House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said Rep. Maxine Waters Maxine Moore WatersPowell, Mnuchin stress limits of current emergency lending programs Pelosi: House will stay in session until agreement is reached on coronavirus relief Omar invokes father's death from coronavirus in reaction to Woodward book MORE (D-Calif.) “strikes fear in the heart of” President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE as she wished her colleague a happy birthday.

“Happy birthday to my friend and colleague @RepMaxineWaters. You are a strong, courageous and dedicated role model who knows how to get the job done. And that strikes fear in the heart of @realDonaldTrump,” Pelosi wrote on Twitter.

Pelosi’s tweet came hours after Trump wished a happy birthday to Waters on Twitter, calling her the “face of the Democrat Party.” Waters turned 80 on Wednesday.

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Waters and Pelosi are frequent targets of Trump’s attacks. He has called Waters a “low IQ individual” and has often referred to Pelosi as “weak.”

Trump’s comment attacking Waters’s intelligence came after the California Democrat on multiple occasions called for his impeachment.

Waters in January called for Trump to be impeached after reports surfaced that he called Haiti, El Salvador and some African nations “s---hole countries” during a meeting with lawmakers. Waters again called for his impeachment in February, telling Democratic activists that she believed special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE was closing in on Trump in his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

“I say it is time to get ready for impeachment," Waters said at the time. “I cannot wait and I’m counting on special counsel Mueller to connect the dots. I believe he’s getting closer to discovering what Americans were and are involved in collusion with the Russians.”