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cbabe

(5,722 posts)
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:54 PM Tuesday

Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen'

https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-portland/

Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen'

David Edwards
October 14, 2025 12:17PM ET

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted that federal agents' abuse of force had not risen to the level of congressional investigations after a judge barred the Department of Homeland Security from using specific tactics against faith leaders and journalists.

During a press conference on Tuesday, one reporter told Johnson that federal agents had been seen shooting pepper balls at the targets.



I've not seen them cross the line yet," Johnson insisted. "We have committees of jurisdiction who have that responsibility, but it's not risen to that level."

“What I've seen is the abuse of law enforcement by radical leftist activists," he continued. "You know, most recently, the most threatening thing I've seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there. I mean, it's getting really ugly."

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(Well ugly is as ugly does.)


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Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen' (Original Post) cbabe Tuesday OP
May mikey receive everything he deserves. niyad Tuesday #1
X 1,000! SheltieLover Tuesday #8
Drop him off in the Middle of Burning Man. ChazInAz Wednesday #104
The Naked Bike ride in Philly used to pass by my house. No body shaming, but some folks.... GoneOffShore Tuesday #2
We have the Naked Bike Ride too in STLMO SWBTATTReg Tuesday #16
In Madison, WI too! Jilly_in_VA Tuesday #79
We are all naked under a layer of clothing. MineralMan Tuesday #17
Very true. And being ashamed of nakedness is far more prevalant in 'murica ..... groundloop Wednesday #96
That is also true. MineralMan Wednesday #97
Speaking Of Making Magic Mike Drool... Reputedly His Grindr Chat... Just Like Moses Luvs Him Sum Long Hard Smooth Staff MayReasonRule Tuesday #44
Fake News, I say! peppertree Tuesday #51
Because there isn't a sofa involved. mercuryblues Tuesday #69
Of course. How silly of me. peppertree Tuesday #86
Damn Sure Could Be Although I Hear That Vance Really Prefers Leather... Oh, Well Then That Well Could Be! MayReasonRule Tuesday #90
My take: Magic Mike only screws in the dark. allegorical oracle Tuesday #61
And in La Missionaire, besides! Jilly_in_VA Tuesday #78
Yeah, the hidden weapons those riders were carrying were scary! Nt spooky3 Tuesday #3
... orangecrush 20 hrs ago #115
Threatening? To whom? haele Tuesday #4
It's the non-conformity that is so threatening to connedservatives, maga, and Guardians Of Pedophiles. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Tuesday #56
Naked people probably do seem threatening to Holy Mike. Ocelot II Tuesday #5
He's threatened by naked women hadEnuf Tuesday #64
An old boyfriend of mine used to say if God wanted us to go around naked, we would have been born that way. Amaryllis Wednesday #95
Quick dweller Tuesday #6
Mike sounds like he is having the vapors. 😆 sheshe2 Tuesday #7
He can go to his buddy Lindsey on what to do rurallib Tuesday #49
Snort! electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #119
Frogs on bikes are the most scary. Quick, cbabe Tuesday #9
This was the opening for Colbert last night::: liberalla Tuesday #82
Really, Mike? Maybe you need to get out more. tanyev Tuesday #10
That's just because his son flagged him for being over his porn limit this month Iris Tuesday #11
this from the guy who's son monitors his HAB911 Tuesday #12
From the headline I thought this had to be Borowitz or the Onion AZJonnie Tuesday #13
That was my first thought as well. progressoid Tuesday #29
It's all they've got. rubbersole Tuesday #31
something seriously wrong with that dude eShirl Tuesday #14
In their rush to demonize, RWers constantly out themselves as the softest weakest people RockRaven Tuesday #15
So, naked bicyclists are more 'threatening' than masked, heavily armed men kicking in doors? sinkingfeeling Tuesday #18
Was he worried about the size of other men's... leftstreet Tuesday #19
Oh, That Johnson! BidenRocks Tuesday #30
You can call me Johnny or you can cal me oasis 21 hrs ago #114
Worried about getting caught oogling them, more likely. GoCubsGo Tuesday #59
Fully unarmed AND undressed are "the most threatening" Arazi Tuesday #20
I think he meant to say, "the most arousing thing I've seen". LudwigPastorius Tuesday #21
So the naked people in Portland were more threatening then the insurrectionists on J6? irisblue Tuesday #22
This! MaineBlueBear Tuesday #62
Exactly. B.See Tuesday #91
Mikey must live a very sheltered life! Totally Tunsie Tuesday #23
Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other's Porn Emile Tuesday #24
C'mon, Johnson's overseer role with a porn app is kinda creepy... allegorical oracle Tuesday #89
Afraid he'll get turned on? ananda Tuesday #25
