Good question. Glad it was asked.
Senator McClintock was portrayed as a victim of political trafficking and unlike victims of human trafficking, there is little a candidate can do about it.
Human trafficking, a felony in California, is frequently used to prosecute those promoting forced, sexual prostitution. Political trafficking, the act of forcing candidates into ideological prostitution, is a protected, 1st Amendment right and is freely practiced by the CRP utilizing the financial muscle of New Majority donors.
In civil society, acts of extortion are classified as racketeering and are prosecutable under the Rico Statutes. In politics, they're called partisanship and are a protected form of political speech, especially popular in Orange County.
Tom's no victim and he sure is no leader of yours.