House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) responded to his meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday to discuss ways to keep the government from shutting down on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n
In an appearance on MSNBC, left-wing host Lawrence O\u2019Donnell opened the segment by mentioning an AI video of Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who was also at the White House meeting, posted to Trump\u2019s social media.<\/p>\n
In it, Schumer is seen talking to reporters with Jeffries standing beside him in a sombrero and Mexican-style handlebar mustache, as mariachi music plays in the background.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell kicked off the segment by criticizing the video and vowing not to show it before accusing Trump of lying about what transpired at the White House meeting, which also included Vice President JD Vance, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.).<\/p>\n
\u201cCould you give us your reaction to that Trump-posted video tonight?\u201d O\u2019Donnell asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a disgusting video. And we\u2019re going to continue to make clear that bigotry will get you nowhere. We are fighting to protect the health care of the American people in the face of an unprecedented Republican assault on all the things, Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n
\u201cRepublicans are closing our hospitals, nursing homes and community-based health clinics, and have effectively shut down medical research in the United States of America,\u201d he falsely claimed.<\/p>\n
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