In other words, nobody enjoyed the bicyclists' photos more Bristlecone Tuesday #26
I guess the reporters getting stonewalled... Trueblue Texan Tuesday #27
"threatening"? CousinIT Tuesday #28
Exposed and twisting in the wind... rubbersole Tuesday #34
Yo Mikey! ProudMNDemocrat Tuesday #32
Little man. Little man. C_U_L8R Tuesday #33
ROFL.... oh, MY they sure know how to push HIS buttons! OOOO nekkid peeps!! n/t TygrBright Tuesday #35
Isn't this the same guy who has his porno accountability buddy as his adopted son? Initech Tuesday #36
Apparently not a very good accountability buddy, mwmisses4289 Tuesday #42
No, it is his biological son, a teenager (or at least he was several years niyad Tuesday #43
Are you sure this isn't from the onion? Bizarre if true that the Speaker is upset. ashredux Tuesday #37
Mikey's popping a boner just poli-junkie Tuesday #38
Crikey, someone hand that man a mirror Warpy Tuesday #39
This from a guy who regularly kisses Trump's derriere . Pardon my French. surfered Tuesday #40
Hey,he's from Louisiana..that's polite French,btw. BattleRow Tuesday #45
He meant: Mad_Machine76 Tuesday #41
I bet Johnson's Covenant Eyes app had dobleremolque Tuesday #46
And He's Going to watch the videos again Deep State Witch Tuesday #47
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism Ping Tung Tuesday #48
Jealousy, thy name is Mike. usonian Tuesday #50
Mike's definitely a 'never nude.' Xavier Breath Tuesday #83
"I'll talk about naked bicyclists instead of Epstein or reopening the government" struggle4progress Tuesday #52
Magic Mike might be tempted by impure thoughts IronLionZion Tuesday #53
Wee-wees and hoo-has are the devil's playground. Xavier Breath Tuesday #84
No Wonder... BurnDoubt Tuesday #54
It's because he's getting uber turned on by it..... Quanto Magnus Tuesday #55
I'm certain Speaker johnson will engage in personal internet research about Naked Bicyclers. Torchlight Tuesday #57
Not the Onion?! Hekate Tuesday #58
Mikey, I hereby sentence you to 20 lashes with a wet noodle! NBachers Tuesday #60
Administered by a Pastafarian! mwmisses4289 Tuesday #67
All those barebutts. How can he contain himself? How can he restrain himself? How can he choose which one he wants? Clouds Passing Tuesday #63
What a baby/toddler/wuss! elleng Tuesday #65
He's afraid rambler_american Tuesday #66
Naked bikers are more threatening than the suffering you cause Americans with your Epstein shutdown aiding & abetting? ancianita Tuesday #68
Oh Mike. What the hell happened to you little buddy, all those years ago? Hmm? Maru Kitteh Tuesday #70
Does that mean he has never seen a naked body? milestogo Tuesday #71
Good thing he never saw an active shooter drill or the aftermath of a mass shooting JT45242 Tuesday #72
What is threatening about a naked person? They sure are not armed with a weapon. appleannie1 Tuesday #73
Well, now we know what triggers him.... COL Mustard Tuesday #74
Hey Mikey Maine Abu El Banat Tuesday #75
🤣😂🤣😂 Was Mikey afraid his kid would find out AllyCat Tuesday #76
For once, he's telling the truth... Fil1957 Tuesday #77
Nude cyclists bad, Hunter's privates displayed in a Congressional hearing good????? Vinca Tuesday #80
Sort of OT, but I find the idea of sitting naked on a bicycle seat really gross. I've never found... 3catwoman3 Tuesday #81
Grindr Mike says what? Botany Tuesday #85
Um, do they at least put paper towels over the bike seats? gulliver Tuesday #87
This will be a bit too graphic FHRRK 19 hrs ago #117
He's just mad because they are not naked kids. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Tuesday #88
Jerry Mahoney says whuuuut? B.See Tuesday #92
That boy aint right....nt Xolodno Tuesday #93
As a white Christian Nationalist he is offended by naked people n/t AntiFascist Tuesday #94
Says the guy who monitors his adopted son's porn. Blue Full Moon Wednesday #98
Mikey wants to see hi-res video dalton99a Wednesday #99
Pathetic little man. nt Exp Wednesday #100
This is what propaganda looks like. Puppyjive Wednesday #101
It took all of Johnson's strength to stop his son's phone from alerting. nt Gore1FL Wednesday #102
It could lead to dancing. RandySF Wednesday #103
"That's what it's all about..." cbabe Wednesday #106
Grind Ho, MAGA Mike Blue Owl Wednesday #105
Moses Mike is afraid of naked people? greatauntoftriplets Wednesday #107
Mike, take a hike in a bike! usonian Wednesday #108
The nekkid bicycle riders have been around for decades. Jacson6 Wednesday #109
He's envious. Turbineguy Wednesday #110
Mike Johnson needs to take a peek through the curtains of his little church and see what the real world really is. Beowulf42 Wednesday #111
This can only mean... Mike Nelson Wednesday #112
🎶I want to ride my bicycle........ LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #113
a.k.a., what are all these men doing riding bikes topless, or in underwear, or completely naked.... FHRRK 19 hrs ago #116
So many swing dicks takes his breath away. nt Hotler 19 hrs ago #118
🤔 "threatening"... electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #120

