Senate Republicans on Wednesday took a hard look at Tuesday night's punishing election results in some key battleground states, and they're not pleased with what they're seeing.
"Yesterday to me was a complete failure," said Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina.
Republicans were handed a string of rebukes, from red-state Kentucky's projected move to reelect Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear to Virginia projected to elect Democratic majorities in both chambers of its state Legislature, likely thwarting GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin's election promise to enact a 15-week abortion ban.
For republicans, elections are not a way for Americans to select their representatives or to show support for certain policies. It is a litmus test to see how loyal America is to the GOP.
The idea is that Republican rule is just and noble, and the only allowable outcome. Everything else is a deviation from what is right in the world.