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“William Kelly is a regular outside our church, he screams incredibly vile and gross things at families, at children at people, he’s called my wife a c—, a whore and a Nazi breeder, all sorts of fun things,” the congregant said.
Kelly operates online under the TikTok handle “DaWokeFarmer,” where he has amassed more than 66,000 followers. His content is filled with profanity-laced tirades against ICE, President Donald Trump, and administration officials. His account also links to a GoFundMe page promoting what he calls a nationwide protest tour.
“Road Trip!! Help me travel the Nation scolding the gestapo for their bad decisions! No rest for demons! Our goal is to encourage people to stand up for what’s right across the nation! Stand up For Humanity,” the page states.
That fundraiser has already raised more than $40,000.
Church members in Washington say Kelly’s identity became widely known only after months of what they described as “social media sleuthing.” They claim he was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service in December following an incident caught on video where he berated a man as a “Nazi” and demanded to know how he voted.
Kelly later confirmed in a video that the Secret Service was “moving forward with disorderly conduct charges.” The Secret Service did not immediately respond to media inquiries.
Members of Christ Church say their concern is not political but personal.
Members of Christ Church, where Pete Hegseth attends, said they simply want to worship without being harassed.
“It’s been a good education for my children to understand what type of people use these words,” the congregant said.
“He probably first showed up in September or October, he’s been off and on since then,” the person added. “Since he was arrested by the Secret Service in early December, he’s been on a road trip, out and about.”
Christ Church associate pastor Joe Rigney said there is no doubt the same agitator seen in Minnesota has been tormenting worshippers in Washington.
“We’ve had regular protests at our D.C. services for the last few months, a combination of paid, professional agitators, as well as people who just show up periodically,” Rigney said. “We became aware of William Kelly because through that, he was one of the regular protestors each week.”
“Kelly stood out because he was one of the more aggressive, angry, vile, profane protesters who would follow people to their car, yell at them, yell at children… profanity-laden attacks on normal church members,” Rigney said. “When we saw the video come out of Cities Church in St. Paul, our security team flagged it for me and said, ‘That’s the same guy.’”
Justin Overbaugh, the deputy under secretary of war for intelligence and security, also identified Kelly as the man in the Minnesota footage.
“Ahhh I see DaWokeFarmer a.k.a William Scott Kelly, is harassing parishioners in MN. We’ve missed him outside @ChristKirkDC stalking us after service,” Overbaugh wrote on X.
“This has been going on for months,” he added. “While MPD provides security, they take no action when the mob uses bullhorns to disrupt services, which is in clear violation of the law.”
The Minnesota protests intensified following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent earlier this month. The Trump administration has stated that Good attempted to ram the agent with her vehicle before the shooting occurred.
Protesters have accused Cities Church pastor David Easterwood of leading the local ICE field office, allegations the Justice Department says are now under investigation.
Kelly addressed the church confrontation in a TikTok video, offering no apology and instead doubling down.
“Yesterday, I went into a church with [activist] Nekima Armstrong, and I protested these White supremacists. The pastor of the church is a f—ing ICE leader in the city. How can you be a f—ing pastor and be a f—ing agent? F— ‘em, they wanna come after me? F— ‘em,” Kelly said.
“How can they live so comfortably while the f—ing people from Somalia that are in this country legally, they have f—ing citizenship, can’t even go to their mosque and pray,” he continued. “How do they deserve any f—ing different? F— those f—ing Nazis. Come and get me, Pam Bondi, you f—ing traitorous b—-.”
As federal investigators review the church disruption, many Americans are now questioning why repeat agitators targeting families and religious services continue to operate freely, fundraise online, and escalate confrontations without serious consequences.
