During previous government shutdowns, both Democratic and Republican leaders have tried to demonstrate that they are taking the situation very seriously. Even if leaders aren’t genuinely concerned about the furloughed federal employees and the stalled work of Washington, they at least want to ensure the other side takes the blame.

President Trump is trying a somewhat different approach: repeatedly posting racist AI-generated videos featuring Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.

Trump posted the first video on Monday night, hours after meeting with the Democrats to negotiate a way to avoid the impending shutdown. In the video, Fake Jeffries wears a sombrero and a giant mustache. Meanwhile, Fake Schumer says over mariachi music:

There’s no way to sugarcoat it — nobody likes Democrats anymore. We have no voters left because of our woke, trans bullshit. Not even Black people want to vote for us anymore; even Latinos hate us. So we need new votes. And if we give all these illegal aliens free health care, we might be able to get them on our side so they can vote for us. They can’t even speak English, so they won’t realize we’re just a bunch of woke pieces of shit; you know, at least for........

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