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Jack White<\/a>\u00a0has come out fighting after a Republican\u00a0congressman\u00a0took a shot at him on social media this week.<\/p>\n The Tennessee representative Tim Burchett likened the former\u00a0White Stripes<\/a>\u00a0frontman\u00a0to Wednesday Addams in a post on X\u00a0yesterday (December 29). He was responding\u00a0to an\u00a0apparently AI-generated\u00a0video\u00a0that depicted White saying, \u201cDon\u2019t even think about listening to my music,\u00a0you\u00a0fascist\u201d.<\/p>\n Burchett replied: \u201cThat cute little girl from the Addams Family got\u00a0really ugly\u00a0and angry\u201d.<\/p>\n Earlier today (December 30), White hit back at Burchett\u00a0on Instagram, drawing attention to the AI\u00a0nature of the video in question and savagely\u00a0criticising\u00a0Burchett\u2019s character.<\/p>\n \u201cCan you believe that a U.S. congressman, that\u2019s 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?\u201d he wrote. \u201cWhat kind of joke are we all living in now?\u201d<\/p>\n That cute little girl from the Addams Family got really ugly and angry. https:\/\/t.co\/94wbCWFu2w<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tim Burchett (@timburchett) December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cAll of trump\u2019s lackeys and bootlicks like this elected official are cowards that would never talk this way to anybody like me or you in person,\u201d he added. \u201cTrump 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.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cIt\u2019s 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\u00a0Congressman\u00a0burchett.\u201d<\/p>\n White also said that Burchett and the MAGA \u201ccult\u201d are \u201ctoo dug in\u201d to\u00a0realise\u00a0what they are doing. \u201cI\u2019ve said it before and\u00a0i\u2019ll\u00a0say it again, 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\u00a0maga\u00a0hats will be in landfills and actual intelligent and honorable leadership will take their place. Let us remember the highly educated and\u00a0well spoken\u00a0leaders like JFK, FDR, MLK, from America\u2019s history, because when i look around now,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0wondering if half of these\u00a0so called\u00a0representatives have ever actually read the constitution that they pledged an oath to.\u201d<\/p>\n It is far from the first time that White has been outspoken about\u00a0Donald\u00a0Trump<\/a>\u00a0or his political followers \u2013 earlier this month,\u00a0he criticised the president for his comments about Rob Reiner<\/a>\u00a0in the hours following his murder, calling him a \u201cdisgusting, vile, egomaniac loser child\u201d.<\/p>\n Trump and White also traded insults in August, with\u00a0White describing the Oval Office redesign as \u201cvulgar, gold leafed and gaudy\u201d<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0the White House hitting back by calling the musician a \u201chas-been loser\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Jack White attacks Republican congressman over social media jibe: \u201cIt\u2019s really sad how embarrassing our leadership has become\u201d<\/a> appeared first on NME<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jack White\u00a0has come out fighting after a Republican\u00a0congressman\u00a0took a shot at him on social media this week. READ MORE:\u00a0Jack White \u2013 \u2018No Name\u2019 review: surprise album is maestro\u2019s punkiest outing since White Stripes The Tennessee representative Tim Burchett likened the former\u00a0White Stripes\u00a0frontman\u00a0to Wednesday Addams in a post on X\u00a0yesterday (December 29). 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