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After boarding the “Doomsday plane”, Senator Angus King (I-ME) imagined Donald Trump in charge during a nuclear attack.
King’s knees “were a little weak” thinking about how much power the President has in that situation… And he knew he had to vote for Hillary Clinton.
“When I got off the plane, my knees were a little weak with that realization how much power is in this one person,” the Independent Senator from Maine said to CNN’s Chris Cuomo on New Day. And then I thought about Donald Trump.
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“And it’s a question of judgment and temperament and this guy has not demonstrated to me the kind of coolness that you need in that situation,” King concluded.
Watch here:
.@SenAngusKing, an Independent, tells @ChrisCuomo that he is voting for Hillary Clinton. He explains why on @NewDay. https://t.co/zthiTn5nUg
— New Day (@NewDay) July 14, 2016
Recounting his experience of boarding the “Doomsday Plane” — the plane “is built and equipped to keep the US government running in the event of a nuclear war or other disaster” — Sen. King said, “I’ve got to vote for Hillary Clinton. I just can’t in good conscience put someone in that airplane whose coolness and patience and judgment I have doubts about.”
King also pointed to Clinton’s calm composure during her testimony for a House Benghazi investigation.
“Never lost her temper. Never lost her cool. Never lost her patience,” King said. “Answered every question. Was very solid. And I think most people even people who were opposed to her felt that was an amazing performance. That’s as good as you’re going to get as a photograph of somebody making decisions under pressure.”
King usually caucuses with the Democrats, so this endorsement might not be a huge surprise but what makes it so important is the reason why he made it.
After going through a simulation of a nuclear attack, King was shaken to his core to imagine Donald Trump with that power.
If that isn’t enough to send people flocking to Clinton, they haven’t been listening to Donald Trump.
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