The American Independent Party, which is ballot-qualified in California and has its own presidential primary in March 2020, has asked the Secretary of State to list nine presidential candidates on its ballot. Most of them are also seeking the nomination of some other party as well. These candidates will not appear unless they tell the Secretary of State that they want to be on the AIP ballot.

The candidates who are seeking the Republican nomination as well, and which are on the AIP list, are President Donald Trump, William Weld, Joe Walsh, Mark Sanford, and Rocky De La Fuente.

Others on the AIP list are: Phil Collins, who is already the Prohibition Party nominee; Don Blankenship, who is seeking the Constitution Party nomination; J.R. Myers, who is seeking the nomination of his newly-formed Life and Liberty Party; and Tom Hoefling, who was the AIP presidential nominee in 2012.

Poster Comment:

AIP is the party of Alan Keyes, and President Trump and 8 other candidates are seeking the nomination.

IMO, candidate Trump won't participate in the debate because he's too afraid of getting curb stomped by Bill Weld etc. or maybe even Alan Keyes?