U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) announced this week that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday on the authority of the executive branch to use nuclear weapons, reports The Hill.
The hearing comes in the aftermath of President Trump warning North Korea in August that it could face “fire and fury like the world has never seen” if it continues to build up its nuclear program.
A frequent critic now of Trump’s leadership abilities, Corker is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has accused the president of putting the U.S. “on the path to World War III” with the way he threatens other countries.
On Wednesday, Corker said in a statement that “a number of members both on and off our committee have raised questions about the authorities of the legislative and executive branches with respect to war making, the use of nuclear weapons, and conducting foreign policy overall.”
Corker continued, “This continues a series of hearings to examine these issues and will be the first time since 1976 that this committee or our House counterparts have looked specifically at the authority and process for using U.S. nuclear weapons. This discussion is long overdue, and we look forward to examining this critical issue.”
A number of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have said Congress must authorize a declaration of war and the use of nuclear weapons if Trump wants to preemptively strike North Korea.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has asked Congress to prevent the president from using nuclear weapons unless the U.S. is attacked first.
So Bobby is still trying to make himself relevant. Someone forgot to tell him that the junior Senator from Tennessee has no clothes. He is naked and out in the cold as far as Tennesseans are concerned.
To the rest of the United States: Bob Corker DOES NOT represent the majority of Tennessean’s views. IF Corker had not announced his retirement, we would have retired him!
To all Tenneseans, elections have consequences! 2018 is our opportunity to help drain the DC and Nashville swamp.