president s hands before several democratic colleagues began declaring their blanket. opposition to anyone at all that the president might name. one democratic senator stated she would resist any attempt to confirm any nominee this year, quote, it doesn t matter who he s putting forward. it doesn t matter who. earlier today, another democratic senator issued a press release declaring preemptively that he plans to oppose whomever the president thom nominates tonight, no matter who they are. another of our democratic colleagues offered this assessment. we re looking at the destruction of the constitution of the united states as far as i can tell. it s hard to keep a straight face when you hear stuff like that.