‘Nobody Can Take A Joke Anymore’: C-SPAN Caller Cracks Up Over Trump’s Posts Of Hakeem Jeffries In Sombrero

A male Republican C-SPAN caller on Wednesday laughed about President Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts featuring edits of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries donning a sombrero and sporting a mustache.

Trump made theposts after an unfruitful meeting with Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday to discuss a short-term spending bill to prevent a government shutdown. “Washington Journal” host John McArdle asked the caller for his opinion on the posts, which the caller did not take seriously and found hilarious.

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“I called Hakeem Jeffries last night and … left him a voicemail. And I wanted to know where he got the sombrero from because I wanted to buy one too, because I thought he looked good in it. And I didn’t know he could grow a mustache that quickly, but I thought he looked real good in that mustache,” the caller joked, laughing raucously, in part appearing to react to Trump’s post being shown on screen.

McArdle followed up by asking the caller if he believed Trump’s posts were helpful in the shutdown negotiation process.

“Help in the process? No, it’s just a joke! See, nobody can take a joke no more. This country is so evil in so many ways that nobody can take a joke anymore,” the caller said, laughing after the second post was shown on screen. “You do not think that is funny? A mariachi band with Donald Trump playing all those instruments and Hakeem Jeffries. That is funny! Come on!”