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Chuck Schumer

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 12312 Report
Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

2025-10-17

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) allegedly released a 30-second campaign ad featuring a purported deepfake video of Senator Chuck Schumer repeatedly saying, "Every day gets better for us," implying enthusiasm for a government shutdown. While the video reportedly was marked as AI-generated, it was widely circulated on social media and drew criticism from journalists and researchers, who warned it could mislead voters and erode trust in authentic political communication.

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Incident 12141 Report
Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

2025-09-29

President Donald Trump reportedly posted a purportedly AI-modified video on Truth Social depicting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer making fabricated statements and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero. Critics, including Jeffries and Rep. Ro Khanna, reportedly condemned the video as racist and misleading during budget negotiations over a looming government shutdown. The AI tool used for modification has not been identified.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Donald Trump

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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Entity

Hakeem Jeffries

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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Entity

Democratic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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Entity

Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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Entity

Presidential norms

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

  • Incident 1214
    1 Report

    Donald Trump Reportedly Posts Purported AI-Modified Video of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries During U.S. Government Shutdown Talks

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Entity

National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

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Democratic Party

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

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General public of the United States

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

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Truth

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

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Democracy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

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X (Twitter)

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1231
    2 Reports

    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake Video Reportedly Depicts Senator Chuck Schumer Endorsing Government Shutdown in NRSC Campaign Ad

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