When, in January, he takes the office of House Minority Leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., should push back against dangerous efforts by Democrats to obstruct President Trump’s nuclear modernization of U.S. nuclear forces.

It’s a necessary concern in light of Politico reporting that suggests that the new Democratic House majority will seek to pare back our nuclear deterrence capability. Politico notes that incoming House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., recently told a disarmament group, “The rationale for the triad I don’t think exists anymore. The rationale for the numbers of nuclear weapons doesn’t exist anymore.” Smith is referring to the U.S. nuclear triad arsenal of ground-based, nuclear-armed missiles; submarine-based missiles (SSBN); and aircraft-based missiles and bombs.