Absolute Clown Show: Democrat Bring Out Dancing Frogs During Their Counter State Of The Union Event

As WLT Report previously reported, nearly 50 Democrat lawmakers opted not to attend President Trump’s State of the Union address.

Instead, many of them attended their counter State of the Union event.

Dozens of Democrats attended their own State of the Union Address, called the “People’s Address,” located at the National Mall.

To begin the event, Democrats welcomed on stage the Portland ant-fascist frogs to dance on stage.

Take a look:

While Trump's giving his SOTU speech

Democrats party as FROGS

'State of the Swamp' — Dems-led counter-programming pic.twitter.com/x7foNypwwJ

— RT (@RT_com) February 25, 2026

The Guardian reported more on the counter State of the Union event:

Democrats held competing events on the evening of the State of the Union address across Washington where lawmakers boycotted the official event and protesters said they wanted to show the growing opposition to Donald Trump’s increasingly unpopular agenda.

On the National Mall, hundreds of people, including about 30 Democratic members of Congress, gathered for the “People’s State of the Union”, a counter-rally. Attendees held signs that read “No Money for ICE” and “Healthcare Not Warfare”. One person on stage carried a large poster with the photographs of the more than 30 people who had been killed in dealings with ICE since Trump took office in 2025.

The event kicked off about an hour before the president’s speech was scheduled to begin.

MoveOn’s executive director, Katie Bethell, told attendees the group had helped organized the boycott “because we know that Donald Trump’s State of the Union will bear no resemblance to what’s actually happening in this country today”.

The crowd chanted: “Abolish ICE! Abolish ICE!” as senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, introduced his guest, Afghan refugee and immigrant advocate Fereshteh Ganjavi. Murphy explained he wasn’t at the State of the Union because “these are not normal times, and Democrats have to stop behaving normally”.

Moments later, a Trump supporter pushed through the barricades on the grounds and confronted Murphy. An organizer pulled the heckler off the stage as the crowd booed.

Host Joy Reid addressed the interruption. “Attention all Maga trolls: your bullshit is not welcome here,” she said. “We are here to hear the truth and to hear from impacted people.”

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Earlier on Tuesday, a list of about 30 lawmakers who are boycotting the president’s address was shared, and included Murphy, senators Chris Von Hollen of Maryland and Adam Schiff of California, and representative Greg Casar of Texas.

Oh, did I mention there was a guy in a giraffe costume:

Meanwhile at the Democrats’ counter state of the union event…

The absolute state of the Democratic party pic.twitter.com/IzinCEPiuI

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 25, 2026

The Washington Examiner reported that actor Robert De Niro gave a short speech at the event:

Multiple Democratic lawmakers ditched President Donald Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday to attend a counterevent in Washington.

The “State of the Swamp” event began at 7 p.m., two hours before Trump’s annual speech, and was headlined by actor Robert De Niro. The protest was held at the National Press Club, about a 15-minute drive from Capitol Hill, where Trump was speaking.

Attendees wore green clothes and inflatable frog costumes to tie into the event’s swamp theme. A couple of speakers even wore frog hats.

“Can you love a country that pardons violent criminals and protects pedophiles?” De Niro asked the audience in a roughly seven minute speech.

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“We could go on and on and on and on. The bottom line is that I feel betrayed by my country. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it does need to return to the values that gave us our strength and dignity, and turn its back on the daily atrocities of the Trump regime and their enablers.”

De Niro appeared at the very end of the event at around 11 p.m., after Trump finished his speech. De Niro also highlighted the next national No King protest on March 28, encouraging people to turn out.

Watch here De Niro here:

Robert De Niro joins Democrats to protest Trump at ‘State of the Swamp.' https://t.co/Hf6BNUmWYr pic.twitter.com/OkPfhpVp5f

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) February 25, 2026