Our new book is The Comeback: The 2024 Elections and American Politics. The second Trump administration has been full of ominous developments.
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 Democrats and they could use the votes in the next election.
As mariachi music plays in the background of the video, the fake Schumer voice says, “There’s no way to sugar coat it: Nobody likes Democrats anymore.”
This is real. pic.twitter.com/MSANoEbFCP
— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) September 30, 2025
