House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump for a sharing a video Monday that used artificial intelligence (AI) to alter Democratic leaders' comments ahead of a looming government shutdown.

“This is all designed to be a malignant distraction from people who are determined to continue to rip healthcare away from the American people and Democrats are resolved to stand up for it,” Jeffries told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell in an interview. “They are lying about what we're asking to do.”

“We've made clear that federal law currently prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving comprehensive health care paid for by federal American tax dollars,” he continued. “And no one is asking to change that law, but what we are doing is making it clear that we need to protect

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