Eric Trump on Democrats: 'They're not even people'

Jessica Estepa | USA TODAY

Eric Trump, son of President Trump and co-head of the Trump Organization, attacked Democrats on Tuesday night for obstructing his father's agenda, saying he hasn't seen "hatred like this" and calling Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez a "whack job."

Trump said of Democrats, "To me, they're not even people."

Trump's comments came during an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity. The full quote:

I've never seen hatred like this. To me, they're not even people. It's so, so sad. I mean, morality is just gone. Morals have flown out the window. We deserve so much better than this as a country. You know it's so sad. You see the Democratic Party. They're imploding. They're imploding. They have no message. You see the head of the DNC, who is a total whack job. There's no leadership there. And so what do they do? They become obstructionists because they have no message of their own. They have no solid candidates of their own. They lost the election that they should have won because they spent seven times the amount of money that my father spent. They have no message, so what do they try and do? They try and obstruct a great man, they try and obstruct his family, they come after us viciously, and it's truly, truly horrible.

Perez responded to Trump on Wednesday morning via Twitter: "Eric, Democrats are people. So are Muslims, immigrants, women, people with pre-existing conditions, and everyone else Trump is hurting."

Eric, Democrats are people. So are Muslims, immigrants, women, people with pre-existing conditions, and everyone else Trump is hurting. https://t.co/ExaqHsv6XW — Tom Perez (@TomPerez) June 7, 2017

Trump's attacks happened to be on the same day Forbes broke a story that the Trump Organization has enjoyed profits from a charity golf tournament organized by his foundation. The tournament is held annually to benefit children's cancer research.