Jack White Blasts GOP Congressman Over Post Featuring Faked AI Video of Singer: ‘What Kind of Joke Are We All Living in Now?’
White was incensed that a representative from his home state would stoop so low.
1/2/2026
White was incensed that a representative from his home state would stoop so low.
Jack White at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Peacock Theater on November 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Gilbert Flores
Jack White has made it crystal clear over the past few months that he is not playing the MAGA GOP’s games. After repeatedly slamming Donald Trump last year for everything from his controversial gold-plated White House makeover and East Wing demolition to the President’s “vile,” hate-filled obituary for beloved moviemaker Rob Reiner, White has not held his tongue when it comes to calling out the divisive rhetoric and actions of Trump 2.0.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was at it again this week when he took aim at U.S. Rep Tim Burchett after the Congressman from White’s home state of Tennessee shared a misleading AI-generated video that appeared to show the “Seven Nation Army” star telling Trump supporters to not listen to his music.
While X flagged Burchett’s original post as containing fake footage using quotes falsely attributed to White (with the links to those videos seemingly deleted from the first version), the 61-year-old Republican who has served Tennessee’s second congressional district since 2019 doubled down in his accompanying message, which tauntingly read: “That cute girl from the Addams Family got really ugly and angry.”
The attempt at a schoolyard jab — in keeping with the Trump administration’s frequent use of social media to mock, belittle and denigrate its perceived opponents, sometimes using AI-generated memes or videos — indeed got White riled up. In a heated response posted on Tuesday (Dec. 30), White slammed his state’s rep for going so low.
“Can you believe that a U.S. congressman, that’s right, a CONGRESSMAN (from my state no less), a once hallowed and respected position in our society, would repost an AI generated video, containing a false comment that I never said and refuted (without researching that I might add) and like a 10 year old on a playground, add to it attempted insults to my physical appearance?” White wrote. “What kind of joke are we all living in now?”
