Overview
- Klepper says he choked on pepper spray while filming the Portland Naked Bike Ride for his latest documentary.
- He reports ICE agents repeatedly shot pepper projectiles and shoved participants, including a band in banana suits and a clarinetist later held across state lines for two days.
- The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give The Man a Prize is scheduled to debut on YouTube at 12 p.m. ET.
- An Associated Press photo caption in the coverage notes ICE clashes at the October event, and The Independent says it has asked DHS for comment.
- The special frames the scenes within Klepper’s satirical look at President Trump’s quest for plaudits, following FIFA’s recent Peace Prize for the president and a White House defense of the award.