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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has responded to President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on his intelligence. According to HuffPost, the president took to Truth Social on Tuesday evening (April 21) to call out Jeffries and other Democrats for criticizing his approach to the ongoing war in Iran, which he recently announced an indefinite ceasefire for hours before the previous two-week deadline.
“Never allow the Traitor Democrats like Low IQ person Hakeem Jeffries, or Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, or the totally corrupt Fake News Media such as the phony and decaying Wall Street Journal, the Failing New York Times (Subscriptions way down!), or dying “60 Minutes,” to demean or criticize Operation Midnight Hammer, which totally obliterated the Nuclear Dust locations to the point where bloodthirsty Iran has been unable to get to it, or dig it out,” the post reads.
Jeffries responded to the president’s post during an interview with MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday, calling it an “extraordinary insult.”
“What’s so ironic is that Donald Trump is clearly the dumbest person ever to sit at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” Jeffries said.
Jeffries quickly moved on from the topic of Trump’s words to then discuss how the president and Republicans in Congress “have completely and totally failed America” on policy, while pointing to the war in Iran, where more than a dozen Americans have been killed and some 400 others wounded.
“They failed on the economy, failed on health care, failed on immigration enforcement, and now they’ve gotten us into a reckless and costly war of choice,” he said.
In the past, Trump has used the phrase “low IQ person” to refer to various people, predominantly people of color, such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas).
“AOC, look, I think she’s very nice. But she’s very low-IQ, and we really don’t need low-IQ,” the president told reporters in July 2025, per HuffPost. “Between her and Crockett, we’re going to give them both an IQ test to see who comes out best.”
Both representatives have been staunch critics of the president in the past, with Crockett especially calling out the administration’s policies aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the country. and educational institutions.
Trump also referred to Crockett as “low IQ” during a “Meet the Press” conference with NBC News’ Kristen Welker in May 2025, to which the Texas representative responded via X, writing:
“For you to be in charge of the WHOLE country, you sure do have my name in your mouth a lot. Every time you say my name, you’re reminding the world that you’re terrified of smart, bold Black women telling the truth and holding you accountable. So keep talking...”
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