White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday dismissed attacks from Sen. Bob Corker Robert (Bob) Phillips CorkerHas Congress captured Russia policy? Tennessee primary battle turns nasty for Republicans Cheney clashes with Trump MORE (R-Tenn.) on President Trump as a desperate ploy for attention.

At Tuesday’s press briefing, Sanders was asked why the president is feuding with GOP lawmakers he needs to implement tax reform.

“The president, he's a fighter,” Sanders said. “The people didn't elect somebody to be weak. They elected somebody to be strong. When he gets hit, he's going to hit back. I think Sen. Corker knows that. Maybe he's trying to get a headline or two on the way out the door.”

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Sanders said Corker should get on board with Trump’s agenda instead of “grandstanding on TV.”

Corker unloaded on Trump in a series of intensely personal attacks Tuesday morning, in which he accused Trump of “debasing” the nation. Corker refused to say whether he trusts Trump with the nuclear codes and said he is a bad role model for young people.

The senator has been speaking freely about his feelings about Trump since announcing he will not seek reelection in 2018. Had he run, he likely would have faced a primary challenge from a pro-Trump candidate with ties to former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon.

The White House on Tuesday said Corker’s decision, as well as Sen. Jeff Flake Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Republican former Michigan governor says he's voting for Biden Maybe they just don't like cowboys: The president is successful, some just don't like his style MORE’s stunning announcement that he will not be seeking reelection, shows that voters are behind the president.

“The voters of these individual senator states are speaking in loud volumes,” Sanders said. “They're not likely to be reelected. That shows the support is more behind the president than the two individuals.”

Sander also reiterated Trump’s claim that Corker helped push the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran along, even if he ultimately voted against it. Corker has called this claim a lie.

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“Actually, the facts do say that it's true,” Sanders said. “It was Sen. Corker who wrote the legislation that legitimatized the Iran nuclear deal, despite lacking the votes to ratify the flawed Iran deal as a treaty in the Senate. Corker's bill rolled out the red carpet for the Obama administration, gaining congressional approval without the necessary votes. He may not have voted for it, but he certainly helped make it happen.”

Sanders disputed Corker’s claim that Trump is debasing the nation, saying history will remember the president for being strong on terrorism and the economy.

Sanders said she did not believe the feuds with GOP senators would imperil the push for tax reform.

“I would hope Sen. Corker is more focused on getting things done in his final months, and so we hope that he'll be very supportive of the tax cuts and tax reforms that the people in his state have demanded and frankly elected him to go to Congress and help do,” she said.