Edward Jacob "Jake" Lang

Edward Jacob Lang (born ) He graduated from Delaware Valley High School in Milford, Pennsylvania, in 2013 and attended Hunter College in Manhattan for one year before dropping out and starting a series of businesses. These included an e-commerce website, night club promoter, and social media adviser to models at the start of their careers. However, he has said that he renounces all ties to Judaism and Israel, and posted a video of himself burning a copy of the Talmud (as well as a Quran and a book that promotes Christian Zionism). Despite this, some other far-right activists like Nick Fuentes have continued to denounce him for having Jewish heritage.

On January 4, 2026, Lang staged an antisemitic demonstration outside the headquarters of the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC in Washington, D.C., during which he threw chocolate coins, gave a Nazi salute, and stated "White people in America, you will be replaced, and your children will be Black Muslims if you don't stand up now" and "White Christian men are not gonna sit around while you turn our children into a bunch of nigger lovers".

Militancy and political career

January 2021

Lang was arrested on January 16, 2021. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Lang was in prison for four years on an 11-count indictment, including assault charges for attacking officers with a baseball bat. Lang told Newsweek that during his time in prison he spent hundreds of days in solitary confinement in response to the coronavirus lockdown and his continued political activities.

Related arrest In March 2026, Lang was charged with a misdemeanor for threatening a Metropolitan Police officer at an event commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Capitol attack, telling the officer that he should be "put down like a dead dog" and hanged in front of the Capitol, as well as dragged "out by his ankles" and thrown "in the Potomac." Lang has pled not guilty, and has been given a stay-away order. He was issued a bench warrant for not making his scheduled March 24, 2026, preliminary hearing for the charge.

Candidacy for U.S. senator from Florida Lang ran for U.S. Senate from Florida in the Republican primary held in August 2026. Lang also stated his "very first act as a US Senator" would be "to ban Islam". By the end of 2025, Lang had raised a total of $4,397 for his campaign. His campaign was not considered serious.

Minneapolis On January 17, 2026, a week after Renée Good was killed by ICE Agent Jonathan Ross, Lang attempted to lead a "March Against Minnesota Fraud" in which he vowed to burn a Quran and march to Cedar-Riverside, a neighborhood with a large Somali-American population. He and his small group of supporters were surrounded by hundreds of counter-demonstrators. Lang was shielded by a local Black man

Lang was later arrested after recording himself vandalizing a $6,000 anti-ICE sculpture at the Minnesota State Capitol. He later plead not guilty. The ice sculpture had been commissioned and installed by the veterans organization Common Defense. The trial is being presided over by Ramsey County District Judge Veena Iyer, whom Lang made sexist and racist comments about. Lang's trial is set for July 27; he could face a maximum sentence of five years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

March 2026

Lang organized an anti-Islam demonstration outside New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani's official residence at Gracie Mansion on March 8, 2026.

May 2026 At a bond hearing for Dalton Eatherly, known online as "Chud the Builder," Lang was arrested and taken into custody after disrupting courtroom proceedings.

June 2026 On June 2, 2026, Lang was arrested in Frisco, Texas and charged with criminal trespass in April 2025 at David Kuykendall Stadium, site of the murder of Austin Metcalf. He was released June 3 on a $7,500 bond.

On June 9, Lang was arrested in Dallas County, Texas for making a terroristic threat related to the same murder trial. Lang's bond was initially set at $1 million before being reduced to $250,000.

August 2026 On August 22, 2026, Lang was arrested in Minneapolis along with others after they drove onto a sidewalk where a crowd was gathered. He was released on August 27 after the Hennepin County Attorney's Office declined to pursue felony charges.