Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) mocked President Trump after he disbanded his corporate advisory councils Wednesday afternoon, saying, “Who knew supporting white supremacists could be so complicated?”

The day after Trump said there were "very fine people" on both sides of a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., he faced an exodus of CEOs from his councils, prompting him to shut them down entirely.

Looks like @realDonaldTrump couldn't find any other CEOs. Who knew supporting white supremacists could be so complicated? #WednesdayWisdom https://t.co/czOjH9Bl4t — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 16, 2017

The resignations occurred after Trump came under fire for claiming that “both sides” — white supremacists and anti-racist counterprotesters — were to blame for the violence at the Charlottesville rally organized by white supremacists over the removal of a Confederate statue.

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The rally sparked counterprotesters and became deadly after a man with alleged ties to neo-Nazis was accused of ramming his car into the anti-racism protests, killing one woman and injuring at least a dozen others.

Trump on Tuesday blasted the first few CEOs to resign from his councils in a tweet, saying that they could easily be replaced if they quit.

For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2017

Lieu also took a jab at Trump for canceling the councils, calling him “failing” and saying that his decision to disband the councils is him “retreating.”