Four chairs will be left empty at Trump’s first cabinet meeting for Perdue, Acosta, Coates & Lighthizer, who have not been confirmed.

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) March 13, 2017

Spicer: There will be empty chairs at Trump’s first Cabinet meeting today to represent the Cabinet nominees who haven’t been confirmed yet

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) March 13, 2017

Worth nothing: Alexander Acosta’s hearing on Wednesday was cancelled so @SenAlexander could attend a Trump rally in TN. https://t.co/2uqFDgGHNK

— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) March 13, 2017

If voters didn’t give a crap about Merrick Garland, who thinks they’ll care about this? https://t.co/903RY7BCGD

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 13, 2017