The former chief ethics lawyer under the Bush administration is calling for him to be expelled from the House for "treason."

Iowa Congressman Steve King is being called out for posting, then deleting, a transphobic and violent meme to Facebook that imagines what would happen if there were a civil war.

The notorious lawmaker, who asked during an interview earlier this year what was so offensive about white supremacy, posted the image to Facebook just days after the massacre in New Zealand, Mediate notes.

The image the country split into red and blue states, fighting one another, with the words: “Folks keep talking about another civil war, one side has 8 trillion bullets, while the other side doesn’t know which bathroom to use.”

The message has, predictably, drawn heavy criticism.

Just white supremacist congressman Steve King joking about civil war pic.twitter.com/AqpXkzIvRC — Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 17, 2019

Nazi Louie Gohmert is my nick name for Steve king — Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 18, 2019

Just the open Nazi @GOP member @SteveKingIA, tweeting about slaughtering his fellow Americans in a civil war. #SundayThoughts https://t.co/KVaYDnYdcB — ICE is trafficking children (@Mccallforall) March 18, 2019

On the Sunday after a white supremacist terrorist killed 50 people: Republican Steve King threatened civil war The RNC tweeted a drunken Irish stereotype for St. Patrick's Day Trump whined about an SNL rerun and attacked John McCain pic.twitter.com/HGmEZY5rtX — Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 18, 2019

Despite so much gun violence in America and across the world caused by division and fear of one another, Steve King, a US Congressman, posted this graphic to Facebook just hours after a mass shooting of Muslim worshippers by a white supremacist in New Zealand. pic.twitter.com/bDu9NsuQBa — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 18, 2019

He was also criticized for not noticing that his own state was on the “losing” side in the graphic.

Steve King is so dense that he didn’t notice his home state is part of the losing side in the graphic https://t.co/6yzH61aAUa — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 18, 2019

1. His own state is in the one getting punched.

2. Buncha the "defenseless blue states with no guns" include cities/neighborhoods Steve King wouldn't visit without armor and backup.

3. Cute cartoon – now do one by actual population and life expectancy – "Red Guy" has a glass jaw. pic.twitter.com/76zQHUAt0f — Bob Chipman (@the_moviebob) March 18, 2019

King lost his committee assignments over his white supremacist comments, and now Richard Painter, the former chief ethics lawyer for the George W. Bush administration, is calling for him to be expelled from the House altogether.

Painter, who recently switched parties and ran in a Democratic primary for a Minnesota Senate seat, called it “treason.”

This is treason.

Steve King should be expelled from the House immediately. Steve King shares meme touting red states in potential modern-day civil war – CNNPolitics https://t.co/GI7mb1iGnC — Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) March 18, 2019