Senator J.D. Vance (White House/press briefing)

Oh, I think it's funny.

The president's joking and we're having a good time.

You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun.

at some of the absurdities of the Democrats' positions and even poking some fun at the absurdity of the Democrats themselves.

I mean, I'll tell Hakeem Jeffries right now, I make this solemn promise to you that if you help us reopen the government, the sombrero memes will stop.

And I've talked to the president.

of the United.

It's not racist.

I think Pete's trying to re-implement high standards and that's a very good thing.

On the sombrero thing, I mean, Hakeem Jeffries said it was racist and I know that he said that and I honestly don't even know what that means.

Is he a Mexican-American that is offended by having a sombrero meme?

And I saw one of the major TV stations put the meme up and then say, this is AI generated.

And he had like the curly animated mustache, too.

It's like, do the American people, do you really not realize the American people recognize that he did not actually come to the White House wearing a sombrero and a black curly animation mustache?

Like, give the country a little bit of credit.

We're all trying to do a very important job for the American people.