GOP lawmakers want President Trump to use his "showman" skills to win support ahead of policy battles on Capitol Hill, such as repealing and replacing ObamaCare.

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"The chief executive in the legislative process is the one that gets the real microphone and he has the capacity to communicate ideas and concepts in a way that a cacophony of 535 of us cannot do," Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) said in an interview with The Hill's Molly K. Hooper, referring to the total number of members of Congress.

Texas GOP Rep. Mike Conaway referred to Trump as a "showman" and predicted he will "take advantage of his ability to create a show" to pressure vulnerable Democrats in the Senate against filibustering his Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

Watch the video above to hear the lawmakers in their own words.