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Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

[Water balloons! In frozen #Minneapolis!
Brilliant!]

"Outnumbered and soaked with water balloons, Jake Lang's anti-Islam protest chased off...

On a frigid Saturday afternoon, hundreds gathered near Minneapolis City Hall to drown out Lang's message, ultimately soaking the right-wing influencer with water balloons and preventing him from burning a Qur'an or marching into the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood as he planned."
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426

#Protest #Resist #Minnesota #USA #News #Press #US

Headline and text from a live news stream.

January 17, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Kim Hyatt

Outnumbered and soaked with water balloons, Jake Lang's anti-Islam protest chased off

The moment Jake Lang arrived with a few supporters carrying a banner reading "Americans Against Islamification" and shouting for Somalis to leave, the temperature rose.

On a frigid Saturday afternoon, hundreds gathered near Minneapolis City Hall to drown out Lang's message, ultimately soaking the right-wing influencer with water balloons and preventing him from burning a Qur'an or marching into the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood as he planned.
Headline and text from a live news stream. January 17, 2026 at 8:17 PM Kim Hyatt Outnumbered and soaked with water balloons, Jake Lang's anti-Islam protest chased off The moment Jake Lang arrived with a few supporters carrying a banner reading "Americans Against Islamification" and shouting for Somalis to leave, the temperature rose. On a frigid Saturday afternoon, hundreds gathered near Minneapolis City Hall to drown out Lang's message, ultimately soaking the right-wing influencer with water balloons and preventing him from burning a Qur'an or marching into the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood as he planned.
Headline and text from a live news stream. January 17, 2026 at 8:17 PM Kim Hyatt Outnumbered and soaked with water balloons, Jake Lang's anti-Islam protest chased off The moment Jake Lang arrived with a few supporters carrying a banner reading "Americans Against Islamification" and shouting for Somalis to leave, the temperature rose. On a frigid Saturday afternoon, hundreds gathered near Minneapolis City Hall to drown out Lang's message, ultimately soaking the right-wing influencer with water balloons and preventing him from burning a Qur'an or marching into the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood as he planned.
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