House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries tried to troll Vice President JD Vance online but faced ridicule as the meme fell flat with the public

VP JD Vance dismisses criticism of Trump's deepfake video mocking Democratic leaders and showing Jeffries wearing a sombrero.

The vice president insisted that Trump is able to engage in good-faith negotiations with Democrats while also posting fake videos of the House Minority Speaker in a sombrero.

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on CNN discussed President Donald Trump's behavior and negotiations to end the government shutdown: JAKE TAPPER, CNN, ANCHOR: And we're back with our “Politics Lead.” The government shutdown, the spending talks stalemate here on Capitol...

Turning the tables on JD Vance, Stephen Colbert responded to the vice president’s defense of Donald Trump’s “racist and vulgar” AI-generated videos of Democratic leaders wearing sombreros by offering up his own deepfake clip of Vance.

Trump shared multiple posts of AI-generated content that shows House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) wearing a sombrero and a fake mustache alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). In one of the videos, a fabricated voice of Schumer said Democrats “have no voters anymore, because of our woke, trans bulls---.”

Vice President JD Vance took center stage to attack Democrats on Monday as the U.S. government barrels toward a shutdown despite Donald Trump finally meeting with Democratic congressional leaders. The president met with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for the first time since returning to office,