Pardoned Jan 6 rioter chased from pro-ICE rally in Minneapolis after blasting ‘Ice, Ice Baby’ and threats to burn Quran
A pardoned January 6 rioter led a rally in support of federal immigration officers in Minneapolis but was vastly overwhelmed by counter-protesters demonstrating against Donald Trump’s administration and a surge of law enforcement agents in the city.
Jake Lang, who was among the roughly 1,600 rioters granted clemency by the president on his first day in office, was chased from the city’s federal courthouse and targeted with water balloons amid sub-freezing temperatures Saturday.
Earlier in the day, Lang’s group played the song “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice and railed against immigrants, who they claimed were “replacing” white people as counter-protesters shouted them down, according to The Washington Post.
Lang, who promised to burn a Quran during the demonstration, branded the rally a “CRUSADER MARCH” on “Little Somalia,” referencing the state’s large Somali population that the administration has accused of widespread fraud as the president expands his mass deportation campaign.
The event drew sharp opposition from critics, who derided his march as racist and Islamophobic.
