Exactly right. “But he’ll get confirmed anyway” is the worst argument. The symbolism of a walkout of an illegitimate process is huge. Many protests do not produce immediate results. This does not reduce the need to do it.https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/1037348568665915393 …
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My counterargument is that he’ll get confirmed *faster,* there will be nothing from him on the record, and I think people are hugely overestimating the attention a walkout would get. Dems did it for three Trump nominees last year.
Good points. I think there could be coordination-some stay and do questioning, others walk out and join the Senate Dems who are not in the committee for a press conference.