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Gov Sanders, conservatives unload on 'bizarre' Democrat SOTU counterprogramming: 'Normal v. crazy'
Fox News ^ | February 25, 2026 | Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 02/26/2026 6:34:35 AM PST by TheDon

Democratic events protesting President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address prompted sharp pushback from conservatives on social media and from Arkansas' Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who said the events painted a sharp contrast between the two parties.

Democrats held several counterprogramming events to Trump’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday, including an event called "State of the Swamp," where far-left activists, including the Portland Frog Brigade, took to the stage dressed in animal costumes.

"The difference today isn’t between right vs left," Sanders posted on X in response to a video of activists dressed up in frog costumes alongside Democratic Rep. Maxine Dexter. "It’s normal vs crazy."

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Sanders added, "Last night, President Trump laid out a vision of a stronger, safer, more prosperous America — and the best counterargument the Democrats could provide were unhinged heckles, refusing to stand to celebrate the accomplishments of patriotic Americans, and a bizarre dress-up show."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: counterprogramming; democrats; demonicrats; normalvscrazy; sotu; stateofdemswamp; stateoftheswamp

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"The difference today isn’t between right vs left, it’s normal vs crazy."

GOP should go with this into the midterms.

The Democrats are in end stage TDS.

1 posted on 02/26/2026 6:34:35 AM PST by TheDon
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To: TheDon

The leftist radicals are determined to start a civil war. Wonder when they start killing people randomly just to get it started? It’s like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah have been resurrected from the dead.


2 posted on 02/26/2026 6:36:09 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: TheDon

Conservatives need to capture and market the word:

NORMAL!

Because they can’t and weird doesn’t sell.


3 posted on 02/26/2026 6:37:28 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Suspending my monthly donations until it becomes clear FR is run by and for conservatives.)
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To: TheDon

Of all the coverage I only heard Megyn Kelly pointing out that the “frog brigade” are ANTIFA. We make think they’re goofballs, but the other side recognizes them as their shock trops


4 posted on 02/26/2026 6:43:25 AM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: j.havenfarm

Pepe is ours now, those filthy commies will never take back OUR frog.

GM frens.


5 posted on 02/26/2026 6:45:42 AM PST by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: TheDon

“State of the Swamp,”
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Fitting name for Democrat state!


6 posted on 02/26/2026 7:10:41 AM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Wonder when they start killing people randomly just to get it started?

Haven’t you been paying attention?

7 posted on 02/26/2026 7:28:25 AM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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To: j.havenfarm

The guy in the giraffe suit got arrested along with Don Lemon for storming into that church. He was the worst one. He’s ANTIFA.


8 posted on 02/26/2026 8:08:59 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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That guy? A real psycho. I thought I’d read that his pretrial terms bar him from leaving Minnesota without the court’s permission. If I’m right he has a real problem on his hands


9 posted on 02/26/2026 9:03:12 AM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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Yes, he’s been charged with violation of the FACE act and the Klu Klux Klan act. He’s a hard core anarchist/Marxist and I hope he goes to prison.


10 posted on 02/26/2026 10:43:40 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: TheDon
"The difference today isn’t between right vs left,' Sanders posted on X in response to a video of activists dressed up in frog costumes alongside Democratic Rep. Maxine Dexter. 'It’s normal vs crazy.'"

She repeatedly mate the same "normal vs crazy" point in her Republican response speech to the 2023 biden SOTU address.
11 posted on 02/26/2026 1:48:31 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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