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Democrat truancy won’t defeat Trump nominees

By Philip Wegmann

Published February 1, 2017 11:10pm ET

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Democrat truancy won’t defeat Trump nominees — Seats on the Democrat's side of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing room are empty on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, during a boycott to thwart the confirmation vote on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator-designate Scott Pruitt. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Democrats clearly need some career advice. Though the oldest party in politics, they still don’t understand that 90 percent of success is just showing up.

Most recently, Democrats boycotted votes on two of Trump’s cabinet picks. For two days, they skipped work altogether. And then when Republicans started the nominating business without them, Sen. Ron Wyden accused his GOP colleagues of “breaking the rules to push through, on a partisan basis, two nominees.”

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