Democrats work to prevent Trump from launching first nuclear strike on North Korea

Democratic Senators are trying to prevent President Donald Trump from being able to launch a nuclear first strike against North Korea.

Senators Chris Murphy, Corey Booker, and Brian Schatz will introduce a bill that would give Congress alone the ability to call in a first strike after a vote, Murphy announced Wednesday.

“Trump's North Korea threats are real,” Senator Murphy of Connecticut wrote on Twitter late Wednesday, stating they intend to constrain the president’s executive authority to use nuclear weapons.

The bill follows a similar one introduced by Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu in the House in January and comes in response to Trump’s repeated threats of military action against North Korea if it continues its nuclear weapons development program.

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