WASHINGTON (KPTV) — At a Tuesday news conference, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) called Portland’s “Emergency” naked bike ride last weekend “the most threatening thing I’ve seen.”

Johnson was responding to a question about whether federal officers in Portland had crossed any lines in their response to protesters. “I’ve not seen them cross the line yet,” he said, before pivoting to demonstrations outside Portland’s ICE facility in South Waterfront.

“What I’ve seen is the abuse of law enforcement by radical leftist activists,” Johnson said. “Most recently, the most threatening thing I’ve seen is the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there. I mean, it’s getting really ugly.”

Elected officials standing behind Johnson appeared to smile and laugh at the remark;

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