A Republican congressman from Aurora, Colorado, received a torrent of abuse from social media users after he jumped on Twitter to criticize President Barack Obama’s tearful case for tightening up the country’s lax gun laws.

Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) wrote, “. @ POTUS just showed w/ # guncontrol that he has no respect for rep. government nor the limitations that Constitution places on his powers.”

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Coffman has been a frequent critic of the President and is well known for his insistence that the President is not a natural born American.

“I don’t know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don’t know that. But I do know this, that in his heart, he’s not an American. He’s just not an American,” the congressman once said, only to apologize later.

The congressman represents the district where James Holmes slaughtered 12 people and injured 70 others in 2012 during a late night viewing of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

With that in mind, Twitter users unloaded on the conservative congressman who has long been a top recipient of contributions from the NRA.

“Spoken like a man who accepted handouts from the # NRA. # StopGunViolence!!!” wrote one commenter.

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A sampling of responses –along with Coffman’s tweet below:

@RepMikeCoffman @POTUS he has respect for those whose lives have been ruined by gun violence. The Republican Party does not. — Stan Fawcett (@StanFawcett) January 5, 2016

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@RepMikeCoffman @POTUS Who doesn’t think that in-depth background checks on all those buying guns isn’t a good idea? Only a f*cking idiot! — David Ireland (@thenewmatador) January 5, 2016

.@RepMikeCoffman So you don’t know how Executive Orders work? Pretty embarrassing for a Congressman. — TheFaust (@FaustMN) January 5, 2016

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@RepMikeCoffman @POTUS The right to LIVE SAFELY over-rides NRA & b.s. “constitution” – WAKE UP! The Gun Party is OVER!!! — Mad Mac (@xina08) January 5, 2016

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@RepMikeCoffman @POTUS you aren’t exactly going to do anything. Can’t upset your gun nut donors. — Leigh Douglas (@Duggi315) January 5, 2016

@RepMikeCoffman @POTUS if he truly respected this country, he would drone strike your terrorist friends in OR then your house. #savelives — Gregthurell (@GJThurell) January 5, 2016

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@RepMikeCoffman huh? constitution gives him the power to take exec action. & thank god too since you’re doing zero to help stop gun violence — Alyssa Hertzig (@alyssahertzig) January 5, 2016

@RepMikeCoffman did u really accept 23k from the nra? your an idiot — briefs.down (@tjcruzn) January 5, 2016

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@RepMikeCoffman Could you please share with us what you’ve done to curb gun violence? — Tim McGuire (@theesir) January 5, 2016

@RepMikeCoffman You are owned. Nothing you say on this subject matters. — Randall Jay (@randyjay) January 5, 2016