'He has lost it': Outrage as Trump posts 'deeply racist' AI video of Democratic leaders

President Donald Trump took to social media Monday night to share a deepfake video depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) with a handlebar moustache and a sombrero, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calling himself and Democrats “woke pieces of s---” — a post that drew immediate outrage from critics and lawmakers alike.

Set to the well-known “Mexican hat dance” song, the video sees Schumer – whose voice and likeness are convincingly recreated likely using generative artificial intelligence – say that Democrats want to allow unrestricted immigration because Americans don’t like Democrats.

“Look guys, there's no way to sugar-coat it: nobody likes Democrats anymore. We have no voters left because of all of our woke trans bull----,” the deepfake version of Schumer is heard saying.

“Not even Black people want to vote for us anymore, even Latinos hate us. So we need new voters, 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 s---, at least for a while until they learn English and they realize they hate us too.”

The post was immediately condemned by several lawmakers, including by Jeffries himself, who Monday night called it a “disgusting video,” and clapped back with his own social media post that included a photo of Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, captioning the post with “this is real.”

Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) condemned Trump’s post as well, and argued that its timing – being shared just hours before a likely government shutdown – was indicative of Trump’s misplaced priorities.

“A deeply racist AI video posted by the president of the United States – on the brink of a government shutdown and a health care crisis he created,” Ansari said in a social media post on X Monday night. “This is peak Donald Trump and it’s a goddamn tragedy for our country.”

Others took to calling for immediate action, such as X user “Dave,” who frequently posts material critical of Trump and has amassed nearly 3,000 followers.

“The President of the United States posted this racist, altered video on his Truth Social account tonight,” they wrote in a social media post on X Monday night.

“This is obviously unacceptable. He has lost it. He needs to go; 25th amendment now. But I doubt JD Vance or Trump’s Cabinet Secretaries have the courage to get rid of him.”