MSNBC host Joe Scarborough Charles (Joe) Joseph ScarboroughScarborough calls on Cuomo to walk back statement he made about Trump: 'Out of bounds' Mika Brzezinski: 'Super grossed out' by Trump speech attendees 'who put their lives at risk' Democrats tear into Trump's 'deep state' tweet: His 'lies and recklessness' have 'killed people' MORE sounded alarm on Friday over what he called political “ethnic cleansing” of those who disagree with President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE in the wake of the “send her back” chant that erupted from the audience at Trump's rally earlier this week in an attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar Ilhan OmarOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' Democrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise MORE (D-Minn.).

“Unlike some of those Republican members of Congress, I can dismiss Donald Trump for some of the stupid things he says and I can say, ‘Well you know what, the voters are going to have their say a year from now,’” Scarborough said on the “Morning Joe" on Friday morning.

“But when thousands of Americans and the audience chant ‘send her back’ to a member of Congress because of her color, because she’s a Muslim, or, just as frightening, Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Key Democrat opposes GOP Section 230 subpoena for Facebook, Twitter, Google MORE says, ‘Oh, it’s because she doesn’t support Donald Trump,’ we are now talking about an ethnic cleansing politically of people who do not support our side,” he continued.

"...when thousands of Americans in the audience chant send her back to a member of Congress because of her color, because she's a Muslim...we are now talking about an ethnic cleansing politically of people who do not support our side." --@JoeNBC pic.twitter.com/3FRndwOYDO — Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) July 19, 2019

“If somebody that is critical of you or critical of me for suggesting that this sounded like a rally in Germany in the early 1930s, where people were chanting, ‘Send them back, send them back,’ when they were actually citizens of Germany, and in this case, citizens of the United States of America, if there is a better analogy for those who want to be critical today, I would love to hear it,” Scarborough told co-host Mika Brzezinski Mika Emilie BrzezinskiMika Brzezinski: 'Super grossed out' by Trump speech attendees 'who put their lives at risk' Trump hurls insults at Harris, Ocasio-Cortez and other women Trump targets 'Complete psycho' Scarborough, 'ditzy airhead' Brzezinski while praising 'Fox & Friends' MORE.

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Though the anchor and former GOP congressman noted that “nobody’s being killed, nobody’s being put on trains,” he went on to add that “there is no doubt that the argument that is coming from Donald Trump, and again, more frighteningly, from the crowd chanting it, is, ‘This is a white nation, who are these black women, who are these Muslims, to tell us how to run our country.’”

Trump has been under fire from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for the “send her back” chants.

Trump, who was also criticized over the weekend for telling the Somali American lawmaker and three other congresswomen of color to “go back” their home countries, sought to distance himself from the controversy by disavowing the chants later on Thursday.

“I was not happy with it. I disagree with it,” Trump told reporters.

When pressed about his failure to stop the chants, Trump said, "I think I did. I started speaking very quickly," though video shows him allowing it to continue for several seconds before he continued his speech.

The House voted along party lines this week to condemn Trump's original tweets as racist.