Remember our friend State Sen. Jake Knotts in South Carolina?

He’s not having a great day.

It seems a few South Carolina Republicans have finally taken the appropriate umbrage at Sen. Knotts’ racially charged comments regarding fellow Republican Nikki Haley’s background. Sen. Knotts’ description of Haley, whose parents were Sikh immigrants from India, as a “raghead” compelled Lexington County Republican Committee to pass a resolution last night to censure him. (Knotts and Haley both live in Lexington County.)

Additionally, the chairman of the Greenville County Republican Party, the largest county party in the state, said yesterday that State Sen. Knotts should be expelled from the state party.

From CNN’s Political Ticker:

Greenville County GOP chairman Patrick Haddon, who also serves as First Vice Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, said he will motion for Knotts' expulsion at the next meeting of the state party's executive committee.

"I cannot sit idly by and watch our Party be torn apart by Senator Jake Knotts' bigotry," Haddon said in a statement. "This is the harshest penalty the Party can impose, and it is more than justified in this situation."

And on top of that, U.S. Representative Joe “You Lie!” Wilson, whose district represents all of Knotts’ home county and who has even appeared in a campaign ad for the State Senator, has issued the following statement:

"As a member of Congress representing the Second District of South Carolina, I was hurt and disgusted to hear Senator Jake Knotts direct such offensive slurs at a community which is very close to me.

"Senator Knotts did not reflect the values of our citizens in his language or in the tone of his remarks and certainly did not reflect mine. Having served as the chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, I know first hand how hurtful his remarks personally were to so many of our fellow citizens.

"I believe Senator Knotts still owes an apology to the people at which the slurs were directed. Our Party must focus on issues like creating jobs and cutting taxes; and providing a positive vision for the future of our state and country."

All of this adds up to a pretty rough Friday for Senator Knotts. Maybe he’ll have a nicer weekend… but he probably shouldn’t count on it.