Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith tonight won reelection in Mississippi, handily defeating Democrat Mike Espy in a run-off. This gives Mitch McConnell a 53 seat majority in the U.S. Senate for the next two years.
The victory enables President Trump to nominate very conservative judges who might not have passed muster with GOP women senators Collins and Murkowski. Their votes cannot be counted on in support of appointees suspected of pro-life sentiments.
With Jeff Flake (R-AZ) out of the Senate in January, RINO senators no longer have veto power. In one four year term President Trump will fill many federal judge vacancies and change the character of the courts going forward for a decade or more. The importance of this change can hardly be overstated.
