The father took part in the January 6 storming of the Capitol. His son turned him in to the FBI. Now that Donald Trump has pardoned him, Guy Reffitt and his wife are hoping for a return to normalcy - and fearful that it way never come.

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    "I was stuck in a box. I had to walk in chains and shackles for four years.”

    "If all you’ve lost is your job, stop whining!”

    And you were fed 3 meals a day and given free medical care. Lose your job and Trump’s America won’t lift a finger to help.

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    First and foremost, Guy is an insurrectionist. Not a “capital stormer”, not a “J6er”, he’s an insurrectionist.

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    Oh man, reading that was a wild ride. The unrepentant convicted insurrectionist vacillates between deep hate speech and positive statements supporting his son. The wife watched her unemployed husband desend into the cult and is in a fantasy land of hoping her family will be the loving close family they were before the father/husband went full MAGA.

    There is that one incident that the family cannot agree on. Guy Reffitt [the insurrectionist father] asked Jackson [the son] about his political convictions, and Jackson responded by saying he was communist. And that America should be communist. "That makes you a traitor, bro,” Guy purportedly said. And traitors deserve to be shot.

    Father of the year here. /s

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      that makes you a traitor

      Says the guy that tried over throwing the legitimate government based off lies from a mobster wannabe

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      Honestly, I’m past it affecting me personally. I know everyone has a different relationship, but that’s republican talk imho. “I’ll be upset once I’m affected” is not cutting it for me. I have family that voted Trump and I’ve cut them off. There’s no discussion to be had and I don’t want them in my life at this point. They now “are too busy to keep up with the news” when asked about anything Trump has done recently. Absolutely deranged behavior and I don’t want them in my home. Again, not saying everyone can do that, but these people likely don’t deserve your time, respect, or attention.

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    i hate how its washed over that these racist pieces of shit are all brainwashed by foxnews. if that propaganda didnt exist, a huge swath of america would just be regular racist and not completely beholden to their own fear of imaginary government beasts.