Trump’s suggestion that Iran could ‘take out’ LA or San Diego draws Republican rebuke

Congressional candidate Jim Desmond says he ‘served to protect Americans, not write off American cities’ A Republican candidate in San Diego has criticized Donald Trump after the US president suggested Iran could “take out” the city or Los Angeles. Trump has faced a chorus of condemnation from Democratic leaders in California after his comments at a rally in Nebraska on Monday night. Republicans have largely remained silent. Continue reading...

Shrai Popat and David Smith in Washington, Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 8:39 AM
California | The Guardian

Trump’s suggestion that Iran could ‘take out’ LA or San Diego draws Republican rebuke

Congressional candidate Jim Desmond says he ‘served to protect Americans, not write off American cities’

A Republican candidate in San Diego has criticized Donald Trump after the US president suggested Iran could “take out” the city or Los Angeles.

Trump has faced a chorus of condemnation from Democratic leaders in California after his comments at a rally in Nebraska on Monday night. Republicans have largely remained silent.

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