When Republican senators confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Democrats immediately turned the volume up on their threats of retribution.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer denounced the vote, which succeeded on partisan lines, as “one of the darkest days” in Senate history. His colleague, Rhode Island’s Sheldon Whitehouse, called the whole process illegitimate and threatened that Republicans would “rue the day” when Democrats retook control of the Senate. Over in the House, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez prescribed her party a remedy: “Expand the court.”