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Last night the GOP lost several races that should have been layups – from Glenn Youngkin's failed bid to capture control of the Virginia legislature, to Daniel Cameron's Gubernatorial loss in deep-red Kentucky.

The demoralizing loss left many on social media and elsewhere calling for the ouster of GOP Party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who oversaw a losing streak stretching back to the 2018 midterms – in which a 'red wave' turned into barely a trickle, translating to a slight majority in the House.

"What, exactly, does Ronna McDaniel do, besides lose?" asked former Trump administration official Monica Crowley on X. "The only thing she SHOULD do is RESIGN. Effective immediately."

"FIRE RINO RONNA MCDANIEL NOW!" tweeted Florida congressional candidate Anthony Sabatini, an Army veteran, adding "Ronna McDaniel will go down as the worst RNC Chair in history."

McDaniel has also come under fire for picking NBC to host Wednesday night's GOP debate.

Journalist John Solomon called for McDaniel to resign following the GOP's dismal performance, telling former Trump strategist Steve Bannon:

As Solomon's Just the News notes, it doesn't stop there:

The common denominator in Tuesday's losses – abortion, which you may recall Trump mentioned as a key sticking point that Republicans were going to need to compromise over. 

Even deep-red Ohio supports abortion rights by a margin of 55%, according to the report. Abortion also factored in for Pennsylvania's election, where a Democrat judge landed a seat on the state's Supreme Court ahead of the 2024 election.

"We can’t win until we solve the political problem of abortion," wrote conservative activist Terry Schilling. "That means 15 week limits, with exceptions. And candidates have to run ads to counter Dem attacks. There’s no other way."

"We can’t save lives, if we can’t win elections," said Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who added "If pro-life Republicans want to actually save lives, they have to learn to LISTEN TO WOMEN and talk about abortion AND contraception. Roe repeal changed the playing field and the conversation, and too many are stuck in the policies and arguments of the past."

"We need to talk about common sense abortion restrictions, while also promoting expanded access to contraception including over the counter. We need to make sure exceptions for rape and incest are included in EVERY law we pass. And we need to constantly remind voters they don’t agree with the Left’s actual position of abortion until birth," Mace added.