The Democratic National Committee (DNC) released a statement late Monday responding to ”tyrannical” President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE’s decision to fire acting Attorney General Sally Yates.

Yates was fired shortly after she announced that the Justice Department would not defend Trump’s controversial executive order on immigration under her watch.

"Donald Trump can try to silence heroic patriots like Sally Yates who dare to speak truth to power about his illegal anti-Muslim ban that emboldens terrorists around the globe. But he cannot silence the growing voices of an American people now wide awake to his tyrannical presidency,” the DNC statement read.

DNC response to Trump's firing of Sally Yates: "Tyrannical" (h/t @BennettJohnT) pic.twitter.com/k8MxCJPsGO — Todd Ruger (@ToddRuger) January 31, 2017

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"Tonight, President Trump relieved Ms. Yates of her duties," the White House said in a statement Monday announcing the move.

Yates, an Obama administration appointee, was a veteran of the Justice Department.

Former President Obama nominated Yates to become deputy attorney general in December 2014, while she was serving as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.

Trump selected Dana Boente, a U.S. attorney from Virginia, to replace Yates until his attorney general pick, Sen. Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE (R-Ala.), is confirmed.