"Last week, a Portland protestor named Seth Todd showed up at the ICE protests in the Oregon city dressed up in an inflatable frog costume. Footage of armed soldiers backing up as the protester confidently walked toward them went viral on social media, along with a video of an agent spraying pepper spray into the costume's air filter."
"The frog has become a symbol of what's going on down here, one costume-wearing protestor told The Oregonian. [We're here to protest] the insane government overreach that's going on in this place and the fact that they're calling Portland an 'explosive fire-ridden warland.' Which it's not, because we're here."
A Portland protester named Seth Todd attended ICE protests in an inflatable frog costume, and viral footage showed armed federal officers backing away and an agent spraying pepper spray into the costume's air filter. The costume prompted dozens of other Portland residents to dress in inflatable animal outfits as acts of solidarity and protest against ICE and perceived government overreach. Protesters cited the frog as a symbol of local resistance and rejected narratives that Portland has become an explosive warland. Local footage shows people in shark, bear, peacock, and dinosaur costumes and reports that federal officers retreated without engaging.
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