A pair of Democrats have been undertaking an effort to curb President Trump’s ability to launch a nuclear strike. Today’s Trump press conference caused those Democrats, Rep. Ted Lieu and Rep. Ed Markey, try and speed things along:
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Scared yet? If so, support HR 669 from @SenMarkey & me. Bill puts restrictions on @POTUS to launch nuclear weapons. #TrumpPressConference https://t.co/9tyBHWbaxw
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 16, 2017
“Nuclear holocaust would be like no other” – @realDonaldTrump
Urgent: we must pass my no first-use nuclear weapons bill w/ @RepTedLieu.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) February 16, 2017
Somebody was really troubled by Trump’s presser.