NBC's Ryan Nobles weighed in Thursday on MSNBC over Senate Democrats' last-ditch move to walk out of the Judiciary Committee hearing to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, the massively controversial Trump Justice Department official up for an appellate court nomination, despite whistleblower allegations that he strategized on how to defy court orders blocking Trump's immigration policies.
The ploy is unlikely to stop him from being confirmed in the end, Nobles said, despite widespread opposition to Bove from respected legal experts around the country — but it's designed to make things as painful and politically costly for Republicans as possible.
"I'm not quite sure I've ever seen anything quite like what happened in the Judiciary Committee today," anchor Katy Tur said. "Am I wrong? Is this normal practice?"
"It's certainly not normal practice, Katy," said Nobles. "I'm not saying it's unprecedented, but it is certainly out of the norm to see an entire panel of a hearing break apart, because one side of the aisle decides to walk out en masse in protest."
Democrats' move here, he continued, "is really the only tool they have in their toolbox" given GOP control of the Senate, "and that's to try and grind the gears of this process down as slow as possible. And there's enough votes here for Emil Bove to win confirmation, ultimately, on the Senate floor and to get out of this committee. But what Democrats would like to do is try and put as much out there about this nominee so that perhaps, if there is a Republican that's worried or concerned about the nomination, that they would think twice before voting [for Bove]."
"What Democrats would argue here, Katy, is that this is a lifetime appointment, there should be as much vetting of this candidate as possible; we should hear from everyone who has insight into his work at the Department of Justice and in other places before they cast this vote," Nobles added. "And that's one of the reasons, among the things they're asking for more than anything, is the opportunity for this whistleblower to come forward and testify about their experience with Bove at the DOJ."
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