Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffDemocrats, advocates seethe over Florida voting rights ruling DHS asks Schiff to reconsider expanded probe after whistleblower complaint, declines additional interview requests Senate panel seeks documents in probe of DHS whistleblower complaint MORE (D-Calif.) trolled President Trump on Friday evening with a tweet invoking the villain in the comedy "Austin Powers" in a comment about the president's executive action on immigration.

"POTUS took strong stand against Dr. Evil, effectively barring him from country. Unclear whether the ban would include his clone, Mini Me." Schiff tweeted, alongside a message from Trump that said, "we must keep 'evil' out of our country."

In a second tweet, Schiff questioned why Trump put evil in quotation marks.

"What are we to understand from Trump's quotes around "evil"? Refugees are evil? Only Muslim refugees? How about bigotry? That's pretty evil," Schiff added.

.@POTUS took strong stand against Dr. Evil, effectively barring him from country. Unclear whether the ban would include his clone, Mini Me. https://t.co/3I0dKMj37E — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 4, 2017

What are we to understand from Trump's quotes around "evil"? Refugees are evil? Only Muslim refugees? How about bigotry? That's pretty evil. — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 4, 2017

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Schiff's tweet appears to be criticizing Trump's executive order that placed a temporary ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days.

The measure has faced criticism from those who say it it unfairly targets Muslims.

A federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary nationwide restraining order Friday stopping enforcement of the order immediately.