One of the most notorious tactics employed by left-wing agitators during their so-called “peaceful protests” is to try and conceal their identities by wearing a bandana or scarf that partially covers their faces, ski mask-style facial coverings, or some type of character mask that obscures pretty much everything but their eyes.
More recently in Portland, however, the nightly rabble rousers have, in many instances, begun wearing full costumes in front of the city’s ICE facility as a way to distract and deceive federal law enforcement, something we also saw during some of the “No Kings” protests in mid-October.
Here are a couple of examples:
#ICYMI : ‘Operation Inflation’
Portland protestors are now wearing inflatable costumes during demonstrations outside the ICE facility.
They call it ‘operation inflation’ and say it’s a way to defuse tension.
Full story on @fox12oregon pic.twitter.com/9gRN1hq5sz— Mckenzie Richmond (@kenziestuvland) October 17, 2025
As footage by independent journalists of the months of violence in Portland began getting attention, Antifa bought inflatable costumes and are using the stunt to help their allies in liberal media & elected office present lie that there was never violence.pic.twitter.com/teFTxhN762
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) October 11, 2025