Jack White Blasts Congressman for Sharing AI Video of the Singer Calling Trump Supporters ‘Fascists’: ‘It’s Sad How Embarrassing Our Leadership Has Become’

Jack White had some strong words for Republican Congressman Tim Burchett after the politician shared an AI-generated video of the singer likening Trump supporters to fascists.

Burchett, who is a sitting politician in White’s home state of Tennessee, reposted a fake video on X that showed the rocker saying, “Don’t even think about listening to my music, you fascists.” Along with his post, Burchett commented, “That cute girl from the Addams Family got really ugly and angry.” Later, when one user noted that the video wasn’t real, Burchett doubled down and responded, “You mean it’s not the girl from the Addams Family?”

White did not take kindly to Burchett’s initial post, publishing a long screed on Instagram that blasted the politician. “What kind of joke are we all living in now?” he wrote. “All of Trump’s lackeys and bootlicks like this elected official are cowards that would never talk this way to anybody like me or you in person. Trump really lowered the bar when he brought his scourge to this government. Neither him nor his sycophantic congressmen and women manifest class or dignity, they all just regurgitate cheap, childish, grade school bullying points and fake christian(!) rhetoric.

“It’s really sad how embarrassing our leadership has become, I so wish the average American conservative could have a conversation with any intelligent people in other countries around the world, just for one brief moment, and actually see just what a joke our government (and by proxy our country) has become,” he continued. “All down to giving power and a soapbox to low class playground bullies the likes of Trump and Congressman Burchett. The great state of Tennessee deserves better Mr. Burchett but you and your cult are too dug in and blinded to even realize it.”

Though White clearly did not say what was portrayed in the AI video, he has been an outspoken critic of Trump and the administration. In August, he called Trump a danger “not just to America but the entire world” and got into a back-and-forth with the White House. In September 2024, White and his White Stripes band member Meg White filed a lawsuit against Trump, accusing him of “flagrant misappropriation” for using their song “Seven Nation Army” in a social media post.