JD Vance Trolls Hakeem Jeffries Over Racist Sombrero Memes | EUROtoday

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday playfully dismissed recommendations that deepfake movies posted by President Donald Trump exhibiting House Minority Speaker Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero had been racist.

Instead, he insisted that the movies had been all about “having a good time.”

On Wednesday, a reporter requested Vance in regards to the intent behind the posts.

“You’ve said you’re interested in good-faith negotiations with these leaders, but what message does that send?” the reporter requested. “Is it helpful to post pictures of Leader Jeffries in a sombrero if you’re trying to have good-faith talks with them?”

To which the vice chairman replied, “Oh, I think it’s funny,”

“The president’s joking! And we’re having a good time,” Vance continued. “You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun at some of the absurdities of the Democrats’ positions, and even poking some fun at the absurdity of the Democrats themselves.”

Earlier this week, after assembly with Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to debate stopping a authorities shutdown, the president posted a deepfake video depicting Jeffries carrying a sombrero and mustache whereas Schumer referred to as Democrats “woke pieces of shit.”

The subsequent day, Trump adopted up with one other video, this one as soon as once more that includes Jeffries within the sombrero, together with a mariachi band — with each musician exhibiting Trump’s face.

During his protection of the movies, Vance on Wednesday additionally made a bizarre vow to Jeffries ― although he stated it was “solemn.”

“I’ll tell Hakeem Jeffries right now: I make this solemn promise to you that if you help us reopen the government, the sombrero memes will stop,” Vance stated. “I’ve talked to the president of the United States about that.”

You can see Vance make his “vow” within the clip beneath.

Although exhibiting a mock video of a Black man dressed in a foreign country’s stereotypical apparel would possibly go the racism check for a lot of, Vance didn’t seem to grasp why folks used the “R” phrase to explain the Jeffries movies.

“I mean, Hakeem Jeffries said it was racist, and I know that he said that,” Vance remarked. “And I honestly don’t even know what that means. Like, is he a Mexican-American that is offended by having a sombrero meme?”

Vance additionally emphasised that many Americans wouldn’t discover the misleading video … misleading.

“It’s like, do the American people, do you really not realize? The American people recognize that he did not actually come to the White House wearing a sombrero and a black curly animation mustache,” he stated. “Like, give the country a little bit of credit.”

Although Vance stated the White House was “trying to do a very important job for the American people,” he claimed that Trump “likes to have a little bit of fun when he’s doing it, and I think that’s OK.”

Vance later posted a clip of that trade to his personal account.