GoneOffShore

(17,926 posts)
2. The Naked Bike ride in Philly used to pass by my house. No body shaming, but some folks....
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:59 PM
Tuesday

Let us say that they might frighten Magic Mike. Or make him drool.

MineralMan

(149,959 posts)
17. We are all naked under a layer of clothing.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:14 PM
Tuesday

Every last one of us. We just pretend not to be naked mammals, but we are exactly that.

groundloop

(13,368 posts)
96. Very true. And being ashamed of nakedness is far more prevalant in 'murica .....
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 11:36 AM
Wednesday

than in other parts of the world.

MayReasonRule

(3,929 posts)
44. Speaking Of Making Magic Mike Drool... Reputedly His Grindr Chat... Just Like Moses Luvs Him Sum Long Hard Smooth Staff
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:05 PM
Tuesday


Perhaps if he'd just settle down with the right fella' he could let go of his hatred for all mankind.

Fucking fascists.
Sigh...

MayReasonRule

(3,929 posts)
90. Damn Sure Could Be Although I Hear That Vance Really Prefers Leather... Oh, Well Then That Well Could Be!
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 08:14 PM
Tuesday

haele

(14,730 posts)
4. Threatening? To whom?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:00 PM
Tuesday

The bicyclists are exposed to greater threat (Pepper spray/balls) than anyone watching them go down the street.

Unless one's manhood is threatened by the sight of other men's luggage. Though as cold, windy, and rainy it is on the West Coast this time of year, there is shrinkage, so...could that still be a threat?

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,608 posts)
56. It's the non-conformity that is so threatening to connedservatives, maga, and Guardians Of Pedophiles. . . nt
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:34 PM
Tuesday

Ocelot II

(127,784 posts)
5. Naked people probably do seem threatening to Holy Mike.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:00 PM
Tuesday

God didn't intend for people to be naked! Why didn't he make it so we'd be born with clothes? And some naked people might be more, shall we say, impressive than some others, and that would be threatening indeed.

Also, naked people probably won't be carrying concealed weapons, so what's the problem?

hadEnuf

(3,427 posts)
64. He's threatened by naked women
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:50 PM
Tuesday

but apparently naked little girls, not so much. Otherwise
why is he protecting pedo Trump?

Amaryllis

(10,747 posts)
95. An old boyfriend of mine used to say if God wanted us to go around naked, we would have been born that way.
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 10:13 AM
Wednesday

cbabe

(5,722 posts)
9. Frogs on bikes are the most scary. Quick,
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:04 PM
Tuesday

we need a ‘frogs on bikes’ song parody of ‘cows with guns’ song.

