Social media users hailed the Democratic senator's "dignified" response to the president's "disgusting" remark during his address to Congress.

The epithet is a reference to Warren previously claiming Native American heritage, though genealogy records cast doubt on the extent of such ancestry.

President Trump, who has drawn criticism from Democrats over the way he has tried to bring an end to Ukraine’s war with Russia, took a shot at a longtime rival, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, taking his address in a personal direction.