Lewis, a respected civil rights leader who suffered a skull fracture during the march on Selma, Ala., in 1965, is the longtime congressman from Georgia’s fifth district, which includes most of Atlanta. Lewis, a Democrat who had supported Hillary Clinton for president, questioned the legitimacy of Trump’s presidency Friday because of alleged interference by Russia in the election.

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“I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president,” he told NBC’s Chuck Todd, adding that he would not attend Trump’s Inauguration on Friday. “I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected, and they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.” Calling it a “conspiracy,” Lewis added: “That’s not right. That’s not fair. That’s not the open democratic process.”

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Trump frequently pledged to revitalize neighborhoods that are predominantly black and was criticized for calling them “ghettos,” descriptions that brought protests from their residents. He wasn’t going to let Lewis’s comments pass, tweeting Saturday morning that “Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about election results.”

McHugh was particularly angered by the final sentence of the tweets, which came on the weekend before Monday’s national observance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday.

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“All talk, talk, talk,” Trump added, ” — no action or results. Sad!”

McHugh wasn’t the only one to defend Lewis and the racially and economically diverse district he represents.

This isn’t the first time Trump’s comments have led McHugh to speak out. In October, McHugh took Trump to task, disputing his dismissal of the “Access Hollywood” video as “locker room talk” in an Instagram post that contained a photo of the clubhouse coffee maker.

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“I don’t like to comment on politics publicly. I never feel competent or knowledgeable enough to say something that a thousand more well-informed people haven’t already said. However, I feel the need to comment on the language that Donald Trump classified the other day as “locker room talk”, given my daily exposure to it.

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“Have I heard comments like Trump’s (i.e. sexist, disrespectful, crude, sexually aggressive, egotistical, etc.) in a clubhouse? Yes. But I’ve also heard some of those same comments other places. Cafes, planes, the subway, walking down the street and even at the dinner table. To generalize his hateful language as “locker room talk” is incredibly offensive to me and the men I share a locker room with every day for 8 months a year. Men of conscience and integrity, who would never be caught dead talking about women in that way.”