[Washington Nationals baseball team bans] individual who displayed white nationalist sign at game

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Source: Reuters

Nationals ban individual who displayed white nationalist sign at game

By Reuters
May 18, 2026 1:36 AM EDT Updated 9 hours ago

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May 16, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; General view of Washington Nationals cap during the game against the Baltimore Orioles at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-Imagn Images

May 18 - The Washington Nationals are investigating an incident during Sunday's game at Nationals Park when individuals unfurled a sign that directed fans to a white nationalist website and called for the deportation of "100+ million."

The individuals resisted removing ​the banner before fleeing the ballpark.
The team has identified and banned at least one individual ‌from Nationals Park and are working with the Metropolitan Police Department on a follow-up investigation, according to a team spokesman. They did not make public the identity of the banned individual.

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The Nationals, who lost the game 7-3 to the Baltimore Orioles, have ⁠a daily "Salute to Service" honoring veterans and military personnel before the fourth inning. It was at that ​time when the banner was unfurled in the upper deck down the first-base line.

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An usher attempted to confiscate the ​banner but the three individuals holding the sign pulled it back and fled, according to a team spokesperson.
Jake Lang, a Jan. 6 rioter and conservative influencer, took credit for the banner on social media.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/sports/nationals-ban-individual-who-displayed-white-nationalist-sign-game--flm-2026-05-18/

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Reposted by Kevin M. Kruse
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Tom Joscelyn
‪@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social‬

Jake Lang, one of the 1,600 or so January 6ers pardoned by Trump, unfurled a white nationalist banner at yesterday’s Washington Nationals game.

It refers to the racist great replacement theory and calls for deporting 100+ million (non-white) people. He’s now banned from Nationals games.

Jake Lang unfurls white nationalist banner at Washington Nationals game
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10:29 AM · May 18, 2026
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Jake Lang, one of the 1,600 or so January 6ers pardoned by Trump, unfurled a white nationalist banner at yesterday’s Washington Nationals game.

It refers to the racist great replacement theory and calls for deporting 100+ million (non-white) people. He’s now banned from Nationals games.

— Tom Joscelyn (@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social) 2026-05-18T14:29:46.246Z

[dem4decades]

1. I didn't read the story, is Kavanaugh banned?

Or was it Roberts?

[efhmc]

2. That is disgusting. Thanks for taking the action against this hate group.

[Mister Ed]

3. Jake Lang, huh? I think I remember him trying to make trouble here in Minneapolis during last winter's occupation.

As I recall, a Black gentleman protected him from an angry white crowd, and shepherded him to the safety of a nearby Uber - which turned out to be driven by a Trans woman.

[SergeStorms]

4. Make Racism Great Again.

Thanks, TrumpCo. and the Supreme KKKourt. You're destroying our once-great country.

[electric_blue68]

6. Drumphf, and his "permissions slips" to the racists...

One term was bad enough!!

[purr-rat beauty]

5. But but but....no politics in sports!?

These fucking hypocrites cry when someone draws attention to police brutality by kneeling

[electric_blue68]

7. Hideous sh!t. Glad they got one guy, hopefully they get the others pronto!

[AverageOldGuy]

8. My daughter and her husband were at that game

They saw the whole thing. The assholes with the sign were lucky to get out alive.

Neither the Nats nor the Orioles is the best team in MLB but their fans don't take any shit.

[chouchou]

9. There's nothing more wonderful than an uneducated, racist, Ignorant Hillbilly in full action.

Bring out the best of us..

[SouthBayDem]

10. Always the creepiest types of people talk about rEpLaCeMeNt.

Sex pests, kid diddlers, and other menaces to society have this obsession with racial demographics.

[moonshinegnomie]

11. they should be banned by every pro sports league as well as college