Washington (CNN) Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas on Tuesday said she declined an invitation to join President Donald Trump on his upcoming visit to El Paso, Texas, as the city recovers from a mass shooting.

"I declined the invitation because I refuse to be an accessory to his visit," said Escobar, who represents El Paso. "I refuse to join without a dialogue about the pain his racist and hateful words & actions have caused our community and country."

Trump's visit to El Paso Wednesday comes after a man opened fire at a shopping center, killing 22 people on Saturday. A 21-year-old white supremacist is in custody in the domestic terrorism case. In a televised address Monday, Trump called on the nation to "condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy" but stopped short of acknowledging his own divisive and racist rhetoric.

Speaking with CNN's Chris Cuomo on "Cuomo Prime Time" later on Tuesday, Escobar said Trump's rhetoric "dehumanizes" the El Paso community.

"I don't know that he gets it, Chris. His words have incredible power. You walk through all of these families, you walk through to this memorial, you'll see people in pain. I talked to a veteran earlier who said, 'I'm being made to seem as though I'm not American,' " she said. "The language that he uses to describe immigrants and Hispanics dehumanizes us."

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