Huge screw Up by the GOP.

Not "the GOP." Trump. She was his pick - she wouldn't have even run if he had chosen anyone else for that seat, and he passed over every established politician in South Carolina to elevate her. For no discernible reason, other than that she would have owed her seat entirely to Trump and not due to any of her own political skills or achievements.

He's still too powerful within the party for it to be likely that he gets the blowback on that - but he certainly deserves it. Between that and the Paxton pick and the "thou shalt gerrymander" order, he's damaged the GOP with his political choices more than anything since Watergate. And that's not even looking at his substantive policy choices, since a lot of tonight will end up being attributed to Iran and high gas prices. No one likes high gas prices, and they don't listen if you tell them the economy is fine when the gas prices are high....