Nancy Pelosi appears to take swipe at the loan Trump received from his father

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, speaks as she stands next to Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, following their meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. less House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, speaks as she stands next to Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, following their meeting with President ... more Photo: Susan Walsh, AP Photo: Susan Walsh, AP Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close Nancy Pelosi appears to take swipe at the loan Trump received from his father 1 / 17 Back to Gallery

After President Donald Trump walked out of a meeting with congressional Democrats on Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to take a swipe at the loan Trump received from his father that helped build his business empire.

"Federal workers will not be receiving their paychecks," Pelosi said of the ongoing government shutdown. "What that means in their lives is tragic in terms of their credit rating, paying their mortgage, paying their rent, paying their car payment, paying their children's tuition."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Trump doesn't understand financial insecurity that federal workers face during the shutdown: "He thinks maybe they could just ask their father for more money. But they can’t” pic.twitter.com/PwcUykCXrp — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 9, 2019

Pelosi then accused Trump of being "insensitive" to federal workers, and took an apparent jab at the money Trump received from his father.

"The president seems to be insensitive to that," she said. "He thinks maybe they could just ask their father for more money. But they can't."

During the 2016 campaign, Trump said his father, Fred Trump, gave him a "very small loan" of $1 million to build his empire.

"My father gave me a very small loan in 1975, and I built it into a company that's worth many, many billions of dollars," he said.

A New York Times report later found the loan was actually closer to $60.7 million, which is around $140 million in today's dollars.

Trump reportedly walked out of a the meeting with Pelosi and other Democrats after they refused to support funding for a physical barrier on the southern border.

The president reportedly said the meeting was "a total waste of time" and said "bye-bye" on his way out.

Eric Ting is an SFGATE staff writer. Email him at eting@sfchronicle.com and follow him on Twitter

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