US Turn snitch and get rich: Texas teen gives his own dad in to the FBI, pays his way through college

https://www.rt.com/usa/513558-son-reports-father-fbi-capitol/

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Texas teenager has turned his father in to the FBI for taking part in the Capitol Hill riot, and pocketed tens of thousands of dollars from liberal admirers in the process.



When Jackson Reffitt’s father returned to the family home in Wylie, Texas, after the pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill earlier this month, Jackson claimed that he warned his son to keep his mouth shut. “If you turn me in, you’re a traitor,” he reportedly said. “And you know what happens to traitors. Traitors get shot.”
However, Jackson had already reported the 48-year-old Guy Reffitt to the FBI, telling agents he thought his father was planning “something big” during the certification of election results at the capitol, per a New York Times article on Sunday. After the riot, Reffitt was identified in video footage from the Capitol, tracked down in Texas, and arrested, according to a sworn affidavit by an FBI agent.

Guy Reffitt was charged with obstruction of justice and of knowingly entering a restricted building, though he claims he never actually entered the Capitol. Jackson Reffitt left his family home, and has since become something of a celebrity.



Turning in his father landed Reffitt interviews with CNN, Fox and the New York Times, with the CNN interview the first his family heard about his contact with the FBI. “My mom and my sisters are absolutely ruined about the news from what I did,” Reffitt tweeted on Saturday.

Apparently encouraged by his supporters, Reffitt set up a crowdfunding campaign, and after raising the donation limit several times has netted just under $87,000 in less than three days. This amount has paid for his university tuition, repaired his car, and purchased his dental insurance, Reffitt wrote on GoFundMe.

Praise has poured in from liberals, who applauded Reffitt’s “bravery” in snitching on his own father.

Jackson isn’t the only child to rat out his family members following the Capitol Hill debacle. One 18-year-old outed her mother, aunt and uncle after seeing them in a photo taken at the Capitol. Another cut ties with her father and tipped off law enforcement when she saw him at the riot. Both girls were treated to profiles in the media, and drew the same storm of liberal praise and conservative backlash.

More than 100 people have been arrested in connection with the riot, while the FBI has opened more than 200 case files, according to the BBC. Among the charges leveled against the rioters are “significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy,” United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin told reporters earlier this month.

As the legal system grinds on, Democrat lawmakers have proposed tough new domestic terror legislation, while liberal pundits have spoken openly about “deprogramming” former President Donald Trump’s supporters and “cleansing” politics of the ‘MAGA’ movement.

 

[Yotsubaaa]

I hope he gets disowned by his family. Fuck this hateful little cunt.

I mean he probably already has. I don't see how they come back together from this. Selling out your own family is fucking gross.

Now of course, that doesn't apply in all cases and all crimes, but the man had a point. If these fucking people are willing to play Judas with their parents, they will sell you out for a promotion or cheat you out of your money in a second. They are never, ever to be trusted.

Exactly. If he's willing to do this sort of thing to people he's (apparently) loved and lived with his entire life, then what's he willing to do to people who are 'only' his friends? Who would ever trust him with anything again?

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

My Pa told me that if I ever sued him he'd kill me and I am okay with that.

I assume snitching on him to the government would fall under the same category.

 

[Bunny Tracks]

I love that the people praising him openly admit that his Dad didn't actually do anything besides trespassing, but HE MIGHT HAVE in the future.

Bonus points for the "reprogramming" tweet. Yes, the Feds needs to get involved because somebody believes something stupid!

Not to be that guy, but the rioters broke a lot more laws than just trespassing. The Capitol has a whole slew of laws pertaining just to it, and there is a reason of a lot the rioters are facing heavy sentences besides the legal system just wanting to set an example.

Still, the son is a cunt for selling out his own father.

 

[Screw Danlon]

Now of course, that doesn't apply in all cases and all crimes,

Personally I draw the line at rape/murder/cooking meth - crimes of that nature (basically any crime that could seriously injure or kill someone else), where if I knew, for a fact, that a relative had commited it, I would probably notify the cops.

But any of the people selling out their families over essentially being rowdy and argumentative in a public place... fuck them.

 

[ObeseScreamingBlackMan]

I look forward to our volkspolizei/stasi future of every 8th person being a snitch for the government.

 

[DeadFish]

I Wouldnt snitch on my family unless there was a good reason.
Like it would be safer for them to be in prison cause the mob was looking for them type stuff.

 

[Yotsubaaa]

I look forward to our volkspolizei/stasi future of every 8th person being a snitch for the government.

But that other A&H article I just read from today told me that the 'glowie' is a fictitious alt-right boogeyman and that I have nothing to fear from the government...

 

[Slimy Time]

Personally I draw the line at rape/murder/cooking meth - crimes of that nature (basically any crime that could seriously injure or kill someone else), where if I knew, for a fact, that a relative had commited it, I would probably notify the cops.

But any of the people selling out their families over essentially being rowdy and argumentative in a public place... fuck them.

