White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Friday that the only reason Democrats want to "come after" President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE is because “they know they can't beat him.”

“You’re not going to impeach this president when he’s had two of the most successful years that any president has had in modern history,” Sanders said on Fox News.

Sanders was pressed on how some Democrats discussed impeachment on the first day of the new Congress.

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“The only reason they want to come after this president is because they know they can’t beat him,” Sanders said. “They can’t beat him when it comes to a policy debate and they’re not going to beat him when it comes to 2020.

“They have no solutions for America,” Sanders continued about the Democrats. “People are sick and tired of playing politics. They want them to come to Washington to ... actually work with the president to get something done.”

“They want our borders closed and protected and they want these individuals to actually come to help the president, not to fight him,” Sanders added. “That is not what America is looking for.”

Trump also tore into impeachment talk among Democrats earlier on Friday, saying they couldn’t impeach “the most popular Republican in party history.”

“How do you impeach a president who has won perhaps the greatest election of all time, done nothing wrong (no Collusion with Russia, it was the Dems that Colluded), had the most successful first two years of any president, and is the most popular Republican in party history 93%?” Trump tweeted at the time.

His remarks came a day after Rep. Brad Sherman Bradley (Brad) James ShermanSherman joins race for House Foreign Affairs gavel Castro launches bid for House Foreign Affairs gavel The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Trump, GOP senators at odds over next stimulus bill MORE (D-Calif.) introduced articles of impeachment against him on the first day of the new Congress.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rashida Harbi TlaibGeorge Conway: 'Trump is like a practical joke that got out of hand' Pelosi endorses Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate primary challenge The Democratic Party platform represents our big tent MORE (D-Mich.) also called for Trump to be impeached shortly after she was sworn in to office on Thursday and was captured on video telling a crowd of supporters, “We’re going to go in and impeach the mothef---er.”

However, Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPowell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE (D-Calif.) has repeatedly swatted down talk of impeachment among her party and said Thursday that she does not intend to seek grounds for impeachment unless the effort is "clearly bipartisan."