"and bordering on engaging in traitorous behavior, IMHO." who

They have sworn an oath to the Constitution.
ARTICLE 2. SECTION 2.
2 He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

So all but Senator Graham among Republicans provided their advice, but not their consent?

That would seem to me to be a conspicuous, technical breach of their Constitutional obligation.

"when the bigots of this world have been privileged for as long as they have, to them equality feels like discrimination." shiftless2