Multiple House Democrats collaborated to create a video on TikTok in which the lawmakers were mimicking fighting characters in a video game.

The video, released on Wednesday, follows President Donald Trump‘s first address to Congress of his second term, during which several Democrats ignored House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) request for a “dignified” response to the speech. The congresswomen featured in the video include Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Susie Lee (D-NV), all of whom took various fighting poses.

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@sulheejessica Chose your fighter ???????????? #womenshistorymonth #womenwhofight #fighter #savedemocracy #speakup #girls #girlpower ♬ original sound – Jvtan

“Democrats not be cringe challenge. Level: impossible,” the Rapid Response account for the Trump White House wrote on X.

Democrats Not Be Cringe Challenge.

Level: Impossiblepic.twitter.com/6V0upqKj9J

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 6, 2025

The skit caught the attention of Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), who reposted the video and uploaded a photo of herself wearing a boxing glove and stating, “Let’s go.”

Let’s go. https://t.co/zXD38lHqRx pic.twitter.com/FiRZg9Ccqm

— Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) March 6, 2025

CNN’s Scott Jennings wrote, “This cannot possibly be real.” 

This cannot possibly be real https://t.co/fUVUDZv6eb

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) March 6, 2025

Sholdon Daniels, who just announced a congressional run in Crockett’s district, also criticized the video, writing, “This really is all a game to these people.”

This really is all a game to these people. https://t.co/6IIFAPoSBx

— Sholdon Daniels For Congress (@SholdonDaniels) March 6, 2025

“I don’t think they get it yet,” the Washington Examiner’s Salena Zito stated.

I don’t think they get it yet. https://t.co/HQQ3mmXwOj

— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) March 6, 2025

“It’s as if the party is trying to implode itself,” Fox News contributor Joe Concha wrote.

It’s as if the party is trying to implode itself… https://t.co/TW8Bbrwp2l

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) March 6, 2025

“The Democrats have ceased to be anything more than performative activism by unserious people,” WorldStrat President Jim Hanson wrote.

The Democrats have ceased to be anything more than performative activism by unserious people https://t.co/cgW74hjz3c

— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) March 6, 2025

The skit was made in collaboration with Sulhee Jessica Woo, a content creator on TikTok. Woo uploaded a video of her changing into an outfit before her visit to the Capitol, as well as another video in which she spoke to Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA). Khanna said Democrats would eventually bring “a new, modern progressive era” but that the party has to “get through” the current administration first.

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After Trump’s joint address to Congress, MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend criticized Democratic lawmakers for their behavior during the speech, questioning how this would help the party win voters back. She added that their “visuals are not taking back the House in 2026,” referring to the signs they held at the event. 

Last week, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith asked Jeffries what the Democratic Party’s plan is to win the 2026 midterm elections, to which the House minority leader said the party has “no choice” but to win. Following his interview with Jeffries, Smith suggested Democrats lack a proper leader to oppose Trump and that the party “better find somebody soon” ahead of next year’s elections.