At a moment when millions of Americans are facing furloughs, food insecurity, and growing anxiety over a month-long government shutdown, President Donald Trump’s administration decided to post a meme.

This week, the official White House account on X published a Halloween-themed graphic captioned “Choose wisely …” with a ghost emoji, the official White House account showed pictures of Trump and Vice President JD Vance along with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Jeffries is shown wearing a sombrero with the caption, “Includes -sombrero – one filibuster speech no one remembers Not included – common sense.”

The post immediately backfired.

Whoever runs the White House account seemed to confuse Jeffries with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who actu

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