HuffPost reports that Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's 2016 campaign manager, blamed the GOP's midterm losses on ineffective messaging, telling Fox News' Laura Ingraham that consultants skimmed money while voters tuned out TV ads: "We lit billions of dollars on fire." The Democrats took both chambers of Congress, with James Talarico beating Ken Paxton in Texas by about 12 points despite Republicans outspending them.