Last week, Democrats on the Senate Privileges & Elections Committee rejected 14 more appointments, bringing the total number they’ve blocked this year to 22. The governor’s administration has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court to lift a temporary suspension on the appointments for three governing boards at Virginia’s higher education institutions brought forward by Senate Democrats. In the letter, Senate leaders urged the governor to suspend any further appointments to Virginia’s university governing boards and said some of Youngkin’ appointees have introduced additional “controversy” and “division,” and have “abdicated” their responsibilities. The rebuttal from Youngkin’s office did not specify whether the governor would suspend making any further appointments. On Monday, Surovell didn’t appear surprised that the governor’s office denounced his colleagues’ work to block appointees.