House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speak with reporters after a meeting with congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump at the White House, on September 29, 2025. Francis Chung/Politico/AP

As the US government barrels toward a shutdown, President Donald Trump shared a racist video on social media, which appears to be AI-generated, depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and a mustache and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking in a fake voice.

Jeffries and Schumer met with Trump just hours before at the White House to discuss the looming shutdown.

In the video , Schumer is depicted as arguing for undocumented immigrants to get “free healthcare” because minority voters hate Democr

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