Overview

• Rep. Madeleine Dean told Speaker Mike Johnson that the president was “unhinged” and “unwell” after his address to senior military leaders at Quantico.
• Johnson replied, “A lot of folks on your side are too,” and said he “didn’t see” the speech when pressed on the remarks Dean called dangerous.
• Dean urged Johnson to denounce an AI-generated video the president shared depicting Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero, which she labeled racist.
• Johnson later downplayed the post as something the president “meant as a joke” and said it “wasn’t my style,” declining a stronger rebuke.
• Clips of the exchange drew millions of views as figures including Sen. Jack Reed and retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey criticized the Quantico event as lacking strategy and unsettling.