Signs proclaiming “The Silent Majority Stands with Trump” were a common sight on the 2016 campaign trail. President Trump is hardly the first politician to evoke this notion of a gap between the public narrative and how voters really feel, but his victory in November offered an undeniable validation of it.

Still, during confirmation hearings for Trump’s Cabinet nominees, some Senate Democrats have demonstrated an indifference, or even open defiance, to the fact that the loudest voices are often not speaking for most Americans. These senators would sooner turn a deaf ear to reality than concede the change afoot around them. In jamming up the confirmation process, they are effectively second guessing the public’s will and playing with fire by doing so.