Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon’s comments critical of the Trump administration remind him of the downfall of former President Nixon.

“Nixon’s downfall was accelerated when insiders started to turn on him. Bannon was an insider. He is turning on @realDonaldTrump. So is #Flynn,” Lieu tweeted, referring to Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Nixon's downfall was accelerated when insiders started to turn on him. Bannon was an insider. He is turning on @realDonaldTrump. So is #Flynn. https://t.co/YKfZSfo86i — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 3, 2018

Lieu’s tweet is a reaction to excerpts from an upcoming book on the early days of the Trump presidency that included statements from Bannon critical of the president and his allies.

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In the excerpts, Bannon described a July 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that included Donald Trump Jr. Don John Trump'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: 'Be my hero please' Zaid Jilani discusses Trump's move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies Trump International Hotel in Vancouver closes permanently MORE and a Russian lawyer as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.”

He also said he believed there was “zero” chance that the president was not aware of the meeting, which contradicts previous White House statements.

“They’re going to crack Don Jr. like an egg on national TV,” Bannon reportedly said.

Bannon, who was fired from his White House post in August, is quoted often in the excerpts as a central figure in Trump’s inner circle.

Trump and the White House responded by ripping Bannon as someone who “lost his mind” when he left his position in August.

"Steve was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with me and only pretends to have had influence to fool a few people with no access and no clue, whom he helped write phony books," Trump said in a statement.

Flynn, meanwhile, pleaded guilty in December to lying to the FBI as part of special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE’s probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. As part of the deal, Flynn agreed to cooperate with Mueller’s team.

Lieu, a frequent Trump critic, has previously compared the Mueller probe to the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation. Lieu said in December that Trump should take a lesson from Nixon’s order to fire a special prosecutor.