Homocon Convicted Rioter “Rejects” Trump’s Pardon
January 25, 2025“I was at the gym. My husband and I were both there working out, and I saw it on one of the TVs. And I looked over at him and was like, ‘It looks like I’m pardoned today.’
“I’m a recovering alcoholic. At the time, I was not recovering. I would combine alcohol with my politics and I’d put it online too. I spent a lot of time on social media in the comments section arguing with strangers about nothing.
“And it just became more or less my identity. The less I had a life, the louder I was about being a Trump supporter. And instead of trying to figure out what was causing these problems, looking at myself, I blamed other people and politics. That’s easy to do. And I fit right into the MAGA circle. So by then I actually had some sobriety under my belt and things were starting to change in my head.
“I remember feeling like, ‘All these guys in the red hats, they’re kind of jerks.’ But then I got to prison, and I was treated like a celebrity for having stormed the Capitol building. Not just from the inmates, but from the staff as well. The first thing a correctional officer said to me when I reported in the booking was, ‘Let’s go, Brandon.’ So I definitely clung on to this patriot hero nonsense.
“After I got out of prison, Trump had gotten indicted and he put on social media asking people to come out and protest for him. And I remember thinking, ‘What are you doing, Trump? Remember what happened at the riot? Someone might get hurt. Why would you ask people to protest?’
“And that’s when I had the epiphany, the duh moment, where I’m like, ‘He asked this because he doesn’t care about anybody other than himself.’ That’s when on the inside I knew and I stopped supporting him.” – Jason Riddle, who spent 90 days in prison on rioting charges, speaking to New Hampshire Public Radio.
The January 6er Who Left Trumpism
Not every Capitol rioter was a card-carrying seditionist; some have regrets, and a few are even refusing a pardon. Jason Riddle is one.
