Rep. Eric Swalwell Eric Michael SwalwellSwalwell calls for creation of presidential crimes commission to investigate Trump when he leaves office 'This already exists': Democrats seize on potential Trump executive order on preexisting conditions Swalwell: Barr has taken Michael Cohen's job as Trump's fixer MORE (D-Calif.) said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “shouldn’t be in our country” after President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE invited the leader to Washington, D.C., for a meeting this fall.

“He attacked our country,” Swalwell, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said of Putin on CNN’s “New Day.”

“Most Americans, when their homes get broken into they upgrade their security system, they don’t invite the burglar over for dinner,” the lawmaker said. “And the president shouldn’t let Vladimir Putin in the Rose Garden for a victory lap.”

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Swalwell added the two leaders might not “be alone as they would like to be” if they meet in the White House, saying they’ll be joined by “thousands of people, maybe more, in the streets around the White House, peacefully demonstrating and letting their voices be heard.”

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell on Putin's invitation to Washington: "He shouldn't be in our country" https://t.co/Ejw40wjc75 — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 20, 2018

The White House announced Thursday that Trump directed national security adviser John Bolton to invite Putin to D.C. this fall for a second meeting, days after the two leaders met in Helsinki.

Trump has weathered strong criticism over his handling of Russia this week, after he initially appeared to side with Putin's denials of Russia's election interference.

The president later walked back those comments, but is again facing pushback for extending an invitation to Putin for a second meeting so soon after Monday's summit.