The White House launches a satirical MySpace page mocking Democratic leaders over the shutdown
The White House has launched a satirical MySpace-style web page that mocks Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and blames them for the government shutdown.
The page, called “MySafeSpace,” appeared on the White House website over the weekend as the shutdown entered its second month on Saturday, with President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress continuing to blame Senate Democrats for not voting for a temporary GOP-backed funding resolution to reopen the government.
The satirical profile links to a “voting history” that redirects users For an article on the Hill Titled “Senate Democrats Block Government Funding Bill for the Thirteenth Time.”
Any bill to reopen the government would need at least 60 votes in the Senate, meaning at least some Democrats would have to vote with the Republican majority to reopen the government. Democrats also initially proposed their own bill to temporarily fund the government, but it also fell short of 60 votes. This bill would have funded the government through October 31, extended Affordable Care Act benefits, and reversed some of the Medicaid cuts that Republicans passed earlier this year.
Schumer and other Senate Democrats said they would not vote alongside Republicans on a stopgap funding bill until they reach an agreement to extend support for the ACA that is set to expire at the end of this year. If it expires, health care costs could double or triple for Americans who rely on the ACA.
Representatives for Schumer and Jefferies did not immediately respond to a request for comment on MySafeSpace.
In response to a request for comment, the White House indicated To Sunday’s post on X From the official White House account it said: “Welcome to mysafespace… Where do Democrats go when opening the government is too hard.”
The satirical website links to several “Hakeem Shutdown Blog” entries, which redirect to White House press releases and statements. It also includes links to music, movies and TV shows it says are favorites among Democrats, including Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done,” Drake’s “Shut it Down” and Pitbull’s “Shut it Down.”
The site also has a section for “Hakeem’s 8 Best Friends,” which includes “Joe Biden,” along with a photo of an automaton, “Chucky,” along with a photo of Schumer, “Tampon Team,” along with a photo of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and “Maryland Man,” along with a photo of Kelmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador earlier this year and is at the center of a month-long legal saga.
Trump administration officials have long accused Biden administration officials of using the robotic pen to sign official documents that the then-president was not aware of while he was in office. Former Biden White House officials have repeatedly denied the allegations.
The “MySafeSpace” site also features a Mexican hat-patterned background and an edited photo showing Jeffries wearing a sombrero. “Videos” link. Redirects to an edited video the White House posted on Twitter last week, in which Jeffries and Schumer are seen at a White House Halloween celebration wearing Mexican hats. He also refers to Jeffries as “The Sombrero Man,” “Timo Obama,” and “Dollar Store Obama.”
Trump posted mock photos of Jeffries wearing a sombrero several times throughout the shutdown. For the most part, Republican leaders They described the sombrero photos and videos as funny or called out Jeffries for “He ignores“Hmm.
The “About Me” section of the parody site says, “Hey, we’re Democrats in the House and Senate. We love DEI, transgender people for everyone, and distributing taxpayer benefits to illegal immigrants. We couldn’t care less if our men and women in uniform get paid or if our neighborhoods are safe — we just love playing politics with people’s livelihoods!!”
The site also includes a “Heroes” section, with text saying: “Anyone who identifies as far-left. Transnational gangs, illegal immigrants.”
Republicans claimed Democrats are not voting to reopen the government because they want to fund health care for illegal immigrants. This claim is misleading — it is already illegal for undocumented immigrants to receive federally subsidized health care.
Paying troops during the shutdown was another point of contention between Republicans and Democrats, although the White House said last week that it had found the money to pay troops for a second time during the shutdown.
The new site comes as the president increasingly reposts what appears to be AI-generated content mocking his political opponents, including a video of him attacking No Kings protesters.