Rep. Keith Ellison Keith Maurice EllisonOfficers in George Floyd's death appear in court, motion for separate trials Ex-Minneapolis officer involved in Floyd death asks judge to dismiss murder charge Over 50 current, former law enforcement professionals sign letter urging Congress to decriminalize marijuana MORE (D-Minn.), the Democratic National Committee's deputy chair, said Friday that, for the millions of Americans who voted for President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE, the reality of his administration appears to be "setting in."

"People famously said, 'Don't take him literally, take him seriously,'" Ellison said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "And I think what that means is there's a lot of folks who didn't really believe he was going to try to take healthcare away from 24 million people, they didn't really believe he was going to do some of the things he said.

"He sort of channeled a lot of anger. But now the reality of Trump and Trumpism all over the country is setting in."

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Ellison's comments referred to Trump's support for the GOP's ObamaCare repeal and replace bill, which the Congressional Budget Office found would leave 23 million more people without health insurance.

Ellison's comments came a day after Trump fulfilled a key campaign promise by announcing that the U.S. would leave the Paris climate accord, a move that signaled the president's firmest rebuke yet of former President Obama's environmental policies.

But while Trump has suffered from low approval ratings in his first four months in office, he has maintained the support of a core group of supporters.