Jake Lang, a pardoned January 6 rioter now running for US Senate in Florida, was punched during an anti-Islam protest in Dearborn, Michigan on Tuesday after attempting to burn a Quran and taunting Muslim counter-protesters with bacon. The confrontation marks the latest provocative action from the 29-year-old, who spent four years in federal custody before receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump and declaring his candidacy with the slogan 'We Are Taking Over The Capitol Again'.
Lang led a small group of demonstrators through Dearborn, home to the largest Arab-American population in the United States, carrying crosses, American flags and a banner reading 'Americans Against Islamification'. According to CBS Detroit, Lang threatened to burn a Quran and taunt counter-protesters with bacon, which he proceeded to do at the intersection of Schaefer Road and Michigan Avenue.
