PORTLAND, Oregon — This past weekend, hundreds of people “bared it all” in Portland to protest President Trump’s plan to send the National Guard to the city.
The group took part in what organizers called an “emergency naked bike ride” in the rain. The event is usually held during the summer as an annual protest against fossil fuels, but this time it was organized in response to the deployment plan. Riders gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland's South Waterfront neighborhood.
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The event even caught the attention of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson. During a news conference in Washington, D.C., about the ongoing government shutdown, Johnson was asked