Jake Lang, a man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is now running for U.S. Senate in Florida and said his first act, if elected, would involve deputizing a known hate group to go after undocumented immigrants.
“I would deputize the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants,” he told Newsweek on Wednesday.
He added on X that this would be his “first” act as a senator.
“We would offer a bounty and work with local sheriffs and deputize and give legal access to be able to have these people join en masse and be able to work alongside federal law enforcement to provide tips, to provide information, and to go out and make the arrests of these illegal immigrants,” Lang told Newsweek.
Civil rights group The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the Proud Boys a hate group, saying its members “regularly spout white nationalist memes and maintain affiliations with known extremists.”
