{"id":67459,"date":"2026-02-26T17:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/watch-dem-senator-who-ditched-trumps-sotu-caught-praising-naked-bike-riders-patriots-in-frog-suits\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:56:52","slug":"watch-dem-senator-who-ditched-trumps-sotu-caught-praising-naked-bike-riders-patriots-in-frog-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/watch-dem-senator-who-ditched-trumps-sotu-caught-praising-naked-bike-riders-patriots-in-frog-suits\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Dem senator who ditched Trump’s SOTU caught praising naked bike riders, ‘patriots’ in frog suits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who skipped President Donald Trump’s State of the Union to attend Democrat counter-programming, hailed a group of frog-clad protesters as “patriots,” crediting them for defeating Trump’s anti-crime efforts in Portland, Oregon.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Boy, the frogs are rocking this town,” Wyden said on Tuesday night. “I’m with the frogs, and I’m with all of you. Because political change starts at the grassroots.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“For weeks, social media was flooded with these wonderful patriots. Videos of unicyclers, naked bike riders, the guy in the chicken suit, and a whole lot of frogs,” he continued.<\/p>\n

BARE-BOTTOMED BIKERS ROLL THROUGH RAIN TO SHOUT AT FEDS IN BLUE CITY’S LATEST ANTI-ICE STUNT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“When Donald Trump<\/a> sent his agents to the streets of Portland, we took on authoritarianism, and we won!” Wyden said.<\/p>\n

The frogs, part of an organization called the Portland Frog Brigade, use “inflatable animal costumes to practice the proven art of <\/strong>peaceful, creative dissent, exercising our right to free expression in defense of the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law,” according to <\/a>their website.<\/p>\n

In September, as part of a crackdown on crime, the Trump administration announced it would send National Guard troops<\/a> to Portland among other urban centers across the country. In Portland, the order sparked social unrest and protests, including backlash from local officials.<\/p>\n

“Portland is an American city, not a military target,” Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said in a post<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n

“President Trump has directed all necessary troops to Portland, Oregon. The number of necessary troops is zero.”<\/p>\n

Almost immediately, the state launched a legal challenge to the deployment<\/a> in the case of Oregon v. Trump, arguing that the administration lacked the legal authority to use federal troops to combat local crime.<\/p>\n

US JUDGE EXTENDS ORDER BLOCKING TRUMP’S NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT IN PORTLAND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

As that legal battle raged inside the courtroom, the city\u2019s person-based crime \u2014 such as homicides, kidnappings, sexual offenses, and vehicular manslaughter \u2014 has fallen marginally every consecutive month, according to data<\/a> from Portland\u2019s Police Bureau.<\/p>\n

From Oct. 2025 to Jan. 2026, person-related crimes are down 18%. Total crime, including property and social crimes like drug offenses, is down 8%.<\/p>\n

But in December, Trump began winding down his deployment<\/a> to Portland as its legal battle began to run into a series of losses.<\/p>\n

As recently as last Tuesday, the Trump administration ended its efforts to overturn a Ninth Circuit order halting<\/a> Trump\u2019s deployment of the guard to Portland.<\/p>\n

“Oregon National Guard members are currently in transit to Fort Bliss, Texas, where they will demobilize, and the demobilization process will take approximately 7 to 14 days to complete,” the court ruled on Jan. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

OREGON RESIDENTS SUE HOMELAND SECURITY AFTER TEAR GAS USED ON ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wyden celebrated the decision.<\/p>\n

The White House<\/a> did not respond to a request for comment on Wyden\u2019s framing of the administration\u2019s drawdown of the National Guard from Portland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who skipped President Donald Trump’s State of the Union to attend Democrat counter-programming, hailed a group of frog-clad protesters as “patriots,” crediting them for defeating Trump’s anti-crime efforts in Portland, Oregon. “Boy, the frogs are rocking this town,” Wyden said on Tuesday night. “I’m with the frogs, and I’m with all … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}