NBC reporter Jonathan Allen on Wednesday called on his followers to stop calling White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders “foul names” or “commenting on her appearance.”

Allen wrote on Twitter that the previous day he made comments during the White House press briefing that “suggested a lack of understanding of government, trade and Congress" by Sanders.

Twitter users responded to his tweet by attacking Sanders and her appearance.

“That’s vile. Please stop,” Allen wrote.

I tweeted a couple of times about things Sarah Sanders said at yesterday's press briefing that suggested a lack of understanding of government, trade and Congress. Some people are replying by calling her foul names or commenting on her appearance. That's vile. Please stop. — Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) December 19, 2018

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Allen’s original critique of Sanders came during the first press briefing in several weeks. The briefing lasted about 15 minutes.

Sanders said during the briefing that 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 has asked all Cabinet agencies to find additional funds that could be used to build his long-desired wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Look, we’re not asking American taxpayers for that,” Sanders said. “We’re looking at existing funding through other agencies right now that we can draw on to do that immediately.”

Allen pointed out on Twitter that all federal agencies are funded by taxpayers.

"We’re not asking American taxpayers for that." -- Sarah Sanders on looking for funding for the wall through various agencies. Turns out all the federal agencies are funded by taxpayers. Also, she seems to think that money from private trade goes into the federal treasury. — Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) December 18, 2018

“Sarah Sanders is doing a very bad job of explaining how government and non-government money works,” Allen wrote.