Al Sharpton backed up his fellow civil rights leader, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who last week questioned the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump.

'I think there is no question that the process that elected him was not legitimate,' Sharpton said yesterday on MSNBC, the network where he also hosts a show.

Since Lewis said that he didn't view Trump as a 'legitimate president,' he's been whacked around by the president-elect, who continued to tweet about the civil rights leader and Democratic congressman today.

Al Sharpton defended his fellow civil rights leader, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and said he also thought President-elect Donald Trump had a legitimacy problem, citing the electoral process

MSNBC's Peter Alexander (left) questioned Al Sharpton (right) yesterday about Rep. John Lewis' decision to skip President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration

During the interview and citing intelligence reports that pointed to Russian interference, Sharpton said the electoral process was flawed, noting that 'public discourse' was likely impacted by the revelations stemming from the hacked emails.

He also said the electoral college tilted toward Trump because of the many people who were 'expunged from ... being able to vote.'

'Clearly the process has some serious questions about it,' Sharpton said.

Lewis had also pointed to the Russians when explaining why he would be skipping Trump's swearing-in.

'I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected, and they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton,' Lewis told Chuck Todd on Meet the Press, in the interview that started his Trump war.

The president-elect then began tweeting about the civil rights leader, suggesting that the lawmaker's Atlanta-based congressional district was in 'horrible shape and falling apart.'

Trump also said it was 'crime infested.'

Lewis' district includes the headquarters of major American corporations including Coca Cola, Delta Air Lines and CNN.

It also has many upper and middle class neighborhoods that are ethnically diverse.

Today the president-elect suggested the congressman was 'WRONG' or he lied when the Georgia Democrat said this was the first inauguration in his political career that he had skipped.

Lewis also boycotted the first inauguration of George W. Bush, who – like Trump – had won the Electoral College, but not the popular vote.

Sharpton pointed to these digs as he defended Lewis, saying the president-elect's fight with the civil rights leader was 'devastating.'

Lewis' claims should be taken seriously, Sharpton argued.

'And to come from John Lewis, a man who was beaten on the bridge in Selma, Alabama to get the Voting Act Rights that opened up the voting process to everyone,' the reverend recalled.

'He had blood in this, he has some injury in this, that opened the voting process up,' he continued. 'You shouldn't take lightly his view at all.'

Sharpton pointed to how Trump had promised a 'new deal' for black Americans over the course of the Republican's campaign.

Disparaging Lewis, a 'living icon,' Sharpton said, wasn't a great start.

'I think it shows a disconnect and a disrespect that I would hope the president-elect reconsiders,' Sharpton said. 'And becomes the big person that this country needs the president to be.'