Dozens of House Democrats want Biden to give up sole authority to launch nuclear weapons By Audrey Conklin, Fox News
About three dozen House Democrats have signed a letter asking President Biden to renounce his sole authority to launch nuclear weapons, according to reports.
A promise from the president to give up his nuclear capabilities as commander in chief could take the same power away from future presidents.
"Vesting one person with this authority entails real risks," the letter from Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., and obtained by Politico reads. "Past presidents have threatened to attack other countries with nuclear weapons or exhibited behavior that caused other officials to express concern about the president’s judgment."
Panetta's office did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Fox News. The congressman said in a Monday tweet that he is "calling on" Biden "to install checks [and] balances in our nuclear command-and-control structure."
The letter continues: "While any president would presumably consult with advisors before ordering a nuclear attack, there is no requirement to do so. The military is obligated to carry out the order if they assess it is legal under the laws of war. Under the current posture of U.S. nuclear forces, that attack would happen in minutes."
Democrats offered some alternatives to sole nuclear authority, such as requiring the vice president and House speaker to agree with a launch order from the president before it is executed, according to Politico.
Presidents have continually passed down a briefcase containing all the necessary materials to dial up a nuclear strike using a specific code, often referred to as the "nuclear football."
Democrats previously expressed concern with former President Trump having access to such power. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in January, for example, said she spoke with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley about protecting nuclear codes from an "unhinged president."
Pelosi said she spoke to Milley on Jan. 5 "to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike."
The football was passed over a long distance when Biden took office after Trump because the former president did not attend the new president's Inauguration. It is usually handed off between presidents on Inauguration Day.
Just the latest example, stacked on the mountain of recent examples that Joe Biden is completely unqualified to be president.
And that his being there is a danger to everyone on this planet.
He threatens to cripple the U.S. economically, and crush our recent energy independence, that Trump gave us for the first time in 70 years. Biden instantly ended the Canadian Keystone XL pipeline, hurting both Canada and the U.S., and likely forcing Canada to permanently give all that oil to China.
Biden plans to end fossil fuel production in the U.S., but with no reliable fuel source to replace it. Events of the last two weeks in Texas make clear the suicidal nature of that,
Ending U.S. oil and natural gas production cuts off cheap U.S. supply of fuel to Western Europe, and encourages Russia to engage in extortion of Europe, when Russia becomes the only energy source available for Europe. This encourages not only Russian leverage by extortion, but wars as well.
Biden (or more likely his puppetmasters, as Biden stares vacantly into space, and a nurse wipes the drool off his chin) is also ramping up another proxy war in Syria with increased troops and military action. Further wars that Trump avoided, despite pressure from establishment "experts" of both parties, who hated Trump for not caving in to their unnecessary wars for profit.
U.S. weakness that encourages Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and radical Islam to new and dangerous aggression and expansion. As are the Mexican drug cartels on our Southern border. They're clearly thrilled that a weak incompetent leader like Biden is in charge and Trump is out, and they're right back in business. Endangering the U.S., endangering the world. Whereas Trump with a wise use of soft power and diplomacy, made the world a far safer place.
But now Biden's in charge (sort of).
God help us all.
