House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries Hakeem Sekou JeffriesDemocratic leaders: Supreme Court fight is about ObamaCare Pelosi: House will stay in session until agreement is reached on coronavirus relief Races heat up for House leadership posts MORE (D-N.Y.) blasted President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE on Twitter after the president demanded an apology for the House’s planned impeachment inquiry.

“Apologize? NEVER. Abuse of power is an impeachable offense,” Jeffries tweeted Wednesday evening. “You can run but you cannot hide.”

Apologize?



NEVER.



Abuse of Power is an impeachable offense.



You can run, but you cannot hide. https://t.co/2dNP8EsmzQ — Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) September 25, 2019

Trump’s original tweet came Wednesday morning after the release of notes summarizing his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, which has been the subject of a whistleblower complaint alleging the president used the call to pressure Zelenskiy to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE’s son Hunter.

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In the tweet, Trump repeated his characterization of the call with Zelenskiy as “perfect.”

Jeffries, a top ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.), announced his support for impeachment Tuesday afternoon before Pelosi’s press conference announcing the inquiry, an indication that the Speaker and other House leaders would proceed with an inquiry after months of insisting it was off the table.

“The Constitution gives Congress the responsibility to rein in a lawless President,” Jeffries tweeted Tuesday, announcing a 4 p.m. meeting of the full Democratic caucus. “We will do our job #ImpeachmentInveastigation.”