The Democrats don’t have the numbers to stop the confirmation, but their refusal to leave the floor on the eve of the vote is meant to register the strength of their protest to the Republican decision to ram a supreme court appointment through during an election, at a time when the senate has been otherwise shut down from coronavirus.
These Democrats will not stop fighting. They have taken over the floor. They will speak on that floor all through the night. The party of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chris Murphy, Chuck Schumer will register the strength of their protest. No quarter will be asked, and none given. Here there will be no hyperbole.
