“What kind of joke are we all living in now? All of Trump’s lackeys and bootlicks like this elected official are cowards,” White said.

Jack White condemns Republican congressman for sharing A.I. video with ‘grade school bullying’: ‘Embarrassing’

"What kind of joke are we all living in now? All of Trump's lackeys and bootlicks like this elected official are cowards," White said.

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Jack White inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November, Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) at a DOGE hearing in February. Credit:

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Jack White is calling out Republican congressman Tim Burchett for sharing a fake A.I.-generated video of the musician saying Trump supporters are fascists, as well as using "grade school bullying" while insulting his physical appearance.

On Monday, the former White Stripes frontman posted a lengthy statement on his Instagram condemning the Tennessee politician — White's home state — for reposting a fake video on social media from a MAGA account claiming the musician said to Trump supporters, "Don’t even think about listening to my music, you fascists."

Congressman Burchett commented on his repost of the video, "That cute girl from the Addams Family got really ugly and angry." And when a Twitter user pointed out that the video wasn't real, Burchett responded, "You mean it’s not the girl from the Addams Family?"

White didn't hold back in his own response slamming the politician for his "embarrassing" bullying tactics and lack of tact.

Jack White performs November 27 in Detroit during Lions-Packers halftime show.

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"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 on Instagram. "What kind of joke are we all living in now? 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."

White went on to blame President Donald Trump for lowering 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," he added. "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. All down to giving power and a soapbox to low class playground bullies the likes of Trump and Congressman Burchett."

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The rocker then declared that his home state of Tennessee "deserves better" than Burchett.

"But you and your cult are too dug in and blinded to even realize it," White said. "Holding a bible in one hand and a flag in the other while you stomp out our democracy day by day in the service of one man's ego so that he can use taxpayer money to receive his fake peace prize and tear down the White House brick by brick. Embarrassing."

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White ended his powerful statement by reiterating his belief that "there will come a time in the future when none of these right wingers will admit to being a part of this cult from this time period."

"All the maga hats will be in landfills and actual intelligent and honorable leadership will take their place," he added. "Let us remember the highly educated and well spoken leaders like JFK, FDR, MLK, from America's history, because when i look around now, I'm wondering if half of these so called representatives have ever actually read the constitution that they pledged an oath to."

Read White's full statement below:

This is hardly the first time White has spoken out against Trump and his administration. In August, he got into a heated exchange with the White House after communications director Steven Cheung called him a "washed-up, has-been loser" in response to his criticism of Trump's policies.

"Here's my opinion, trump is masquerading as a human being," White said. "He's masquerading as a christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy. He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he's involved in has prospered except by using other people's money to find loophole after loophole and grift after grift."

In September 2024, he and his White Stripes member Meg White filed a lawsuit against Trump for "flagrant misappropriation" for using the band's hit song "Seven Nation Army" in a video.

"Don't even think about using my music you fascists," he wrote on Instagram at the time. "Law suit coming from my lawyers about this (to add to your 5 thousand others.)"

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