President Trump reportedly mocked Democrats in a meeting with senators this week for allowing Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenReport: Trump taunts Dems for letting 'Pocahontas' Warren become 'face of party' Warren, Dems accuse Trump of ethics violations How many GOP senators will stand up to megadonor DeVos? Just 2. MORE (D-Mass.) become the face of their party.
"Pocahontas is now the face of your party," Trump said in the meeting, sources told CNN.
Trump frequently called Warren "Pocahontas" as an insult on the campaign trail, mocking her for talking about having a distant Native American ancestry.
Warren has been one of Trump's fiercest critics and often bashed him while she campaigned for Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonReport: Trump taunts Dems for letting 'Pocahontas' Warren become 'face of party' FEC commissioner to Trump: Show evidence of voter fraud Spicer: White House ‘disgusted by CNN’s fake news’ MORE.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellMitch McConnellReport: Trump taunts Dems for letting 'Pocahontas' Warren become 'face of party' Trump outburst puts Gorsuch in a corner Senate kicks final vote on Mnuchin to Monday, tees up Trump's VA pick MORE (R-Ky.) inadvertently created a rallying cry for supporters of Warren (D-Mass.) earlier this week when he rebuked her, after which the Senate voted to temporarily bar her from speaking.
As Democrats held the Senate floor overnight to protest Sen. Jeff SessionsJeff SessionsReport: Trump taunts Dems for letting 'Pocahontas' Warren become 'face of party' Music lobbyists are already pressuring Jeff Sessions Trump quietly changes order of succession at Justice Department MORE's (R-Ala.) nomination for attorney general, Warren quoted a 1986 letter that the late Coretta Scott King, a civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., wrote opposing Sessions's nomination for a federal judgeship at the time.
“Sen. Warren was giving a lengthy speech. She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.”
The Senate voted 49-43 along party lines to prevent Warren from speaking on the Senate floor for the remainder of debate on Sessions's nomination.
Democrats slammed McConnell and GOP representatives for silencing Warren, thrusting her into the limelight just as rumors continue to circulate that she could run on the Democratic ticket in 2020.