
The expectation that politicians are honest, trustworthy and transparent has long since expired, but a recent Instagram post put a cartoonishly fine point on it.
House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, when he’s not maligning his Republican colleagues, is an avid fitness fan. One could tell from an image posted to social media that he very, very much wants to be perceived as svelte.
Can you see what’s wrong with this photo?
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
It’s one thing to want to work on your physique, but what did that bench ever do to him?
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
And yes, this photo is very much real and very much still up on his official Instagram page as of this publishing.
X users, needless to say, had a field day with the image:
Obviously availed himself of the services of Chucky Schumer’s grillmaster flack.
— Jungle Carbine (@JungleCarbine) July 7, 2025
That park bench is having some Matrix-type mind bending happening to it
— Tennessee Bourbon (@TennesseeBourbn) July 7, 2025
The Adidas tracksuit was a choice.
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) July 7, 2025
I spoke to Jeffries in DCA a few months ago. He doesn’t need to slim down via Photoshop. Kinda odd.
— Jim Stinson (@jimstinson) July 7, 2025
Get the theater kids out of office
— Brian KrassenPonzi (@Jon_Cicada) July 7, 2025
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