Democrats such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have taken on the promise to "drain the swamp" as a campaign promise, but Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said that isn't going to work for them.
"I don't think it will work for Democrats because Pelosi and [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer are the definition of the swamp," McDaniel told Fox News' "Happening Now." "I don't think anybody is going to fall for this famous tagline that the president obviously coined in the 2016 election."
Democrats under the Trump administration have "obstructed, resisted" and are the "definition of the swamp," she added. "People want to see Washington get things done and Democrats time after time have refused to work with the Trump administration. It is time to bring more Republicans to Washington and send more Democrats home."
On Monday, The Hill reported that Democrats are trying to turn the promise to drain the swamp against President Donald Trump's administration, in an attempt to turn around President Donald Trump's campaign promise on him
Trump has had some problems within his own administration, McDaniel agreed, but said he has tackled all of them head on while putting Americans first.
"Let's look at deregulation and record unemployment and jobs coming back to this country," she said. "What he is doing with the trade deals. The president has put his foot on the gas from day one and we are seeing the results of that with a stronger economy, with people feeling better and they will go into the ballot box in November and say Republicans are the party that have fought for me, the average working American person."
As a result, "they will return us to the majority and let this president continue the good work he is doing," McDaniel said.
McDaniel added that the economy will also push people to vote Republican and keep Trump's agenda alive.
"I see it as I travel the country," she said. "I was in Colorado yesterday. People feel so much better about their lives. They have more money in their paychecks. They can pay for college for their kids or they have more money for groceries or goods. People know that Republicans voted for the historic tax cuts and they also know that every single Democrat across the board voted against middle class tax cuts. That is something that they will be thinking about when they go and vote in November."
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