House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth John Allen YarmuthPelosi, Democrats unveil bills to rein in alleged White House abuses of power GOP, White House struggle to unite behind COVID-19 relief House seeks ways to honor John Lewis MORE (D-Ky.) excoriated President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden says voters should choose who nominates Supreme Court justice Trump, Biden will not shake hands at first debate due to COVID-19 Pelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act MORE on Thursday for his comments at a Wednesday rally suggesting the late Rep. John Dingell John DingellRaces heat up for House leadership posts Democrats flubbed opportunity to capitalize on postal delays COVID-19 bill limiting liability would strike the wrong balance MORE (D-Mich.) was “looking up” instead of down from heaven, saying the remark indicated Trump is “rotten to the core.”

“It's moments like these that we are reminded that the president is not only a criminal, he is implusively [sic] cruel and truly rotten to the core,” Yarmuth, the only Democrat in Kentucky’s congressional delegation, tweeted Thursday. “Hell will be too good for him.”

It's moments like these that we are reminded that the president is not only a criminal, he is implusively cruel and truly rotten to the core. Hell will be too good for him. https://t.co/AMZTAihjNh — Rep. John Yarmuth (@RepJohnYarmuth) December 19, 2019

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Trump made the comments at a rally in Battle Creek, Mich., after blasting Dingell’s widow and successor, Rep. Debbie Dingell Deborah (Debbie) Ann DingellOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid Races heat up for House leadership posts MORE (D-Mich.), for supporting the House’s impeachment articles after Trump lowered flags to half-staff after the death of her husband, a World War II veteran and the longest serving member of Congress in history. Trump claimed that Dingell had said of the honors for her husband, “John would be so thrilled. He’s looking down. He’d be so thrilled.”

"Maybe he's looking up. Maybe, but let's assume he's looking down,” Trump added.

Dingell tweeted Wednesday night that Trump’s remarks “brought me down in a way you can never imagine and your hurtful words just made my healing much harder."

She spoke further on the matter Thursday morning, saying on CNN, “We’re a family grieving, so I think we should take a lesson from this and all respect each other, period ... we need more civility in this country. Some things should be off-limits. And you know what? We’re all human beings.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act Sunday shows preview: Lawmakers prepare for SCOTUS confirmation hearings before election Will Democrats attempt to pack the Supreme Court again? MORE (D-Calif.) also condemned the comments, telling reporters Thursday, "What the president misunderstands is that cruelty is not wit. Just because he gets a laugh for saying the cruel things that he says doesn't mean he's funny. It's not funny at all. It's very sad.”