A top Democrat has been accused of Photoshopping himself in an Instagram post.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries raised eyebrows on Sunday after posing for a photo in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York.
In the image, the 54-year-old leans against a park bench with his hands in his pockets.
‘Home sweet home,’ he captioned it, before resharing the post on his Instagram Stories with Lil’ Kim’s Lighter’s Up playing.
However, fans quickly noticed that the bench Jeffries was leaning on was drastically warped around his hips and upper thighs, indicating that the image may have been edited.
‘Bro why did you Photoshop your hips? Or are park benches in Brooklyn wavy like that?’ one follower commented.
‘You’ve got a terrible social media team, my man. Work on those editing skills,’ added a second.
A third wrote, ‘How is this post helpful with everything going on in our country.’
Democrat Hakeem Jeffries has been accused of Photoshopping himself after sharing an Instagram post with a suspiciously warped bench around his hip area
Jeffries was also brutally mocked on X, formerly Twitter, including by a number of popular political influencers.
‘Hakeem Jeffries is such a charisma black hole that it’s warping the fabric of spacetime,’ wrote journalist Ken Klippenstein.
‘Hakeem Jeffries slimming himself in Photoshop is the most transparency we’ve seen from Democrats in years,’ said Republican commentator Erin Maguire.
‘LMAO! Hakeem Jeffries tried to make a super relatable post on his Instagram, but he is so photoshopped everyone noticed the entire BENCH is WARPED,’ wrote Florida-based pundit Eric Daugherty.
DailyMail.com has contacted Hakeem for comment.
It comes just days after Jeffries put a few lawmakers to sleep in the House chamber during a marathon overnight session while pushing back against President Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’
While Republicans worked to gather the votes necessary for final passage of the massive Trump-backed bill last week, Democrats, led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, deployed delay tactics.
Jeffries took to the floor just before 5am to begin an arduous, hours-long speech about the dangers presented by the GOP legislation.
Social media was ablaze with comments from people calling out the politician’s Photoshop job
‘I feel the obligation Mr. Speaker to stand on this House floor and take my sweet time,’ the Democrat leader proclaimed well into his remarks.
His speech began with stories of Americans who could be impacted by the Trump bill’s cuts to Medicaid and social programs.
As of 9.45am, the New Yorker was still droning on while several of his fellow Democrats could be seen behind him with eyes closed and heads folded down.
Despite his enthusiasm for hampering the GOP’s plans, his colleagues seemed less excited. In fact, many appeared to be asleep.
‘While Hakeem Jeffries continues putting people to sleep with his lies about the One Big Beautiful Bill, we remain focused on delivering historic tax cuts for families and small businesses, secure borders, and energy dominance,’ Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, wrote on X.
White House Congressional Communications Director Charyssa Parent noted on X: ‘Rep. Jeffries has put his own members to sleep.’
‘Bedtime stories by Hakeem: The one time we voted against the largest tax cut for hardworking Americans in history.’