PORTLAND, Ore. — Animal costumes are the new black.

Exceedingly aware that the black garb worn by demonstrators in 2020 informed President Donald Trump’s apocalyptic view of Portland, Oregon, protesters this year have gone to the frogs — and unicorns, raccoons, sharks, bears, dinosaurs and the hot animal of this particular pop culture moment, a capybara.

“It was just to contrast the narrative that we are violent extremists,” said Seth Todd, 24, whose appearance at Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility early in the summer as a bulbous green frog started the trend. “The best way to show that for me is being in a frog costume.”

Portland has long been a little bit different in how residents protest. Outside the ICE building, demonstrators against the Trump administration’s

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