Jake Lang a Republican candidate for Floridas U.S. Senate seat who was jailed for allegedly assaulting U.S. Capitol police officers during the January 6, 2021, riots recently threw a Nazi Sieg Heil salute during a racist and antisemitic rally that he held outside of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) headquarters in Washington, D.C.At the rally, Lang declared, Congressmen and women that have been taking AIPAC money, we suggest you stop now before the crusaders really start. Treasonous traitors will be hanging from the gallows, rightfully and justly prosecuted and hung for treason. He also said, White Christian men are not gonna sit around while [AIPAC and pro-Jewish activists] turn our children into a bunch of [n-word]-lovers. Related Trump reposts Nazi-era gay symbol 10) Lang threw a final Sieg Heil salute outside and declared "white Christian men are not gonna sit around while you turn our children into a bunch of n****-lovers" before leading his group away. pic.twitter.com/H2kwt7hwCi Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) January 4, 2026 Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Neo-Nazis have become increasingly comfortable publicly associating themselves with the Republican Party. In January 2024, billionaire transphobe Elon Musk threw a Nazi salute at an inauguration event celebrating the presidents second term.Last October, Republican leaders nationwide were caughtproclaiming I love Hitlerand discussing killing opponents in gas chambers in a private chat. Around the same time, U.S. Border Patrol shared a video that showed its agents working to a 13-second clip of Michael Jacksons 1995 song They Dont Care About Us, which contained an antisemitic slur antisemitic social media accounts celebrated the video.Then, MAGA Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) was caught witha swastika on his congressional office wall. In November, numerous staffers resigned from the massively influential right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation after its president called neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes a friend of Republicans in response to influential right-wing media figure Tucker Carlson platforming Fuentes in a softball interview that challenged none of Fuentes extremist positions.Neo-Nazis also attended the New York Young Republican Clubs 113th annual gala in December.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.