A Democrat congressman has opened a new front in the AI disinformation war by launching a Jeffrey Epstein-themed trolling campaign aimed squarely at Donald Trump.
On Tuesday night, Jimmy Gomez posted to his X account an AI-generated image styled as a movie poster, in which Trump is embracing his late pedophile friend above the banner Crazy Rich Pedos, a send-up of the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians.
Jimmy Gomez’s mock-up of a movie poster. X
Pledging similar retaliation whenever Trump shares âa racist AI generated video of Hakeem Jefferies or any of my colleagues,â the Los Angeles Dem said, âIâll put a new movie poster about Trump and Epstein,â adding #ReleasetheEpsteinFiles.
Jimmy Gomez pledged ongoing retribution on Trump. X
There is no suggestion that Trump is a pedophile or was involved in any kind of illegality with the convicted sex offender, with whom he regularly socialized during the 1990s and early 2000s.
The 79-year-old has always denied all allegations of sexual impropriety made against him, and Gomez did not allege criminal conduct by Trump in his post.
The Crazy Rich Asians poster that Gomez used as the inspiration to troll Trump. Press
Trumpâs relationship with the financier, who took his own life in 2019, continues to haunt the president, as he fights the release of the so-called âEpstein files.â The poster jab by Gomez seizes on a chapter Trump has long tried to keep at armâs length.
Gomez has served as the U.S. representative for California’s 34th congressional district since 2017. Eric Connolly; U.S. House Office of Photography/House of Representatives
With the government now in a shutdown, and each side of the House seeking to blame the other, Trumpâs AI posts have been multiplying.
The bold move by Gomez, 50, comes as Trump faces increasing anger, having now posted several pieces of AI-generated content.
They included one on Monday that slapped a sombrero and moustache on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and used a fake voiceover to smear Democrats.
Jeffries called the video âracistâ and âfake,â while House Speaker Mike Johnson was even recorded criticizing it during a fiery confrontation with a Democratic congressman, who told him it was âracist.â
âIt wasnât my style,â Johnson told Madeleine Dean, in footage posted to social media by CNNâs Manu Raju.
The poster chosen by Gomez for the AI spoof was made to promote a movie about the wealthy lifestyle of successful families who once moved to the U.S.
Gomez himself was the son of working class immigrants. He entered politics after studying at UCLA and Harvard.
In response to Jeffriesâ complaints, Trump pushed another AI concoction in the run-up to the shutdown. He inserting himself mariachi-style into footage of Jeffriesâ TV interview.
Stopgap bills collapsed in the Senate on Tuesday night, paving the way for the government to shut down on Wednesday.
Republicans have been pushing for a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government at current levels through mid-November.
Democrats want the deal to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits expiring at yearâs end and undo some Medicaid cuts baked into the GOPâs tax bill earlier this year.
The Trump administrationâs claims that Democrats want undocumented migrants to get free healthcare have been widely debunked as a lie.
Gomez is not alone among Dems in fighting back against Trumpâs increasingly erratic and unappealing online behavior.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has spent the past few months baiting and mocking the president, including social media posting style.
The Daily Beast has contacted the White House and Gomez for comment.
