Overview

• The 35‑second clip, posted on Truth Social, shows Hakeem Jeffries with a superimposed sombrero and mustache while an AI-altered voice of Chuck Schumer unleashes expletives and anti-immigrant tropes.
• Trump shared the video hours after White House negotiations with Democratic leaders broke down, with lawmakers warning the government could shut down at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
• Jeffries called the video “disgusting” and “bigotry,” and Schumer said it proves Trump treats the shutdown as a joke rather than negotiating in good faith.
• Republican Sen. Roger Marshall declined to condemn the clip, telling CNN he thought it was “said in jest” and meant to mock Democrats’ negotiating stance.
• Multiple outlets note the video advances a misleading claim that Democrats seek “free healthcare” for undocumented immigrants, as federal law bars most undocumented people from comprehensive federally funded coverage and Democrats are pushing to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies; the post follows a recently deleted Trump AI video about so‑called “medbeds.”