I think a bit of public freaking out would be in order, as I said, Joe could have picked a patriotic conservative fire breather a former republican, who would raising blisters on plenty of arses by now. The problems with garland are lack of aggression and moral indifference. They attacked the country, constitution, rule of law, congress and democracy, in an violent unprecedented way and ended the 240 year history of the peaceful transfer of power, where is the outrage? More importantly where is the enthusiasm for the constitution, democracy and the rule of law? Garland still thinks he's a federal judge and I suspect he lacks the emotional flexibility to appreciate and exploit his new role in the justice system. He's suppose to be a warrior for the constitution, not a pussy, those he is confronting don't respect pussies, they respect strength, they use fear and trust me, they will respond to fear.
It's really not much different than with the anti vaxxers and mandates, these people use fear against others and respond to it too. The whole republican party is fear driven by Donald's lash and the lunatic base he controls, they have proven what motivates them the most, fear. The right AG has the power to put the fear of Jesus into them and right now they are still pretty bold and acting cocky. Look no further than Matt Gaetz to see the power that fear has over these assholes, he's STFU lately and knows he's looking at a 10 year mandatory minimum. Fear is what you use on assholes who employ it on others themselves, it's very effective on those who stand for nothing but their own self interest.