Speaker to Rep. Jeffries: Trump Obsession Makes It Worse

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Monday he told Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., that Democrats are “making things worse” by obsessing over President Donald Trump’s social media criticism instead of working to reopen the government.

Trump shared a video last week generated by artificial intelligence featuring Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. A sombrero and mustache were superimposed on Jeffries as Latin-inspired music played in the background.

A day later, Trump mocked Jeffries with another AI video, in which Jeffries again was depicted wearing a sombrero and an exaggerated handlebar mustache to emphasize that the Democrats want free health care for illegal immigrants.

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