Washington (CNN) New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker on Monday said President Donald Trump is "ripping at the fabric of our country for his own political gain" in response to the President's racist language attacking four progressive congresswomen.

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said Trump is "literally fanning the flames of racial violence," and that the President's language is "clearly bigoted, vile, dangerous," in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead."

"This is a President who is trafficking in the same kind of toxic tropes that white supremacists use on their platforms," Booker told Tapper.

The New Jersey senator also said it is "driving deep hurt and divisions in our country" and that the person occupying the White House "should be a uniter, should bring our country together."

"We've seen this brand of demagoguery and hatred before and they have always been taken down," Booker said, adding, "This is not who we are."

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