The vice president laughed off a question about AI-generated videos posted by President Trump depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) wearing a sombrero.

“Oh, I think it’s funny. The president’s joking, and we’re having a good time,” Vance said. “You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun at some of the absurdities of the Democrats’ positions.

Vance said he would make a pledge to Jeffries that if he helped to re-open the government, “the sombrero memes will stop.”

The vice president added that he didn’t know what Jeffries meant when he called the video racist.

Trump has in recent days posted multiple videos mocking Jeffries after the Democratic leader was in the Oval Office for talks on government funding. The first video depicted Jeffries, w

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