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Republicans hoping voters are sick with ‘Hillary fatigue’ by 2016

Republicans are banking on voters having “Hillary fatigue” in the 2016 presidential race.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday that the public is already sick of Hillary Rodham Clinton — especially after the deadly Benghazi attack and her recent gaffes discussing personal wealth.

“People are kind of tired of this show, quite frankly,” he told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “There’s Hillary fatigue out there. It’s setting in.”

“This early run for the White House is going to come back and bite them, and it already is.”

Meanwhile, Bill Clinton, also on “Meet the Press” Sunday, questioned Republicans’ outrage over the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya.

He singled out Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), also a potential 2016 contender, who has said Hillary’s handling of the attack should disqualify her as a presidential candidate.

“Rand Paul,” Bill said, “when 10 different instances occurred when President Bush was in office where American diplomatic personnel were killed around the world, how many outraged Republican members of Congress were there? Zero.”