Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to boycott Thursdays committee vote on Amy Coney Barrett s Supreme Court nomination as a protest against Republican efforts to rush her through before the election.

The plan hasnt been finalized yet, according to a Democratic aide, but Democrats are preparing to fill their empty seats with poster-sized photos of people who would be hurt by Barrett potentially casting a deciding vote against the Affordable Care Act. These would be the same pictures of people Democrats had on display during Barretts confirmation hearing last week.

Democrats also intend to hold two press conferences to push back on Barretts confirmation one on the Capitol steps and one on the Supreme Court steps. They will go to one or both of these pressers during the committee vote, according to the Democratic aide.

Throughout the hearings last week, committee Democrats demonstrated the damage a Justice Barrett would do to health care, reproductive freedoms, the ability to vote, and other core rights that Americans cherish. We will not grant this process any further legitimacy by participating in a committee markup of this nomination just twelve days before the culmination of an election that is already underway, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his caucus said in a statement Wednesday afternoon, after HuffPosts story went up.