“Sen. Tim Scott’s tenure as chairman of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm is starting with a controversial hire,” NOTUS reports. “Stephen DeMaura — the former campaign manager for Mike Pence’s most recent presidential campaign — is expected to be the new executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.” “But the hire has already ruffled the feathers of many Republicans on Capitol Hill, with some GOP aides telling NOTUS they see it as a ‘strange’ and ‘weird’ decision given Donald Trump’s return to the White House.”