Rep. Darrell Issa stood on the roof of an office building Tuesday while a large crowd of people protested below, according to a photo posted by the Democrat running against him in 2018.

Mike Levin, a Democrat challenging Issa for his House seat, tweeted the photo that appeared to show Issa on the roof of his district office building.

"Yes, this is really @DarrellIssa on the roof of his district office building," Levin tweeted. "Too afraid to come speak with assembled constituents below."

People have been protesting in front of Issa's office in California for more than a week over his vote for the American Health Care Act, as well as his support of other GOP policies.

Levin, who regularly attends the Indivisible-organized protests, said he saw Issa interact briefly with the protesters, even giving one pro-Trump counter protester a piece of cake.

"I don't think he knew what to do," Levin said of Issa. "He wanted to show some sort of interaction with the group. But going up on the roof and taking pictures — I honestly don't know what to say. People thought I photoshopped it. Bizarre, man."

Issa confirmed that he was on the roof in a later tweet, sharing the photo he took from the roof and others from his discussions with some of the protestors.

"Spent the morning talking with constituents gathered outside the office today, then popped upstairs to take a quick pic!" Issa tweeted.

A spokesperson for Issa pointed out that Levin's tweet of Issa on the roof said the lawmaker was "too afraid to come speak" with the protestors, but Issa had in fact spoke with members of the group before going up to the roof.

"Mike obviously can’t keep his facts straight," said Calvin Moore, communications director for Issa. "The previous picture Mike posted minutes before was the Congressman talking to his constituents, as others have noted."

Moore said that Issa took questions from the protestors and then decided to head to the roof to get a picture of the whole group.

"The Congressman came down today to talk with the protestors gathered and answer some of the questions they might have," Moore told Business Insider. "He spent some time talking to a few of those gathered regardless then headed upstairs to take a pic of everyone."

Here are the tweets:

Issa has been the subject of intense blowback from constituents for his support of the GOP health bill. Two town-hall meetings in March held by Issa drew more than 1,000 people combined, and many in attendance questioned his support of the AHCA before he voted in favor of it.

Soon after Levin tweeted the photo, some Twitter users compared him to Steve Carrell's character from "The Office," Michael Scott.