Woo Hoo! Brilliant move (if true)!
I suggested lat week that Trump could offer unimportant cabinet or other posts to Dim Senators in Red states where the GOP guv could appoint a GOP replacement. It would pad the senate in case any GOPe senators waffled or defected.
I suppose if the Lt Gov SC is really a Trump loyalist, the same logic could apply to replacing wishy-washy or opposition figures within the GOP.