Jordan Klepper was left “choking on pepper spray” while filming the newest episode of The Daily Show‘s special series, Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse.

Speaking to Variety about the Monday night episode, Klepper explained why he took part in one of Portland’s naked bike rides protesting the Trump administration’s ICE presence in their city.

“Because Donald Trump had crafted this idea that Antifa are the only people protesting, the people in Portland decided to shed all of their clothes as an image of non-violence in front of these agents,” Klepper said.

Klepper explained, “As we were talking to people, we watched ICE agents consistently shooting these pepper bullets into the crowd.”

“We watched them shove a musical band dressed in banana suits, knock a clarinetist to the ground, shov

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