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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Clarizza Potoy

The 16-Year-Old Threshold: Did Jake Lang Just Admit to Vetting Minors for Protests?

Jake Lang, a 6 Jan Capitol rioter now running for the U.S. Senate in Florida, has proposed using members of the Proud Boys to track undocumented immigrants for cash bounties.

Far-right activist and Jan. 6 participant Jake Lang, 30, has denied viral screenshots purporting to show him exchanging messages with a 15‑year‑old girl, insisting he dismissed her over a strict 16‑year‑old minimum for his protests.

The Florida Republican Senate hopeful's response, shared online amid a wave of arrest demands, came just days after chaos erupted at one of his New York City demonstrations outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Gracie Mansion residence. Social media sleuths and critics questioned whether his age‑cutoff defence crossed into uncomfortable territory.

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