“Is this really what you guys consider to be ‘domestic terrorists?’”

An unlikely hero has emerged from amidst the ICE protests in Portland, Oregon—a frog.

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President Donald Trump has continued his makes an attempt to color Portland as a crime-ridden “never-ending disaster,” due partly to the protests going down on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) constructing. 

City officers have pushed again towards Trump’s allegations, whereas others have prompt that is simply half of a bigger ploy for him to proceed insisting the nation is beneath assault from inside so he can assert an increasing number of management over American residents.

Reports on the bottom from each protestors and journalists have portrayed the protests themselves as typically peaceable and civil—till conservative livestreamers attempt to agitate crowds and federal brokers begin attacking protestors. 

One of those incidents concerned a personality who has come to be generally known as the Portland Frog.

Who is the Portland Frog?

One of the methods by which the folks of Portland are preventing again towards Trump treating their metropolis as a conflict zone is by dressing up in colourful, foolish costumes. One individual particularly confirmed as much as protest dressed head-to-toe in a shiny inexperienced inflatable frog costume: the Portland Frog.

The factor a couple of costume like that is that not solely is it cartoonish and enjoyable, however there’s additionally very clearly no place for hidden weapons, and no approach for the wearer to maneuver nimbly and pose a bodily menace.

Watching cops and ICE stand off towards somebody like this solely serves to spotlight absolutely the disgraceful absurdity of what’s occurring in Portland.

“Oh no MAGA! Look at the Antifa Frog in Portland, Oregon,” Ed Krassenstein wrote on X. “Is this really what you guys consider to be ‘domestic terrorists?’”

What did ICE do to the Portland Frog?

Either these closely armed males simply get pleasure from throwing their weight round or they’re pathetic sufficient that they really feared for his or her security up towards some individual in a blow-up frog costume, as a result of it didn’t take lengthy for video to begin circulating of a calculated assault towards the Portland Frog.

The viral video reveals one in every of them approaching the frog and spraying pepper spray straight into the costume’s air consumption vent. 

“That orange circle not only keeps the costume inflated but also draws in fresh air for the user,” @CalltoActivism identified. “Spraying in that hole is a MAJOR health risk.”

“Yeah that’s attempted murder,” one X person wrote, whereas one other requested, “Why are we gas chambering a person in a frog suit.”

A follow-up video options the frog claiming they finally simply “coughed a little” and confirming that they returned to protest the next evening.

“I’ve tasted spicier. I’m Mexican, what do you expect?” they stated, earlier than doing a bit of dance.

Online assist for the Portland Frog

The varied movies prompted a mix of concern at ICE’s conduct and common assist for the Portland Frog, who’s now being handled by some as a logo of the battle towards fascism and authorities overreach within the United States.

“There needs to be 50 of those frogs lined up, frog elbow to frog elbow.”

“The harmless individual in a goofy costume is now in a sealed bag with only pepper spray to breathe. This is state terror.”

“@ICEgov is a violent fascist paramilitary no different from the SA or the Gestapo.”

“By the way, this is what Trump claims is the “Antifa insurrection” that deserves sending within the Texas National Guard to Portland. A protest by which essentially the most tense stand-off includes a gyrating frog thrusting in direction of police. The horror!”

“I love Portland so much. Only in Portland can a person in a frog costume scare ICE.”

“more evidence of which direction the violence is really going”

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