One example would be this guy:
Guy Reffitt, was a member of the Texas Three Percenter group when he stormed the Capitol wearing body armor and carrying a pistol and zip ties. Supposedly, nobody at the Capitol was armed. That is what MAGA apologists have been saying.
The son is an American hero.
I believe there is a sickness in some people that regardless of facts on the ground -- they just gravitate towards conspiracies and violence.
The son reminds me of the brother and sister-in-law of the Unabomber Ted (
Theodore John Kaczynski) Kaczynski. This son and the relatives of Ted, they are patriotic Americans
The terribleness of Trump's pardoning of many Jan 6 criminals is -- yes, the pardons were for people convicted of criminal behavior (like Trump's company and he himself).
Reffitt has spent most of the last four years in hiding, constantly on the move every few months. He was the person who tipped off the FBI about his father’s involvement in the insurrection. Jackson’s father, Guy Reffitt, was a member of the Texas Three Percenter group when he stormed the Capitol wearing body armor and carrying a pistol and zip ties. He was caught on camera urging other rioters to storm the Capitol building and told members of his militia group that he intended to drag House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the building by her ankles, “with her head hitting every step on the way down.”