I got yer insurrection right here

[Mik]

Our military is another part of the checks and balances.

[Jolly]

Would somebody just shut her mouth up with a gob of cheap ice cream?

[Catseye3]

@george-k said in I got yer insurrection right here:

"I was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and I can tell you for sure that if something like this ever happened and someone suddenly said, 'We want to use a nuclear weapon,' they would never get near it."

Thank you, Gen. Powell.

I don't have a problem with Pelosi going to the Joint Chiefs. I do have a problem with her shooting her mouth off about it -- as I gather many others in this thread have. As a citizen I don't need to know about the handling of the nuclear codes; why would I?

Though it would not surprise me if some sort of sub rosa plan to address Trump accessing the nukes were set in place early on -- and then not telling freaking motormouth Pelosi about it.

[Axtremus]

I share @jon-nyc and @Catseye3's sentiment in that I have no problem with Pelosi talking to the Joint Chiefs about this, but it should not be something one proactively tells the world about.

Keep official records, yes, just record it like any other conversion that a House Speaker has with the Joint Chiefs. But should not have been a public announcement.

[Renauda]

@george-k said in I got yer insurrection right here:

She's grandstanding.

Absolutely. Like I said yesterday, Pence and the rest of the cabinet have put the POTUS on a very short leash until the inauguration on the 20th. Would not be surprised if that also included a choke chain collar on the end of the leash just to keep him compliant.

Now Heel!

[Catseye3]

@catseye3 said in I got yer insurrection right here:

"I was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and I can tell you for sure that if something like this ever happened and someone suddenly said, 'We want to use a nuclear weapon,' they would never get near it."

AIDE: How was your trip to North Korea, Mr. President?

TRUMP: That little smartmouth greaseball loser! Gimme a bomb! Give it to me RIGHT NOW!

[Loki]

I would think invoking the 25th would be an easy remedy and I’m quite sure Pence would do it.

Unnecessarily scaring the American public is dim witted.

[George K]

@renauda said in I got yer insurrection right here:

Would not be surprised if that also included a choke chain collar on the end of the leash just to keep him compliant.

I think it was Loki, who after the first presidential debate commented that the next debate should have shock collars on both candidates.

[Renauda]

Mik wasn't it?

[Mik]

Yep. I think so even more now, but the voltage much much higher.

[jon-nyc]

Related - interesting thread, walks through the procedures for unleashing nukes.