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cbabe

(6,159 posts)
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 11:54 AM Oct 14

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

GoneOffShore

(17,977 posts)
2. The Naked Bike ride in Philly used to pass by my house. No body shaming, but some folks....
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 11:59 AM
Oct 14

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

MineralMan

(150,583 posts)
17. We are all naked under a layer of clothing.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:14 PM
Oct 14

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

groundloop

(13,561 posts)
96. Very true. And being ashamed of nakedness is far more prevalant in 'murica .....
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 10:36 AM
Oct 15

than in other parts of the world.

MayReasonRule

(4,011 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, 01:05 PM
Oct 14


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

(4,011 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, 07:14 PM
Oct 14

haele

(15,057 posts)
4. Threatening? To whom?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:00 PM
Oct 14

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

(60,320 posts)
56. It's the non-conformity that is so threatening to connedservatives, maga, and Guardians Of Pedophiles. . . nt
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:34 PM
Oct 14

Ocelot II

(128,949 posts)
5. Naked people probably do seem threatening to Holy Mike.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:00 PM
Oct 14

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

(3,516 posts)
64. He's threatened by naked women
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:50 PM
Oct 14

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

Amaryllis

(10,952 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, 09:13 AM
Oct 15

cbabe

(6,159 posts)
9. Frogs on bikes are the most scary. Quick,
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:04 PM
Oct 14

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

AZJonnie

(2,733 posts)
13. From the headline I thought this had to be Borowitz or the Onion
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:07 PM
Oct 14

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

RockRaven

(18,641 posts)
15. In their rush to demonize, RWers constantly out themselves as the softest weakest people
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:09 PM
Oct 14

on the whole damn Earth.

sinkingfeeling

(57,162 posts)
18. So, naked bicyclists are more 'threatening' than masked, heavily armed men kicking in doors?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:16 PM
Oct 14

oasis

(53,332 posts)
114. You can call me Johnny or you can cal me
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 07:04 PM
Oct 16

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

LudwigPastorius

(14,116 posts)
21. I think he meant to say, "the most arousing thing I've seen".
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:21 PM
Oct 14

Then again, in his mind arousing=threatening.

allegorical oracle

(6,146 posts)
89. C'mon, Johnson's overseer role with a porn app is kinda creepy...
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:36 PM
Oct 14

“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

(10,995 posts)
26. In other words, nobody enjoyed the bicyclists' photos more
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:28 PM
Oct 14

I have zero doubts about who this guy really is.

Trueblue Texan

(4,183 posts)
27. I guess the reporters getting stonewalled...
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:28 PM
Oct 14

...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

(12,200 posts)
28. "threatening"?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:35 PM
Oct 14

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

(20,589 posts)
32. Yo Mikey!
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:43 PM
Oct 14

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

(107,312 posts)
36. Isn't this the same guy who has his porno accountability buddy as his adopted son?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:48 PM
Oct 14

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

mwmisses4289

(3,178 posts)
42. Apparently not a very good accountability buddy,
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:03 PM
Oct 14

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

niyad

(129,415 posts)
43. No, it is his biological son, a teenager (or at least he was several years
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:04 PM
Oct 14

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

Warpy

(114,375 posts)
39. Crikey, someone hand that man a mirror
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 12:56 PM
Oct 14

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

(2,089 posts)
45. Hey,he's from Louisiana..that's polite French,btw.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:06 PM
Oct 14

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

Deep State Witch

(12,544 posts)
47. And He's Going to watch the videos again
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:14 PM
Oct 14

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

Ping Tung

(4,131 posts)
48. There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:14 PM
Oct 14
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

(1,411 posts)
54. No Wonder...
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:33 PM
Oct 14

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

(1,298 posts)
55. It's because he's getting uber turned on by it.....
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:34 PM
Oct 14

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

Torchlight

(6,281 posts)
57. I'm certain Speaker johnson will engage in personal internet research about Naked Bicyclers.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:37 PM
Oct 14

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

(6,907 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, 01:50 PM
Oct 14

Oh the horror!

ancianita

(42,786 posts)
68. Naked bikers are more threatening than the suffering you cause Americans with your Epstein shutdown aiding & abetting?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 01:58 PM
Oct 14

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

Maru Kitteh

(31,228 posts)
70. Oh Mike. What the hell happened to you little buddy, all those years ago? Hmm?
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:21 PM
Oct 14

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


JT45242

(3,818 posts)
72. Good thing he never saw an active shooter drill or the aftermath of a mass shooting
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:28 PM
Oct 14

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

(5,407 posts)
73. What is threatening about a naked person? They sure are not armed with a weapon.
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:29 PM
Oct 14

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

COL Mustard

(7,958 posts)
74. Well, now we know what triggers him....
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:29 PM
Oct 14

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

AllyCat

(18,486 posts)
76. 🤣😂🤣😂 Was Mikey afraid his kid would find out
Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:43 PM
Oct 14

And he’d have to be accountable?

3catwoman3

(28,558 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, 02:59 PM
Oct 14

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

FHRRK

(1,356 posts)
117. This will be a bit too graphic
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 08:55 PM
Oct 16

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

(1,755 posts)
109. The nekkid bicycle riders have been around for decades.
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 11:23 AM
Oct 15

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

(316 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, 11:58 AM
Oct 15

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

Mike Nelson

(10,907 posts)
112. This can only mean...
Wed Oct 15, 2025, 12:47 PM
Oct 15

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

FHRRK

(1,356 posts)
116. a.k.a., what are all these men doing riding bikes topless, or in underwear, or completely naked....
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 08:51 PM
Oct 16

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

(25,741 posts)
120. 🤔 "threatening"...
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 12:03 AM
Oct 17

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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