{"id":337348,"date":"2025-12-09T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/337348\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:46:10","slug":"the-daily-shows-jordan-klepper-pepper-sprayed-by-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/337348\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Show\u2019s Jordan Klepper pepper-sprayed by ICE\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jordan Klepper<\/a> said he ended up \u201cchoking on pepper spray\u201d while shooting his latest documentary special for The Daily Show.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give The Man a Prize, which arrives on YouTube at 12 pm ET, sees Klepper attending a naked protest in Portland, Oregon<\/a>, against ICE’s presence in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause Donald Trump had crafted this idea that Antifa are the only people protesting, the people in Portland decided to shed all of their clothes as an image of non-violence in front of these agents,\u201d Klepper told Variety<\/a> in a new interview about the documentary. <\/p>\n

He said the October protest quickly turned violent, however.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we were talking to people, we watched ICE agents consistently shooting these pepper bullets into the crowd. We watched them shove a musical band dressed in banana suits, knock a clarinetist to the ground, shove her face into the ground \u2014 where she was then taken across state lines for two days. It was terrifying. Mere seconds after a joyous, comedic protest coming down the street to try to stop some of the cruelty taking place inside. It was really something to behold that I\u2019ve never experienced anything like.\u201d<\/p>\n

ICE agents clashed with participants in the Portland Naked Bike Ride in October (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cThe violence I saw was so performative, was so reckless, and there was such an intention to provoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was peaceful protesters, who simply were there to provide a counterpoint to the images and the things that we heard about happening inside. But it was gross. It makes you disgusted to see American servicemen being used to literally attack people in banana costumes playing classical music. Our cameraman has disturbing footage, as he was right up there. I was on the outskirts of it, and we all had to leave because we were choking on pepper spray.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted the Department of Homeland Security for comment.<\/p>\n

Klepper\u2019s latest documentary in his Fingers the Pulse series focuses on Trump\u2019s campaign to win a Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n

The president has faced widespread mockery<\/a> after being awarded FIFA\u2019s inaugural Peace Prize last week<\/a> during the 2026 World Cup draw.<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the football association, the new peace prize is meant to \u201creward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world. Trump has also \u201cchampioned the unifying power of football on the world stage,\u201d according to FIFA.<\/p>\n

In response to criticism about the award, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told The Independent: \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s Peace through Strength foreign policy is a tried-and-true approach that keeps America safe and deters global threats that has already ended eight wars in less than a year. There is no one else in the world more deserving of FIFA\u2019s first-ever Peace Prize than President Trump. Anyone who thinks otherwise clearly suffers from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jordan Klepper said he ended up \u201cchoking on pepper spray\u201d while shooting his latest documentary special for The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,1348,3355,134,3359,3353,44,3356,3354,3357,3358,427,1346],"class_list":["post-337348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-breaking-news","tag-daily-news","tag-entertainment","tag-global-news","tag-inkl","tag-news","tag-news-app","tag-news-headlines","tag-news-today","tag-today-news","tag-tv","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}