She helped him flee a rally, then learned he was a right-wing provocateur [View all]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/19/jake-lang-minneapolis-march/
Archive link https://archive.ph/hKpsP


Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, jumped into a stranger’s car after he was driven from his anti-immigrant march in Minneapolis by a large counterprotest.



Daye Gottsche let the stranger into the car without knowing he was a right-wing provocateur who had been leading a march to support President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

She didn’t realize that the demonstrators she saw on her drive had gathered at Minneapolis City Hall on Saturday to counterprotest — and were chasing him away, throwing punches at him. Gottsche did not recognize that this man was Jake Lang, who was charged with beating police officers with a baseball bat during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and jailed for four years before Trump pardoned him.

She saw only a man in need of rescue.

“Please help me,” Lang said, standing outside her friend’s car door, Gottsche told The Washington Post. “They hurt me bad.”

Gottsche saw a cut on his lip and scrapes on his face. From the driver’s side, her friend unlocked the doors. Lang jumped in the back seat.

As they waited for the stoplight to turn green, protesters swarmed them, shouting “That’s him!” according to video of the incident and interviews with Gottsche and Lang. People pried open the doors and kicked Lang. Some hit the car itself. Finally, Lang, Gottsche and her friend sped away.

There was an earlier thread and video showing a black man shielding this idiot from further violence. And then a trans woman and her nonwhite friend gave the white supremacist a ride to safety without knowing who he was. It's in our nature as liberals to assist a person in need without asking their political agenda. In this case it turned out to be a far right Jan6 provocateur. It's very telling that his own MAGA types didn't help him. hmmm...