Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffTop Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence Overnight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies MORE (D-Calif.) on Sunday blasted President Trump for suggesting he should have left three UCLA basketball players in a Chinese jail after one player’s father did not express gratitude.

“The President would have left American students in a foreign jail because their families didn't lavish sufficient praise on him. How can someone in such a big office be so small?” Schiff tweeted.

The President would have left American students in a foreign jail because their families didn’t lavish sufficient praise on him. How can someone in such a big office be so small? https://t.co/g3oa0o9aBU — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 19, 2017

Earlier Sunday, Trump lashed out at LaVar Ball, whose son LiAngelo Ball was among the three players arrested on shoplifting charges during a team trip to China earlier this month.

Trump took credit for the players’ release after he brought up the incident to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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However, LaVar Ball downplayed Trump’s role in the matter, telling ESPN on Friday: “What was he over there for? Don’t tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out.”

Trump responded Sunday by saying LaVar Ball is “unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal, I should have left them in jail!”

Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2017

Schiff is the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, which is one of multiple congressional committees looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The California Democrat has frequently gone after Trump on Twitter. On the anniversary of Trump’s election win, Schiff took to the social media platform to list the ways in which he believes Trump is the “worst president in modern history.”