The NAACP accused President Trump of trying to "kill" the Affordable Care Act on Saturday, saying that his executive order to open up ObamaCare markets to new plans was a "new low."

"President Trump’s executive orders to kill the Affordable Care Act – and make no mistake, this action is intended to do exactly that – are a new low," NAACP interim president and CEO Derrick Johnson said in the statement.

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Johnson went on to accuse the White House of previously defending white supremacists, condoning sexual harassment and lying to the public.

Trump issued an executive order on Thursday directing agencies to open up ObamaCare insurance markets to allow for cheaper, competitive plans that can be purchased by groups of people.

Some health experts and Democrats have said this will destabilize the markets and leave America's sick with expensive plans in the ObamaCare market.

"I have said it before and I will say it again: President Trump does not care about protecting the health of Americans," Johnson continued in the statement. "To end the Affordable Care Act in this way is a desperate maneuver to engineer a political win for his right-wing base, after nearly a year of covert, detrimental action.”

The executive order comes on the back of a final failed attempt in September to repeal the entirety of ObamaCare in the Republican-majority Congress. Repealing ObamaCare has been a major GOP campaign promise to voters since the law passed Congress under former President Obama.

Johnson went on to slam Trump for trying to sidestep congressional repeal with an executive order, and urged supporters to enroll in ObamaCare plans.