White House plays racist deepfake video of Democratic leaders on loop

JD Vance, the VP, said he thought the video was funny' and the sombrero memes' would cease if government reopened

As the Trump administration insists it is serious about negotiating an end to the government shutdown, a pair of racist deepfake videos mocking Democratic leaders played on a loop in the White House briefing room for hours on Wednesday.

The videos, posted by Trump on his social media platform on Monday, use fabricated audio to make it seem as if the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, called Democrats woke pieces of shit", and showed the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, with a fake mustache and sombrero.