Republicans are bracing themselves for Tuesday’s special election for Senate in Alabama, where President Trump has gambled heavily on a victory for Republican Roy Moore in a race where either outcome has major pitfalls for his party.

“When it comes to 2018,” one Republican strategist said, “this could really be a lose-lose situation.”

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