Dem Lawmakers Want To Pry Nuclear Football From Trump’s Hands

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Daily Caller:

Democratic lawmakers are attempting to limit the president’s power over America’s nuclear arsenal.

 

Legislation prohibiting the president from launching a nuclear first strike without congressional approval was introduced into Congress Tuesday by Rep. Ted W. Lieu (D – Calif) and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a press release revealed.

 

The Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 states, “The President may not use the Armed Forces of the United States to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless such strike is conducted pursuant to a declaration of war by Congress that expressly authorizes such strike.”

 

“The crucial issue of nuclear ‘first use’ is more urgent than ever now that President Donald Trump has the power to launch a nuclear war at a moment’s notice,” the press release read.

 

Democrats have repeatedly voiced concerns over Trump’s competency, asserting that he should not be given authority over the U.S. arsenal of several thousand nuclear weapons.

 

They believe that Trump will simply fire off a civilization-ending nuclear missile due to a minor provocation.

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Triggered Democrats want Trumps finger off the trigger.

[Draggingtree]

Democrats try to intercept nuclear ‘football’

By David Thornton | January 27, 2017, 10:54am

 

Once again Democrats have launched an utterly hopeless, totally symbolic attempt embarrass President Trump. Two Senate Democrats have introduced legislation that would strip President Trump of the right to launch a nuclear strike without congressional approval on the basis that Mr. Trump cannot be trusted with the responsibility to not accidentally start a nuclear war.

 

Foreign Policy magazine reports that Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) introduced bills to both houses of Congress that would restrict the president’s ability to order a nuclear attack. Specifically, the bills would prohibit the president from ordering a nuclear first strike without a declaration of war from Congress.

http://theresurgent.com/democrats-try-to-intercept-nuclear-football/

[Valin]

Related...or let the games begin

 

Democrats launch scorched-earth strategy against Trump

'They were entitled to a grace period and they blew it,' says one governor. 'It’s been worse than I could have imagined, the first few days.'

Gabriel Debenedetti

01/26/17

 

What began as a high-minded discussion about how to position the Democratic Party against President Donald Trump appears to be nearing its conclusion. The bulk of the party has settled on a scorched-earth, not-now-not-ever model of opposition. In legislative proposals, campaign promises, donor pitches and even in some Senate hearings, Democrats have opted for a hard-line, give-no-quarter posture, a reflection of a seething party base that will have it no other way.

 

According to interviews with roughly two dozen party leaders and elected officeholders, the internal debate over whether to take the conciliatory path — to pursue a high-road approach as a contrast to Trump’s deeply polarizing and norm-violating style — is largely settled, cemented in place by a transition and first week in office that has confirmed the left’s worst fears about Trump’s temperament.

 

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That conclusion comes after two months of intraparty debates about how to outwardly treat the Trump White House, a process which played out not only in public but also in private meetings and conference calls between leading party operatives, elected officials and message crafters. “I predict the coming divide in the Democratic Party won’t be ideological so much as it will be between those who resist and oppose and those who accommodate and appease,” strategist David Brock told roughly 120 donors gathered in Florida over the weekend to plot a path forward.

 

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