Amid efforts by the White House and Democrats to blame the other for the government shutdown , JD Vance defended one of his boss Donald Trump ‘s tactics: Posting of deepfake videos made to look like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was wearing a sombrero in his TV appearances.

Less than four hours before the shutdown deadline at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Trump posted a second video, this one featuring Jeffries in the attire and a mustache. The video featured multiple Trumps playing mariachi music to try to sound out Jeffries as he spoke on MSNBC.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called an earlier video, also featuring Jeffries in a sombrero, as childish and evidence that the White House and the GOP were unserious about the shutdown. Jeffries called it “bigotry.”

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