Watching Fox & Friends Weekend hosts crack up at a neon-clad aerobics class staged in Portland while the rest of the country watches real clashes at ICE facilities says everything you need to know about the left’s priorities. The clip—and the laughter—made a lot of Americans do a double take: while federal agents try to do a dangerous job, some activists prefer jazzercise and cosplay instead of serious protest.
The Portland stunt called itself “Sweatin’ Out the Fascists,” an 80s‑themed aerobics session in bright leotards that organizers cheerfully described as a way to “make these guys look silly.” What went viral was less a show of civic courage than a quirky circus act: crochet lessons, Latin dance and synchronized high knees in front of a federal facility while officers watched from the roof.
Contrast that with Broadview, Illinois, where protests outside a Chicago‑area ICE processing center have repeatedly tipped into chaos and criminality, and where six individuals were recently indicted for allegedly impeding federal agents. Prosecutors say crowds surrounded a government vehicle, banged on its hood and windows and slowed it to a crawl — behavior that isn’t peaceful dissent so much as dangerous obstruction.
Those aren’t harmless theatrics; the indictment alleges etching and vandalism, claims of aggression, and potential prison time for conspiracy and assaulting or impeding an officer. Americans who value the rule of law should be alarmed that some inside-the-beltway elites and local politicians cheer on stunts while federal officers face threats and real attempts to block their duties.
Let’s be blunt: while the radical left posts feel‑good aerobics content for their followers and late‑night hosts get a cheap laugh, communities are being disrupted and federal agents are being hassled and endangered. The media’s eagerness to normalize this performative activism reveals a broader rot—prioritizing theater over safety, virtue signaling over public order, and clicks over consequences.
If Americans want a functioning country, we must stop tolerating the double standard that treats prankish choreography like civic engagement and treats people who defend the border like villains. Prosecutors should pursue cases that meet the law, local leaders should back law enforcement, and decent citizens should demand that our institutions be allowed to do their jobs without being mocked by a viral boombox and a pile of novelty leg warmers.
