Democrat introduces bill to prevent presidents from nuking hurricanes

[yortsed snacilbuper]

A House Democrat has introduced a bill that would ban presidents or other federal officials from using nuclear bombs in an attempt to alter weather patterns.

Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) told The Washington Post in an interview published Tuesday that her bill was in response to a report last August that President Trump had inquired about using such weapons against hurricanes. Trump later denied the report.

The Climate Change and Hurricane Correlation and Strategy Act, which Garcia introduced June 1, would bar the president or other federal officials from using either a nuclear bomb or any other "strategic weapon" for "altering weather patterns or addressing climate change."

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[calimary]

1. One would have thought this a totally preposterous and unnecessary move

until the donald came along.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. Trump just got "owned".

............

[Cyrano]

3. So you nuke a hurricane and nuclear fallout spreads for thousands of miles

We need to invent a new scale to measure just how ignorant our pResident is.

[PJMcK]

4. This is for real?!

What Trump hath wrought.

On the other hand, I would think Rep. Garcia might have more important things to do. In spite of Trump, no one is going to nuke a hurricane!

By the way, Rep. Garcia, your bill would have to pass the House, then the Senate (how many bills is McConnell sitting on?) and then signed by Trump (who will never limit his own powers). Do you really think this issue is worth the work and political capital it would take?

I hope she isn't grandstanding.

[usaf-vet]

5. Really maybe she isn't completely in touch with reality or how a bill get's passed.

Here is the reality!

In the simplest form.

[dameatball]

6. I doubt she expects any serious attention, other than to lampoon the so-called President by

keeping one of his ridiculous comments in the public eye.

[tavernier]

9. That was my thought.

Repubs have tied our hands with any and all serious bills anyway, so until we destroy them, a little ribbing is in order.

[onetexan]

7. seriously??

[bucolic_frolic]

8. No law will stop Trump's issuance of executive orders

or proclaiming a specific EO is working. A bill against hurricane nukes? Is that like a Congressional subpoena?

[smirkymonkey]

10. I thought this was going to be an Onion article.

Do they really think that this is something that will work? WTF. I swear, I really feel like I am living in a never ending episode of The Twilight Zone.

[SaintLouisBlues]

11. Epic trolling. Dems should do this for all the crazy suggestions, like drinking bleach or aquarium

cleaner.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. I was sure this had to be another satire from Andy Borowitz - or at least The Onion...