Republican House candidate and soap opera actor Antonio Sabato Jr. called California Rep. Maxine Waters a “hustler of hate” in response to her remarks about harassing members of President Donald Trump’s administration.

Sabato’s remarks came after Waters, a Democrat, told supporters on Saturday that if they saw members of the administration in public “you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”

Sabato is running as a Republican in California’s 26th District against incumbent Rep. Julia Brownley in a district that Inside Politics with Nathan L. Gonzales rates Solid Democratic. His comments came in an interview with CNN Monday night.

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“Promoting hate and division and actually attacking the administration or anybody who’s involved with this administration — that’s unheard of. She should be put behind bars and throw away the key.”