Washington (CNN) Texas Republican Rep. Will Hurd said Monday that President Donald Trump's tweets attacking progressive Democratic congresswomen were "racist and xenophobic," making him one of the few elected Republicans to speak out against Trump's remarks.

He told CNN's Christiane Amanpour the President's tweets reflect "behavior that's unbecoming of the leader of the free world." He said Trump should be "talking about things that unite us, not divides us."

"I think those tweets are racist and xenophobic. They're also inaccurate," he said.

"Look, I'm the only black Republican in the House of Representatives. I go into communities that most Republicans don't show up in order to take a conservative message," he also said, adding, "This makes it harder in order to take our ideas, and our platform, to communities that don't necessarily identify with the Republican Party."

Hurd said it is "concerning to me that there are people that think that's OK, that kind of behavior's OK" when asked if he was surprised why so many Republicans have not spoken out about Trump's tweets.

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