AZJonnie

(1,892 posts)
13. From the headline I thought this had to be Borowitz or the Onion
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:07 PM
Tuesday

The current GQP flying monkey brigade are the biggest cabal of gaslighting, lying assholes this country has ever known.

RockRaven

(18,173 posts)
15. In their rush to demonize, RWers constantly out themselves as the softest weakest people
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:09 PM
Tuesday

on the whole damn Earth.

sinkingfeeling

(56,569 posts)
18. So, naked bicyclists are more 'threatening' than masked, heavily armed men kicking in doors?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:16 PM
Tuesday

oasis

(53,045 posts)
114. You can call me Johnny or you can cal me
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 08:04 PM
21 hrs ago

Sonny, but ya doesn’t have to call me “Johnson”.

LudwigPastorius

(13,607 posts)
21. I think he meant to say, "the most arousing thing I've seen".
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:21 PM
Tuesday

Then again, in his mind arousing=threatening.

allegorical oracle

(5,820 posts)
89. C'mon, Johnson's overseer role with a porn app is kinda creepy...
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 04:36 PM
Tuesday

“It scans all the activity on your phone, or your devices, your laptop, what have you; we do all of it,” Johnson told the panel about the app

Bristlecone

(10,916 posts)
26. In other words, nobody enjoyed the bicyclists' photos more
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:28 PM
Tuesday

I have zero doubts about who this guy really is.

Trueblue Texan

(3,876 posts)
27. I guess the reporters getting stonewalled...
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:28 PM
Tuesday

...should tell Mikie they hadn't seen the naked bicyclers either so they obviously shouldn't be taken seriously. (and seriously, who could see that as a threat. Seems they've be pretty vulnerable to me.)

CousinIT

(11,949 posts)
28. "threatening"?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:35 PM
Tuesday

Seriously? He protects goddamned pedophiles, including the pedo in thief, but he finds naked bikerides THREATENING?

My God, Trump's Little Johnson is a flaccid little thing, isn't he?

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,334 posts)
32. Yo Mikey!
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:43 PM
Tuesday

What if the bike riders had been women in skimpy bikinis with little to the imagination?

Would that be DECENT or INDECENT "threatening" exposure?

Initech

(106,552 posts)
36. Isn't this the same guy who has his porno accountability buddy as his adopted son?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:48 PM
Tuesday

I mean... don't pretend you're disgusted by this, Mikey.

mwmisses4289

(2,440 posts)
42. Apparently not a very good accountability buddy,
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:03 PM
Tuesday

as there is scuttlebut going around that hypocrisy mikey has and account on a bawdy dating website.

niyad

(127,901 posts)
43. No, it is his biological son, a teenager (or at least he was several years
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:04 PM
Tuesday

ago. Not sure of his age now). The so-called "adopted" son has pretty much disappeared.

Warpy

(114,047 posts)
39. Crikey, someone hand that man a mirror
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:56 PM
Tuesday

and maybe a handful of Valium.

Some of those raving lunatic Christians sure to have a problem with body image.

(A lot of townie beaches along coastal New England are clothing optional.

BattleRow

(1,919 posts)
45. Hey,he's from Louisiana..that's polite French,btw.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:06 PM
Tuesday

They've got other colloquialisms for what to call him,cher.

Deep State Witch

(12,322 posts)
47. And He's Going to watch the videos again
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:14 PM
Tuesday

to make sure that they're threatening. And again. And, oh, here's a hot guy.... He looks REALLY threatening!

Ping Tung

(3,883 posts)
48. There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:14 PM
Tuesday
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish people with a superior capacity for happiness. H.L. Mencken

BurnDoubt

(1,124 posts)
54. No Wonder...
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:33 PM
Tuesday

We're in such big trouble.
Naked people on bikes is a National Threat.
Cosplaying J6 Brownshirts disappearing people in the dead-of-night is NOW NORMAL.
Progress!

Quanto Magnus

(1,273 posts)
55. It's because he's getting uber turned on by it.....
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:34 PM
Tuesday

He's gonna have to hit the Grindr hard this week....

