Multiple GOP lawmakers spoke out on Friday against President Trump's decision to pardon controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Rep. Justin Amash Justin AmashOn The Trail: How Nancy Pelosi could improbably become president History is on Edward Snowden's side: Now it's time to give him a full pardon Trump says he's considering Snowden pardon MORE (R-Mich.), a frequent Trump critic, tweeted that Trump had pardoned a government official "who ignored [the] Bill of Rights."

Arpaio was convicted of defying court order to stop violating #4thAmendment. It's a pardon of a govt official who ignored Bill of Rights. — Justin Amash (@justinamash) August 26, 2017

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Sen. Jeff Flake Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Republican former Michigan governor says he's voting for Biden Maybe they just don't like cowboys: The president is successful, some just don't like his style MORE (R-Ariz.), who has recently sparked backlash from Trump, also criticized the decision involving the former Maricopa County, Ariz., sheriff.

"I would have preferred that the President honor the judicial process and let it take its course,” Flake wrote on Twitter.

Regarding the Arpaio pardon, I would have preferred that the President honor the judicial process and let it take its course. — Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) August 26, 2017

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen‏ (R-Fla.) coupled the pardon in a tweet blasting Trump's move Friday to officially ban transgender people from entering the military, declaring, "Ay Dios Mío."

Ban on transgender patriots eager to serve and defend our nation. Pardon for Sheriff who specialized in tormenting immigrants. Ay Dios mío. — Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (@RosLehtinen) August 26, 2017

Arpaio had been found guilty in a Justice Department investigation of racially profiling Latinos and had been convicted of criminal contempt after failing to stop detaining people who he suspected were in the U.S. illegally.

Democrats and civil rights groups ripped Trump's pardon on Friday, noting Arpaio's past conviction and blasting his policing policies as racist.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tweeted that Trump's pardon "makes mockery of rule of law" while Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerJacobin editor: Primarying Schumer would force him to fight Trump's SCOTUS nominee CNN's Toobin: Democrats are 'wimps' who won't 'have the guts' to add Supreme Court seats Republican senator says plans to confirm justice before election 'completely consistent with the precedent' MORE (D-N.Y.) slammed the decision to issue the pardon as a major storm barreled toward Texas.

"As millions of people in TX and LA are prepping for the hurricane, the President is using the cover of the storm to pardon a man who violated a court's order to stop discriminating against Latinos and ban courageous transgender men and women from serving our nation's Armed Forces. Then he ran to Camp David,” Schumer tweeted.