Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioGOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power McConnell pushes back on Trump: 'There will be an orderly transition' Graham vows GOP will accept election results after Trump comments MORE (R-Fla.) claimed a double standard is fueling a feud between House Democrats and the White House, maintaining that four progressive congresswomen of color at the heart of the dispute are “fully” American but also “political bullies.”

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“The hypocrisy, the self-righteousness outrages people too,” he said in a video posted to Twitter. “And on top of it you have these four members — who are Americans. No one should question that they are fully as American as me or anyone else, but they’re also political bullies. They go around attacking people, calling other Democrats, like, Southern segregationists. But when you hit them back, it’s because they’re women of color.”

The tweet was wrong & the chant last night grotesque



The left wing politicians & many in the media demanding outrage are self righteous hypocrites



And the “outrage & response cycle” allows for only 2 sides & demands you pick or else



It’s a stupid game that I refuse to play pic.twitter.com/AhM4epeqNx — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 18, 2019

Rubio cited comments Omar made criticizing U.S. support for Israel that some said was anti-Semitic and a subsequent resolution condemning all forms of discrimination as evidence that House Democrats are stricter when controversial comments are made on the other side of the aisle.

He suggested the action was not as strong as a resolution passed Tuesday formally condemning as racist 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’s tweet that the four congresswomen should go back to the “crime infested places from which they came.” Three of the four congresswomen were born in the U.S. and all four are citizens.

“It’s absurd. People are tired of this game, you have to immediately respond, pick a side between these two. It’s a game I’m not going to play. It’s distracting us from the important things this country needs to be focused on, and I’m not playing this game anymore,” Rubio said.

The Florida Republican added that he disagreed with the president’s tweet and said a chant at a North Carolina rally Wednesday night of “send her back,” referring to Omar, was “grotesque.”

Omar is a naturalized U.S. citizen who came to the country when she was a child as a refugee from Somalia.