A Democratic state lawmaker in Alabama is facing new controversy Thursday night after he referred to the president's eldest son, 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, with a slur for developmentally disabled people.

State Rep. John Rogers (D) told reporters on Thursday that there was "something wrong" with Trump Jr. after the latter rebuked him on social media for previous comments Rogers made about abortion that conservatives had widely criticized.

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“He’s evidently retarded. Uh, crazy,” Rogers said, according to AL.com. “Donald Trump’s son, I know there’s something wrong with that boy.”

His remarks were quickly condemned by the state's junior senator, Doug Jones (D), who called Rogers's remarks "reprehensible."

"The rhetoric of Rep. John Rogers gets more appalling each time he speaks. He does not speak for the people of Alabama and is in fact offending all Alabamians with his crude and reprehensible comments," Jones tweeted, linking to a video of Rogers' remarks.

The rhetoric of Rep. John Rogers gets more appalling each time he speaks. He does not speak for the people of Alabama and is in fact offending all Alabamians with his crude and reprehensible comments. https://t.co/ZLI8e83Z2d — Doug Jones (@DougJones) May 2, 2019

Trump Jr. responded to Rogers's remarks in a statement from his spokesman to The Hill, calling such remarks commonplace for Democrats.

"Sadly, vile comments like this have become par for the course for the Democrat Party. They've become so deranged by President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's victory that celebrating late-term abortion, support for eugenics and even calling for the death of political opponents is becoming their standard operating procedure," wrote Andy Surabian, Trump Jr.'s spokesman.

"I hope every elected Democrat in the country has the common decency and moral courage to disavow these types of grotesque statements from members of their party," he added.