Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) that he should ignore the videos President Trump has posted picturing him in a sombrero, calling them a “sideshow” distracting from ending the government shutdown.

Johnson in a press conference on Thursday brought up Jeffries being “all alarmed” by videos that Trump has posted, which edit a sombrero and mustache onto Jeffries — an apparent reference to Republicans’ shaky claims that Democrats are demanding free health care for immigrants in the country illegally. Jeffries had called the video “racist,” challenging Trump to “say it to my face.”

Johnson downplayed the videos.

“These are games. These are sideshows. People are getting caught up in — in battles over social media memes,” Johnson said. “This is no

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