Three Tennessee Republicans sign letter formally nominating Donald Trump for Nobel Prize

WASHINGTON – A group of House Republicans, including three from Tennessee, has formally nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Reps. Diane Black, Marsha Blackburn and Scott DesJarlais all signed onto a letter sent Wednesday to the Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairman of The Norweigan Nobel Committee, nominating Trump for the 2019 prize “in recognition of his work to end the Korean War, denuclearize the Korean peninsula and bring peace to the region.”

"Since taking office, President Trump has worked tirelessly to apply maximum pressure on North Korea to end its illicit weapons programs and bring peace to the region,” the letter says.

“His administration successfully united the international community, including China, to impose one of the most successful international sanctions regimes in history. The sanctions have decimated the North Korean economy and have bene largely credited for bringing North Korea to the negotiating table.”

The letter was organized by Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., and signed by 18 House members – all Republicans.

“No one is more deserving of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize than @realdonaldtrump for his tireless work to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula,” Black wrote Wednesday on Twitter.

Blackburn, a Brentwood Republican who is running for the Senate seat currently held by Bob Corker, fired off a couple of Twitter messages from her campaign website earlier this week embracing the call for Trump to take home the Nobel.

“.@realDonaldTrump will be recorded as the leader who settled peace and advanced unification on the Korean Peninsula,” she wrote. “The Nobel Peace Prize is so well deserved!”

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