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By Harriet Sinclair
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Republicans are scoring so many victories they are going to get tired of winning, according to Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Speaking in an interview with Fox and Friends, Huckabee Sanders-who is reportedly under consideration to replace embattled White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer if he is ousted, said the GOP were on top because the Democrats had no agenda.
"Frankly, I think Republicans are going to get tired of winning at some point if the Democrats don't ever get an agenda," she told the channel during an interview Wednesday.
Discussing the Republican victory in Tuesday's special election in Georgia, which had been hotly contested by the Democrats, Huckabee Sanders suggested people were still happy with their choice of Donald Trump for president.
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"They thought the elections last night were going to be a referendum on this president and once again, he proved, never underestimate him," she told Fox and Friends. "And the American people put him and other Republicans in place for a reason. They have an agenda."
Huckabee Sanders' gleeful comments at the GOP winning so much comes as the party enjoyed a fifth victory Tuesday in seats Democrats were hoping to win. The party counts the Georgia election twice given Democrat Jon Ossoff's failure to win outright in a first round victory, then losing the second round to GOP candidate Karen Handel. Then there were the GOP's special election wins in Kansas, Montana and South Carolina.
In a statement, Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee Ronna McDaniel said: "I want to offer my warmest congratulations to Karen Handel on her victory. Tonight, the people of Georgia's Sixth District overwhelmingly voted not only for Karen, but also for President Trump's agenda of replacing our broken healthcare system, reforming an outdated tax code, and prioritizing infrastructure investment.
She added: "For the fourth time since November, voters have rejected the Democrats' agenda of obstruction and made it clear it's time get to work for the American people and join President Trump's administration in Making America Great Again."
Her sentiments were shared by President Donald Trump, who claimed that Tuesday's victory in Georgia was a direct rejection of the Democrats' obstruction.
He wrote on Twitter: "Well, the Special Elections are over and those that want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN are 5 and O! All the Fake News, all the money spent = 0."
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