House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries is being trolled on social media to post videos opposed to President Trump while standing alone outside the Capitol.
Jeffries claimed in the video Posted on x – And a few users laughed at the New York Democrats over the fact that he had no supporters to support his claim.
“We've returned to the capital. Another day, Jeffries' video message began, with the desolate east side of the Capitol in the background.
“It is said that Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and Extreme Maga Republicans are claiming that Democrats are sending paid protesters to city hall meetings,” he adds.
“What's wrong with Y'all? What's wrong with y'all? You don't need to send paid protesters to your town hall meeting.”
“Americans are with us,” the Democratic leader argues. “People across the country are standing up to oppose attacks on the economy, attacks on hardworking families, attacks on our democracy, attacks on Medicaid.”
“We don't need paid protesters. Americans are with us.”
The lawmaker's posts were quickly proportioned to X. I got much more replies (in this case three times more) than stocks.
“What genius has decided to film a video in which House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says Americans are with him and his colleagues. Journalist Yashar Ali I wrote on x, Depending on the video.
“I'm not saying he needs to film this in front of a large crowd, but who did you think it would be a good idea to stage this in front of a building full of deep, unpopular politicians, rather than going in tight, controlled shots at his desk?” Ali added.
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“The vast emptiness around him makes his message feel separate from reality. There is no crowd or visible support. Jeffries offers an assumed show of strength in an environment that intentionally reinforces the opposite,” Ali continued.
Conservative commentator Steve Guest accused Jeffries of “gaslighting” the public in the video.
“There's literally zero Hakeem Jeffries in this video. He says, 'Americans are with us,'” the guest wrote to X.
Another social media user joked that the video “needs cricket effectiveness.”
Others alleged that the infertility video bolstered Republicans and claimed that protesters at GOP Council's City Hall were paid.
Read one X-post: “Not only bad optics, but what kind of stupid messages reinforce the fake claims.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) claimed last week that Democrats appeared in several GOP City Hall events that were “early” and “fill in seats” to protest support from the Trump administration.
“The videos we saw about town halls were aimed at paid protesters in many of those locations,” Johnson insisted on CNN.
Jeffries' office did not immediately respond to requests to post comments.
