Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan Timothy (Tim) RyanMourners gather outside Supreme Court after passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lincoln Project hits Trump for criticizing Goodyear, 'an American company' Biden defends Goodyear after Trump urges boycott MORE (Ohio) said Friday that President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE is the "king of chaos" after The Washington Post and other news outlets reported that Trump called Haiti, El Salvador and several African nations "shithole countries" during a meeting with lawmakers in the Oval Office.

Ryan told CNN's "New Day" that his constituents are "exhausted" by the president, who has been plagued by controversy during his first year in office.

"When we were home over holiday break the one word I heard more than anything else was 'exhausted.' You know, people are just so exhausted, you know, he's not the president. He's the king of chaos, really," Ryan said Friday.

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"There's all this drama around the president," Ryan added. "It seems like every day he's insulting, he's dividing. And I think what we saw with this comment yesterday, I think, reveals to a lot of people, you know, if you're not a billionaire, you don't live in a gold-plated Trump Tower, you're somehow inferior."

Trump reportedly questioned lawmakers during a bipartisan immigration reform meeting Thursday on why the U.S. should accept immigrants from "shithole countries" — and not more from places like Normay.

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump asked, according to The Post.

Ryan joined several lawmakers in calling Trump's comments racist, adding that Trump's business methods show a pattern of such racism over the past few decades.

"Whether it's black people in Africa, black people here in the United States, brown people here who want to assimilate and come into the country, or white working-class people," Ryan said.

"I mean, if you go back, President Trump was discriminating against black people in housing units 40 years ago," he added.

"So, you think he has a pattern of racism?" asked CNN's Alisyn Camerota.

"I don't think there's any question about it," Ryan replied. "And I don't take any joy in saying it. It's sad that he's the president of the United States."

Trump denied using the crass language to describe the countries in two tweets Friday morning, hours after the White House released an initial statement that did not deny the president's reported words.

"Never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country," Trump tweeted Friday morning. "Never said 'take them out.' Made up by Dems. I have a wonderful relationship with Haitians. Probably should record future meetings - unfortunately, no trust!"