Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions.

Republicans this week had a seriously hard time defending President Donald Trump's bad behavior, making mealymouthed excuses for the racist and idiotic posts Trump made mocking Democratic leaders during the government shutdown in which he’s taking perverse pleasure.

After Trump met with Democratic congressional leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer ahead of the funding lapse, Trump posted a racist AI-generated video depicting Jeffries in a sombrero and mustache—showing he was never serious about negotiating with Democrats to get a funding deal but just wanted the meeting to be able to humiliate his oppone

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