Anyone wondering “who owns” the looming government shutdown following negotiations between President Donald Trump and congressional leaders that went nowhere on Monday should “look no further” said one Democratic lawmaker, than the racist, artificial intelligence-created video posted by the president shortly after the meeting, which depicted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries with a Mexican sombrero and fake mustache.

“Democrats came to the White House to keep the government open,” said Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.). “The president answered with a racist AI video.”

Trump posted the video of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Jeffries, also of New York, after they emerged from the meeting, where Schumer said “large differences” remained between Democrats and Republi

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