A Democratic congressman has reversed his call for President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt Edward (Scott) Scott PruittJuan Williams: Swamp creature at the White House Science protections must be enforceable Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE, now saying that Pruitt is a "great symbol" of the Trump administration's corruption and therefore a boon for Democrats.

In a tweet, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) called on Trump to not only keep Pruitt on staff at the EPA, but to start bringing the embattled administrator to the president's "toxic" campaign rallies.

"Dear @realDonaldTrump: Dem wave continues to get stronger. So now I'm thinking, please don't fire @EPAScottPruitt. He's such a great symbol of the corruption and fraud, waste & abuse in your Administration," Lieu tweeted.

"Can you please do more toxic rallies & bring Pruitt with you? Thanks," he added.

Dear @realDonaldTrump: Dem wave continues to get stronger. So now I'm thinking, please don't fire @EPAScottPruitt. He's such a great symbol of the corruption and fraud, waste & abuse in your Administration.



Can you please do more toxic rallies & bring Pruitt with you? Thanks. https://t.co/0xKibwSt8l — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 7, 2018

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The tweet came after dozens of House Democrats on Friday to call for Pruitt's resignation over a growing number of scandals, including claims that Pruitt gave large raises to longtime aides against the wishes of the White House and spent millions on his own security detail.

Last week, Lieu became one of the first Democrats to demand Pruitt's firing, accusing him of violating ethics laws.

"Dear @realDonaldTrump: Republicans who don't believe in climate change & want to dismantle environmental protections are a dime a dozen," Lieu tweeted previously. "You don't need @EPAScottPruitt, who spent taxpayer dollars on 1st class travel, violated ethics laws & is deeply paranoid. You should fire him."

Trump met with Pruitt on Friday amid the growing calls for his resignation, but defended the EPA chief in tweets this week saying that he was "doing a great job" despite being "TOTALLY under siege."