House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has responded after President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence (AI) video on his social media page mocking him and other Democrats.
In the video, Jeffries is seen wearing a sombrero and a mustache, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks in a fake voice and argues for undocumented immigrants to get “free healthcare.”
Jeffries and Schumer met with Trump just hours before at the White House to discuss the looming government shutdown.
Shortly after Trump posted the video, Jeffries wrote on X, “Bigotry will get you nowhere. Cancel the Cuts. Lower the Cost. Save Healthcare. We are NOT backing down.” In a separate post, he shared a photo of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. “This is real,” he wrote.
Schumer commented on X, “If you think your shutdown is a joke, it just proves what we all know: You can’t negotiate. You can only throw tantrums.”
Jeffries also appeared on MSNBC, where he called the video “disgusting.”
“It’s a disgusting video and we’re going to continue to make clear bigotry will get you nowhere. We are fighting to protect the healthcare of the American people in the face of an unprecedented Republican assault on all the things—Medicaid,” he said.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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