Torchlight

(5,893 posts)
57. I'm certain Speaker johnson will engage in personal internet research about Naked Bicyclers.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:37 PM
Tuesday

I'd bet he's telling Kelly it's 'just boring old government stuff... you don't want to see it or know my password! Bring me some tissues while you're up, I''m sniffling again"

Clouds Passing

(6,148 posts)
63. All those barebutts. How can he contain himself? How can he restrain himself? How can he choose which one he wants?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:50 PM
Tuesday

Oh the horror!

ancianita

(42,300 posts)
68. Naked bikers are more threatening than the suffering you cause Americans with your Epstein shutdown aiding & abetting?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:58 PM
Tuesday

Lying, fakeass pharisaic christians with your fakeass pharisaic piety can fuck the fuck off.

Maru Kitteh

(30,824 posts)
70. Oh Mike. What the hell happened to you little buddy, all those years ago? Hmm?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:21 PM
Tuesday

It’s like he was severely beaten as a small child for reporting that his tiny johnson was feeling tingly.


JT45242

(3,672 posts)
72. Good thing he never saw an active shooter drill or the aftermath of a mass shooting
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:28 PM
Tuesday

Pretty certain that sandy hook, uvalde, etc are far more threatening.

How about the right wing nut job who provided us all with the snuff film of Charlie Kirk? Or was that just the acceptable cost of the second amendment and not disturbing?

What a lying sack of crap

appleannie1

(5,361 posts)
73. What is threatening about a naked person? They sure are not armed with a weapon.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:29 PM
Tuesday

Bet he doesn't even have a mirror in his bathroom since he is so afraid of skin.

COL Mustard

(7,685 posts)
74. Well, now we know what triggers him....
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:29 PM
Tuesday

Boobies and whiners. Oct. 18 is coming...step up (and out) everyone!

Maine Abu El Banat

(3,527 posts)
75. Hey Mikey
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:37 PM
Tuesday

The human body is your gods creation. We dont come into this world in a suit and tie.

AllyCat

(18,274 posts)
76. 🤣😂🤣😂 Was Mikey afraid his kid would find out
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:43 PM
Tuesday

And he’d have to be accountable?

3catwoman3

(27,942 posts)
81. Sort of OT, but I find the idea of sitting naked on a bicycle seat really gross. I've never found...
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:59 PM
Tuesday

...a comfortable bike seat, and they must be extra uncomfortable with nothing between one's delicate parts and the seat. No thanks.

FHRRK

(1,221 posts)
117. This will be a bit too graphic
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:55 PM
19 hrs ago

but as a man over 60, I can't even comprehend. A certain section of the body tends to become less elastic, especially when hot/sweaty. I would be peddling so damn slow.

Jacson6

(1,592 posts)
109. The nekkid bicycle riders have been around for decades.
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:23 PM
Wednesday

In Oregon the constitution allows you to be nekkid as long as you are not involved in a sex act. If you do commit a sex act on a street corner you can be criminally charged. Walking down the street nekkid is totally legal.

Beowulf42

(304 posts)
111. Mike Johnson needs to take a peek through the curtains of his little church and see what the real world really is.
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:58 PM
Wednesday

Bigots in Kansas and he worries about the Great City of Portland, Oregon. Get out and smell the Douglas Fir.

Mike Nelson

(10,797 posts)
112. This can only mean...
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 01:47 PM
Wednesday

... Mike Johnson has never seen anything really obscene - like Crooked Donald's neck!

FHRRK

(1,221 posts)
116. a.k.a., what are all these men doing riding bikes topless, or in underwear, or completely naked....
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:51 PM
19 hrs ago

they get all sweaty and glistening, their triceps are extended, taught, and then the quads and calves!!!!! My son will catch me on PornHub looking for "male naked bikers," and that is threatening, even worse, last night that search brought back way too many fat Harley riders along with too many Asians on rice rockets, took me 10 minutes to find a good ole American naked bicycle rider.

electric_blue68

(24,328 posts)
120. 🤔 "threatening"...
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 01:03 AM
16 hrs ago

Naked bike riders vs say, ICE beating people, and/or taking away them away (for instance) ?

I think you have your priorities mixed up, Mikey!

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