Former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin took a shot at President-elect Donald Trump Friday, saying he's taking sides with "America's greatest adversary" in Russia.

McMullin, an ex-CIA officer who received just under 726,000 votes on Election Day, commented on Trump's Twitter post that praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for not expelling American diplomats from his country.

To be clear, @realDonaldTrump is siding with America's greatest adversary even as it attacks our democracy. Never grow desensitized to this. https://t.co/tNSlkNPBgt — Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) December 30, 2016



McMullin threw other jabs at the president-elect Friday as well:

.@realDonaldTrump alternates between embracing Russian subversion & downplaying it, but his support for Putin is constant. We must know why. pic.twitter.com/tX9TvuMTq8 — Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) December 30, 2016



A useful analogy, except this is worse by orders of magnitude. https://t.co/mOeBQ6BRpY — Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) December 30, 2016



If you're concerned about Obama's "Russian reset," you must REALLY be concerned with @realDonaldTrump's actual alignment with Putin...right? https://t.co/ybl2tTXvzj — Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) December 30, 2016



President Barack Obama took sanctions on Russia Thursday over allegations it interfered with the U.S. presidential election. Under the order, 35 Russian intelligence operatives were expelled from the U.S. and two Russian intelligence-related compounds in New York and Maryland were closed.