Amid continued concerns over the threats posed to reproductive rights, the planet, consumers, human rights, workers, healthcare, net neutrality, and the overall common good by President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh, one progressive group denounced scheduled meetings between the far-right nominee and some Senate Democrats as “a needless capitulation” to Republicans.

“The only good reason for a Democratic senator to meet with Brett Kavanaugh is to tell him directly to his face that they will oppose his confirmation,” declared CREDO Action co-director Heidi Hess on Wednesday. “Anything less is not just a complete waste of time, it is also a needless capitulation to the Republican lie that Kavanaugh is a fair jurist worthy of consideration for a seat on the Supreme Court.”

Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) and Joe Donnelly (Ind.)—both up for reelection in states Trump won—are scheduled to meet with Kavanaugh on Wednesday. Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) already met with him last week, while Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.) is scheduled to meet with him next week. 

Three of those four—Donnelly, Heitkamp, and Manchin—voted with Republicans to confirm Trump’s other Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, which drew ire from progressives.