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I don’t have a problem with nullification and Article V BOTH proceeding.
I only have a problem when advocates pursue a one-or-the-other approach.
Or advocates of one approach bad-mouthing the other approach.
It seems to me that the States could easily just refuse to offer any support to enforcement of federal laws.
If the feds want to enforce them, then let them do it,
but don’t expect any local or state cooperation.
Whatever eventually transpires, SOMETHING must be done!

The passage of time and progressive activism have, in effect, altered and perverted the Constitution
with legislative, executive, and judicial decisions that effectively function as amendments to the Constitution,
but without having had the appropriate agreement or ratification by the States.
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The federal government has attempted to intimidate the States with threats.
The federal government has attempted to coerce the States with bribes.
The federal government has selectively applied different standards arbitrarily and unequally among the States.
The federal government has forced the States to undertake expenditures and placed conditions upon those expenditures.
The federal government has adopted foreign law and entered into unauthorized international agreements.
The federal government has attempted to seize control of all government and all government decisions.
The federal government has effectively ignored both the Ninth and Tenth amendments to the Constitution.
The federal government has usurped the power and authority of the States.
The federal government has created rules and regulations that have their proper origin with
the inalienable rights of the People and the power and authority that the People have granted to the States.
The federal government has pursued action, seizures, and prohibitions against the rights of the People.
The federal government has demonstrated a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing the same objective.
The federal government has failed.
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Congress has allowed its power and authority to be relinquished to the executive branch and the judicial branch.
Congress has allowed federal agencies to create regulations that function as congressional law.
Congress has allowed federal agencies to selectively interpret and selectively enforce congressional law.
Congress has allowed the courts to interpret and effectively rewrite congressional law.
Congress has demonstrated its inability to develop, manage, or control the federal budget.
Congress has burdened future generations to servitude for debts to which they have had no say in creating.
Congress has failed.
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The federal government must not be allowed to usurp the authority of the States or the rights of the People.
Congress must not be allowed to continue to fail to perform the duties given to them by the Constitution.
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Without action, the federal government will not to return to its limited role, and
it will continue to seize control of the States, bankrupt the nation, and deny the rights of the people.
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Without action, Congress will not reclaim the authority it has given up, or
to correct its inability and unwillingness to perform its assigned duties and responsibilities.

Yes, we should use every legitimate means at our disposal. A successful Article V COS would be less disruptive than state nullification, but we’re at the point where state nullification needs to be implemented now while we wait for the Article V process.