A group of 22 US senators has staged a video flashmob in response to the president's speech to Congress

A group of US Democratic senators has rolled out a coordinated social media campaign, simultaneously posting videos of themselves reading from the same script. The virtual flashmob was intended to mock US President Donald Trump ahead of his first address to the US Congress since starting his second term in January.

On Tuesday evening, the president delivered a 100-minute speech to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, reaffirming key tenets of his 'America First' agenda and outlining the steps his second administration has taken to make good on his election campaign vows.

Just hours before the address, at least 22 Democratic senators simultaneously released identical videos showing them commenting on the president's previous pledges using the same script. Each posted footage starts with Trump promising to "bring prices down starting on day one" before cutting to the lawmakers dismissing those claims as "s***t that ain't true" and reciting the same script.

"Since day one of Trump's presidency, prices are up, not down," they stated in their videos. "Inflation is getting worse, not better."

Several Republican congressmen took to X to ridicule the posts. Representative Virginia Foxx called the video "weird," while Senator Ted Cruz quipped that "DOGE fire[d] all their speech writers." The Trump War Room account posted a sarcastic gif comparing the Democrats to computer-generated characters in a video game.

In the US General Election in November 2024, Republicans won a majority in the US Senate, obtaining 53 seats in the chamber versus 47 received by the rival party. They also retained control of the House, getting 218 seats, while the Democrats have 215.