President-elect Donald Trump continued his attacks on Congressman John Lewis (D GA-5) Saturday night.

After a pair of tweets earlier in the day, Trump returned to social media early Saturday evening to fire off more criticism at the Congressman — who, in an NBC interview, said he doesn’t consider Trump to be a “legitimate President,” and plans to boycott Friday’s Inauguration.

Congressman John Lewis should finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities of the U.S. I can use all the help I can get! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017

This was essentially the same line of criticism Trump had earlier in the day:

Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to…… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017

mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk – no action or results. Sad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017

Those tweets prompted Lewis’s supporters to Tweet bucolic images from the district using the hashtag #Defendthe5th, which run counter to Trump’s description of the area.

I’m a UGA grad, so this pains me — but how about one of the top engineering schools in the nation? @realDonaldTrump #DefendThe5th pic.twitter.com/RHk60xDcaJ — marcusowens (@marcusowens) January 14, 2017

Further, Lewis’s graphic novel trilogy, March — which recounts his experiences as a leader of the Civil Rights movement — has shot up to No. 1 on the Amazon Best Seller list.

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