Critics of President Trump began using the hashtag #unfollowTrump on Twitter on Monday morning, following the lead of Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) who said he would unfollow Trump’s “hate-filled, racist, and demeaning” feed. 

The hashtag began circulating on social media after Murphy appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to explain his decision to unfollow the president’s @realDonaldTrump account.

“Yesterday morning, I just decided I had had enough of starting my days with this kind of racist, hateful, demeaning negativity,” Murphy explained. “Obviously I’m in this business and I’m in the United States Senate to try and stop his hateful agenda from moving into law.”{mosads}

The senator said that he gets “trapped” in a cycle of feeling like he needs to immediately respond to the president’s tweets.

Social media users began to follow Murphy’s lead, using the hashtag #unfollowTrump to announce that they would stop subscribing to his feed.

Soap opera star Morgan Fairchild pointed out that if every person who does not support the president stops following him, his massive 62.4 million following would take a hit.

You know, if everyone who actually disagrees with him UNFOLLOWS him, his numbers might really drop. #UnfollowTrump https://t.co/IprrZs3h8i

— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) July 28, 2019

Stop following Trump on Twitter. #unfollowTrump #SharkWeek #Mets #SundayMotivation #MondayMotivaton https://t.co/zttisnrPUW

— Piper Perabo (@PiperPerabo) July 29, 2019

If ya’ll real #UnfollowTrump …

— El Viejo Ebro (@oldmanebro) July 29, 2019

I’m unfollowing @realDonaldTrump today, too. Thanks for setting the example, @ChrisMurphyCT. I hope all who agree will follow suit. #unfollowTrump

— Eliza Orlins (@eorlins) July 28, 2019

I’ve been #BlockedByTrump for almost 4 years, Chris, & you’re not really missing out on anything, trust #UnfollowTrump https://t.co/4J9wyyko53

— Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) July 28, 2019

Murphy on Sunday said he would no longer be one of the president’s followers because it “regularly ruins my day to read it.”

“So I’m just going to stop. I can’t believe I just typed that,” he added.

I’m unfollowing the President of the United States today on Twitter, because his feed is the most hate-filled, racist, and demeaning of the 200+ I follow, and it regularly ruins my day to read it. So I’m just going to stop.

I can’t believe I just typed that.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 28, 2019

The decision was prompted by Trump’s weekend attack on Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and the city of Baltimore.

The president went after the African American lawmaker, who is the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, calling the longtime congressman a “brutal bully” after Cummings criticized the White House’s immigration policy.

“His district is considered the Worst in the USA as proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded,” Trump continued. “Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place.”

Trump asserted that Cummings’s district, which includes downtown Baltimore, was the “worst run” in the U.S., claiming that the Maryland city was “corrupt” and that “no human being would want to live there.”

Democrats attacked the tweets as being “racist,” which President Trump has denied. 

“There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know, that Elijah Cummings has done a terrible job for the people of his district, and of Baltimore itself. Dems always play the race card when they are unable to win with facts. Shame!” Trump tweeted Sunday.

The attacks on Cummings came shortly after Trump faced backlash for his comments about four progressive congresswomen of color, telling them to “go back” to the “totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”