Johnson tells Jeffries to ‘just ignore’ Trump’s sombrero memes: ‘These are sideshows’

Mike Johnson Tells Hakeem Jeffries to ‘Just Ignore’ Trump’s Sombrero Videos

House Speaker Mike Johnson offered Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries some unsolicited advice on Thursday morning for how to deal with the slew of seemingly AI-generated videos President Donald Trump has been posting of Jeffries in a giant sombrero and mustache: “Just ignore it.”Republican and Democratic lawmakers are entering the third day of the government shutdown, and they’ve largely started to agree on one thing: The social media trolling is g…

Johnson tells Jeffries to ‘just ignore’ Trump’s sombrero memes: ‘These are sideshows’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) that he should ignore the AI-doctored videos President Trump has posted picturing him in a sombrero, calling them a “sideshow” distracting from ending the government shutdown. Johnson in a press conference Thursday brought up Jeffries being “all alarmed” by videos that Trump has posted, which edit a sombrero and mustache onto Jeffries — an apparent reference to Repu…

Johnson urges Jeffries to focus on shutdown, ignore Trump's sombrero memes

Trump, for his part, has taken to posting edited videos of Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that portray Jeffries with a mustache and sombrero.