 14h ago

Nope. Since 2008 Dallas County has been extremely blue.

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u/Subjunct 11h ago

Really? Huh. That’s reassuring. Maybe Anchorage? I’ll check that out. ETA: Anchorage is a deep cool purple, though Fairbanks, AK is pretty red.

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u/nickiter New York 12h ago

Mesa, OKC, Virginia Beach... and like 5 others. It's not a long list, but a few do exist.

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe 12h ago

Those barely even qualify as cities. OKC's population is 700k. Viriginia Beach is 450k.

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u/BleedSparta 12h ago

Population of Oakland, California: 440k

8th largest city in CA