<p style="font-weight: 400;">As President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, the Democratic Party — a group currently possessing the collective emotional stability of a toddler denied a juice box — decided that the best way to save “democracy” was to skip the Capitol and head to the National Press Club for an event they unironically titled the “State of the Swamp.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="1">And how, you might ask, does one properly protest a sitting president in 2026? By dressing up as <a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/state-of-the-swamp-a-democratic-led-counter-programming-during-president-trumps-state-of-the-union-address-at-the-national-press-club-in-washington/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX1JDMlFTSkFFVkhCOQ?previouslyViewed=dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX1JDMlFTSkFFVkhCOQ&amp;position=1">inflatable frogs</a> and six-foot giraffes, of course. Because nothing says “serious political movement” quite like a man in a yellow-spotted felt neck ranting about “Pumpkin Spice Satan.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="2">The guest list was a literal Who’s Who of people who haven&#8217;t processed a single event since 2016. Robert De Niro was there, presumably to mutter &#8220;tough guy&#8221; platitudes into a microphone. He was joined by the usual suspects: Stacey Abrams (still the &#8220;rightful&#8221; Governor of Earth, one assumes), Jim Acosta (who surely brought a mirror to admire his own bravery), Don Lemon, and the ever-aggrieved Mark Ruffalo. Even George Conway and Joyce Vance showed up, likely to ensure the legal implications of wearing a polyester amphibious suit were properly analyzed for MS NOW.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="3">The &#8220;highlight&#8221; of this menagerie was Robert Potylo, known as “Robby Roadsteamer.” Fresh off an <a href="https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/anti-ice-protester-dressed-in-giraffe-costume-is-released-from-custody?utm_source=chatgpt.com">arrest</a> for being a public nuisance in Minneapolis, Potylo appeared in full giraffe regalia.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="3">Yes, a giraffe.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="3">Between nonsensical riffs on &#8220;Mr. Tangerine Man&#8221; and complaints about ICE agents with &#8220;two weeks of training,&#8221; the Giraffe-in-Chief announced a revolutionary plan to fight the administration: Bingo. They were going to &#8220;storm the White House with love&#8221; and, presumably, a winning card of G-42.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what Democrats are doing instead of attending President Trump&#39;s State of the Union speech.</p>
<p>Democrats are literally hanging out with deranged Leftists dressed in giraffe costumes bragging about getting arrested by ICE. <a href="https://t.co/hMIUHrmrHy">pic.twitter.com/hMIUHrmrHy</a></p>
<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/2026483234096206179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-path-to-node="4">While House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-of-the-union-2026-democrats-boycott/">tried</a> to frame this circus as &#8220;silent defiance,&#8221; the visual reality was anything but silent — or dignified. The room was filled with &#8220;frog-themed swag,&#8221; a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/democrats-boycott-trump-state-of-the-union-peoples-sotu">nod</a> to the &#8220;Portland Frog Brigade,&#8221; because apparently, the Left has reached the stage of grief where they simply identify as pond life.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Oregon Senator Ron Wyden praises Portland anti-ICE &#8220;patriots&#8221;: &#8220;the uni-cyclers, the naked bike riders, the guy in the chicken suit, and a whole lot of frogs&#8221; while Trump gave the Purple Heart to two National Guardsmen, living and dead. <a href="https://t.co/9dCj0CaSTW">pic.twitter.com/9dCj0CaSTW</a></p>
<p>— Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) <a href="https://twitter.com/libbyemmons/status/2026652263385645470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">While Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey gestured wildly about Constitutional trajectories, and former Trump staffer Stephanie Grisham performed her nightly ritual of professional repentance, the rest of the country watched a president speak. Meanwhile, the &#8220;Resistance&#8221; was busy adjusting their inflatable flippers and worrying about whether their giraffe necks would clear the chandeliers. If this is the &#8220;State of the Swamp,&#8221; the drainage is clearly overdue.</p>

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