“....the Republicans made a mistake in complying....”
Not necessarily given what may have been a quickly organized *revolt.*
I think the great response of the public to this via email and phone may have encouraged future action. Such action WILL be necessary.
They HAD to leave. Otherwise they would have been locked in, no food, no water, no electricity, no AC. Or the DC police would have arrested them for loitering. Not a single rep had any business on that floor, the session was closed and therefore the laws that protected them were closed too.
This is not a big Hollywood movie where Jimmy Stewart falls over in filibuster and the big guns back off. Nancy the beast would push it all the way.
Let's see what happens next.