“Daily Show” correspondent Ronny Chieng, on Wednesday, appeared baffled by President Donald Trump’s bigoted deepfake videos featuring top Democrats.
Chieng aired an AI clip shared by the president last weekend that shows House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) with a mustache and wearing a sombrero as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), in remarks backed by mariachi music, slams transgender people.
“What the fuck did I just watch? Trump is making fun of a Black man for being Mexican? It’s almost too confusing to be racist. It’s like putting a headdress on the Twin Towers,” Chieng quipped.
“I don’t even know what you’re trying to say! I don’t have the racist math skills to solve this equation. I’d never thought I’d say this, ‘But Donald Trump, can you be better at racism?’”
Chieng — who called for a “serious and sober-minded” Trump to find “compromise” with Democrats to end the government shutdown — gave props to Jeffries for denouncing the “disgusting” video on MSNBC.
