Donald Trump escalated his use of manipulated media Monday night, posting a fake, AI-generated video to Truth Social that depicted top Democrats Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer in racist caricature. The video showed Jeffries in a sombrero and handlebar mustache, while Schumer appeared to denigrate migrants as mariachi music played in the background.

The fabricated dialogue falsely portrayed Schumer as saying Democrats are “woke pieces of shit” who need undocumented immigrants to replace voters who have abandoned them. The fake dialogue says claims Black and Latino voters are abandoning Democrats.

The post landed as Democratic leaders are attempting negotiations with Trump over keeping the government open and preserving health care subsidies that are set to expire. By pushing racially c

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