Just days after his record-breaking 8-hour and 45-minute speech in the House last Thursday in which he attempted to delay the vote on the Big Beautiful Bill, the spotlight is back on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries…. and for all the wrong reasons.
New York Democrat posted a photo of himself leaning against a park bench in Brooklyn, with the caption: “Home Sweet Home.”
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But the photo has gone viral over leaked allegations that Jeffries doctored the photo to make himself look better.
Take a second look.
It appears that the area around Jeffries’s legs was warped, as was the bench behind him.
Even loyal followers of Jeffries on social media commented on how bad the clearly edited photo was, with some speculating on whether he was trying to make himself look slimmer, or taller.
Yes, this is real.
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Photoshopped himself so hard he bent the bench. pic.twitter.com/WBifTUhp8y
— Courtney Holland 🇺🇸 (@hollandcourtney) July 7, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries slimming himself in Photoshop is the most transparency we’ve seen from Democrats in years pic.twitter.com/OFOiOm65OC
— Erin Maguire (@ErinMMaguire) July 7, 2025
This isn’t the first time that Jeffries’ team has heavily edited a photo of the House Minority Leader.
Just before his speech last Thursday, his office posted a less-than-flattering photo of their boss in his office with the caption, “Protecting your healthcare is as American as baseball, motherhood, and apple pie.”
In the photo, Jeffries is unsmiling and stiffly holding a baseball bat.
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Last Thursday, Jeffries delivered a speech that held the House floor for well over eight hours so he could delay passage of the Republicans’ domestic policy megabill.
The House passed the “One Big, Beautiful” bill shortly after Jeffries finished speaking, and President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on July 4th.
His so-called “magic minute,” as the unlimited speaking time granted to party leaders is known, breaks a House record set by Republican Kevin McCarthy in 2021, which in turn exceeded the mark set by Nancy Pelosi in 2018