Minneapolis Anti-ICE Protest Erupts Over Jake Lang (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: This is our country. Welcome home.
[00:00:05] Speaker 2: A chaotic scene here in Minneapolis Saturday morning. A far-right activist showing up to an anti-ice protest in the back of a U-Haul truck.
[00:00:14] Speaker 1: Jason is killed.
[00:00:17] Speaker 2: His name is Jake Lang. So Lang, driving through the crowd here, you saw somebody in the back of that U-Haul with what looked like a paint gun. The anti-ice protesters here were expecting him.
[00:00:31] Speaker 1: Get the f*** off our land. What do you have to say to Jake Lang? Jake Lang, get the f*** out of here.
[00:00:37] Speaker 2: Was this your first run-in with Jake Lang?
[00:00:39] Speaker 1: No, this has been at least my third or fourth.
[00:00:42] Speaker 2: Lang was charged with attacking a police officer on January 6th before he was pardoned by President Trump.
[00:00:48] Speaker 1: We are back, baby.
[00:00:51] Speaker 2: Since his release from jail, Lang has made a name for himself with a campaign characterized as racist and xenophobic.
[00:00:58] Speaker 1: What's your message to all the Muslims here in the United States? Go home. Go back to Somalia. This is a Christian country. Two days before he showed up here in a U-Haul. President Trump, we support you. We support ice. He destroyed an anti-ice sculpture outside the Minnesota state capitol. Pro-ice, baby. America first. America only. What's your message to Jake Lang? You're a cowardly grifter and you're going back to prison, little b****.
- A far-right activist, Jake Lang, appeared at an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis using a U-Haul, escalating tensions.
- Witnesses reported seeing someone in the truck with what looked like a paint gun as the vehicle moved through the crowd.
- Lang is described as having been charged in connection with January 6 and later pardoned by President Trump.
- The segment characterizes Lang’s recent activism as racist and xenophobic, citing anti-Muslim statements.
- An anti-ICE sculpture at the Minnesota state capitol was reportedly destroyed in an incident linked to Lang.
- Protesters verbally confronted Lang and predicted he would face future legal consequences.