OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
5:56 PM – Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is now facing immense ridicule after sharing what appears to be a heavily-edited photo of himself on Instagram, prompting some critics to question why a grown man and politician would feel the need to aesthetically “enhance” his appearance.

The New York congressman posted the image from Brooklyn with the caption “Home Sweet Home,” though the photo drew attention for its apparent distortion—most notably, a visibly warped bench curving unnaturally around his hips.

This seemingly indicates that the liberal congressman, or his social media team, made a dire photoshop or photo editing error.

“You’ve got a terrible social media team, my man. Work on those editing skills,” photographer Kiel Phillips commented in response.

Jeffries also drew criticism from fitness influencer John Dorsey, known online as “Goob,” who is known for exposing individuals who digitally alter their images to distort their physiques.

Goob argued that someone would “have to be a massive clown” to be a high-profile politician sharing such an obviously manipulated photo without anticipating public scrutiny. He suggested that the congressman’s goal was to appear taller in the photograph.

“Hakeem, it’s OK to be a short king – you don’t have to edit your photos to make yourself look taller. In fact, it’s more embarrassing than just being a short king,” he stated in a video posted to Instagram.

“Whatever you’re doing in this is bizarre and uncalled for,” he added, laughing.

Dorsey also pointed to two previous posts on Jeffries’ Instagram in which the background appears similarly distorted, suggesting that those images may have been digitally altered as well.

This comes in the wake of comments made by the House Minority Leader during a Monday appearance on “The View,” where he claimed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has begun targeting “law-abiding immigrant families.” He also refrained from distancing himself from fellow Democrats who have called for ICE to be defunded.

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