Democratic congresswoman confronts Johnson over Trump AI video: 'It's racist. You should call it out [View all]
Source: CNN Politics
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2025, 10:21 PM ET
Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean confronted Speaker Mike Johnson right off the House floor on Tuesday over their parties’ funding standoff hours before the government shut down.
Dean could be heard criticizing Johnson multiple times over health care and calling him out for not pushing back on President Donald Trump’s sharing of a racist, AI-generated video of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The Pennsylvania Democrat pressed Johnson about the video, which Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, and the speaker responded, “It wasn’t my style.” “Not your style? It’s disgraceful. It’s racist. You should call it out,” Dean said.
The video depicted Jeffries wearing a sombrero and a mustache and Schumer speaking in a fake voice, arguing for undocumented immigrants to get “free healthcare.” As mariachi music plays in the background, the fake Schumer voice says, “There’s no way to sugar coat it: Nobody likes Democrats anymore.”
In his response, Johnson appeared to press Dean on the details of the video, when she interrupted him and reiterated her stance. “Is it racist? You put a sombrero on a Black man who’s the leader of the House. You don’t see that as racist? We need you desperately to lead,” an animated Dean told the speaker, raising both of her hands in emphasis.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/politics/madeleine-dean-johnson-ai-video-trump
One of my sisters is in her district and my niece worked in a summer program under her a few years ago!
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