At least four members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke out against President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday, expressing reservations about members of the president’s inner circle and challenging him to work with African-American lawmakers to address the concerns of black communities.

“There’s a whole host of issues we’d like to discuss with him,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told MSNBC, mentioning criminal justice reform, income inequality and voting rights.

“We look forward to an open dialogue ― Steve Bannon, however, should not be in the room,” Jeffries continued.

Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, has attracted controversy for elevating white nationalist views and the so called alt-right movement as former executive chair of the website Breitbart News, which publishes racist and misogynistic content.

“He’s a stone-cold racist and a white supremacist sympathizer,” Jeffries said. “It’d be hard for me to participate in any meeting with Steve Bannon that normalizes his presence in the White House.”

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on MSNBC: Steve Bannon is "a stone cold racist and a white supremacist sympathizer". pic.twitter.com/AGly3r4SYg — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 17, 2017

The CBC media appearances came after Trump’s chaotic Thursday press conference, in which the president asked April Ryan, White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, if she could help facilitate a meeting with the caucus. Ryan is black.

“Do you want to set up the meeting? Are they friends of yours?” asked Trump, responding to a question about whether he planned to work with the CBC on crafting policies regarding “inner cities.”

Jeffries and other CBC members said they’d already reached out to Trump in a letter last month, but that the president hadn’t responded.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) told MSNBC on Friday that the CBC’s January letter was sent as a rebuttal to some of Trump’s heated campaign rhetoric referring to undocumented immigrants and border security.

“We don’t believe in divisive politics, we don’t believe in a wall,” Jackson Lee said. “We believe in comprehensive immigration reform.”

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: "The Trump administration, to date, is an administration that is not only off its wheels, but off the track." pic.twitter.com/I37D6gx6Qq — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 17, 2017

Jackson Lee went on to say that a “possible meeting [with Trump] will be coming.”

Other CBC members characterized Trump’s treatment of Ryan as insensitive. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) criticized Trump’s decision to ask the reporter for a meeting with the CBC, especially after he’d ignored the group’s initial request.

“It would have been funny if it wasn’t so serious,” Meeks said.

Meeks said Trump could have instead worked with Omarosa Manigault, a former “Apprentice” contestant and current director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison, to craft an appropriate response to the CBC.

Rep. Gregory Meeks on Trump-CBC mtg remark: 'Utilizing his words, he should use his African American. I think he has one, maybe Omarosa.' pic.twitter.com/B4Ui9DdFnC — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 17, 2017

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) was perhaps the least sympathetic to Trump.

“I don’t even think there’s been any contact or communication [with the CBC],” Cleaver told MSNBC. “I don’t even think, to be 100 percent honest, that the president even knew what the CBC was.”

Emanuel Cleaver on Trump-April Ryan remark: 'I’m pleased he didn’t ask her to sweep & mop in the room where the press conference was held.' pic.twitter.com/nnDcsDTZbT — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 17, 2017

Still, Cleaver said the exchange with Ryan could have been worse.

“I’m also really pleased that he didn’t ask her to sweep and mop in the room where the press conference was held,” he said.