Of course, it does not apply in all cases and all crimes, and of course Cicero (or whichever old timey famous philosopher) was from a completely different time with varying attitudes, but generally the principle should be true. If your parent is an abusive substance user, that's different. But of a lot of us, your parents are almost guaranteed to be the one group of people you can rely on. When shit hits the fan and you need help, your parents will more than likely be some of the very few people that will help.

For something as minor as this, even if the father is threatening them (probably because he's seen what has happened to others and is worried), you should never sell them out to the state. The state will never give back for the years of "being a good citizen", and your trustworthiness will crap the bed. When people used the term "he would sell his own mother for x", it wasn't meant to be a compliment.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Everyone seems to be missing the whole threatening to shoot your son thing.

Let's be real, this fucking sped at the capitol really must have treated his family like shit. Probably a dumbfuck alcoholic who constantly bitched about liberals since the kids could remember. It's a pretty big thing to rat out a family member. It should make people wonder but hey, MAGA man dindu nuffin of course.

I bet there was a, "Look, son. I make 100k a year after working my ass up from nothing. I paid for my own school, back when it was 90% cheaper and inflammation wasn't nearly as bad. I could pay for yours easily but it'll build character if you become swamped in gov't debt to pay for what I could easily,"

 

[NoReturn]

Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party. On the contrary, they adored the Party and everything connected with it… All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the enemies of the State, against foreigners, traitors, saboteurs, thought-criminals. It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children.

 

[Zero Day Defense]

Everyone seems to be missing the whole threatening to shoot your son thing.

He had reported him before he said anything about shooting, according to the article.

Let's be real, this fucking sped at the capitol really must have treated his family like shit. Probably a dumbfuck alcoholic who constantly bitched about liberals since the kids could remember. It's a pretty big thing to rat out a family member. It should make people wonder but hey, MAGA man dindu nuffin of course.

Are you not familiar with people bragging about how they got their parents fired from their job for wrongthink?

 

[Mealy Mouth Spittle]

Not to be that guy, but the rioters broke a lot more laws than just trespassing. The Capitol has a whole slew of laws pertaining just to it, and there is a reason of a lot the rioters are facing heavy sentences besides the legal system just wanting to set an example.

Still, the son is a cunt for selling out his own father.

The only reason they are facing heavy sentences is because they terrorized the wrong people. That's why there are special laws that apply only to the places of the rich and powerful. I don't know why everyone is pretending that the politicians were actually concerned about saving democracy. They want to make sure that the peons know that they are untouchable. And I'm not a Trump supporter and I think the rioters were fucking morons who, more than likely, walked right into a trap. I mean, the republicans sure did roll over on protesting the election results pretty quickly after the Trump supporters put the fear of God in them. You'd think that would embolden them to fight even harder since presumably they want to be re-elected. But for some reason, the protesters only managed to make it certain that no one would discuss anything about the voting irregularities. I wanted Trump gone, but even I think there was some funny business done with vote counts.

Whatever. The ones who caused damage, killed a cop, and/or made threats should absolutely go to jail. But so should the BLM/Antifa who did the same thing. It's the hypocrisy and double standards that piss me off. Just because I lean left, doesn't mean I think it is okay for the Dems to praise one set of thugs because they are "their" thugs and then demonize the thugs from the opposition.

I hope the kid goes to college and makes something of himself with that money. Because he's fucked if he doesn't. Honestly, if it was my kid, I might reconcile enough to speak to them but I would never, ever let them come back home or give them a penny of support if they ratted me out to the FBI if I wasn't a serial killer or actual terrorist. We shouldn't be rewarding people for reporting thought crimes to the government. That's how real Nazis operate.

Everyone seems to be missing the whole threatening to shoot your son thing.

Let's be real, this fucking sped at the capitol really must have treated his family like shit. Probably a dumbfuck alcoholic who constantly bitched about liberals since the kids could remember. It's a pretty big thing to rat out a family member. It should make people wonder but hey, MAGA man dindu nuffin of course.

I bet there was a, "Look, son. I make 100k a year after working my ass up from nothing. I paid for my own school, back when it was 90% cheaper and inflammation wasn't nearly as bad. I could pay for yours easily but it'll build character if you become swamped in gov't debt to pay for what I could easily,"

Maybe it was the ultimate "Fuck you, Dad". But, he'll regret it later. And Dad can't pay for his college anymore anyway. He won't ever be able to get a job again thanks to him. Hope his mom earns enough money to keep paying the mortgage and she can get health insurance at her job or he's screwed her over as well. If his family ends up homeless, I hope he'll still think it was worth it.

 

[Dr Pepper]

He had reported him before he said anything about shooting, according to the article.


Are you not familiar with people bragging about how they got their parents fired from their job for wrongthink?

Yeah, he did report him before. But if the dad was a piece of shit, and his son hated him for his obviously spastic behavior, then it is probable that his father probably liked to throw threats around, even get physical. Shitty dads exist in every social class.

The only reason they are facing heavy sentences is because they terrorized the wrong people. That's why there are special laws that apply only to the places of the rich and powerful. I don't know why everyone is pretending that the politicians were actually concerned about saving democracy. They want to make sure that the peons know that they are untouchable. And I'm not a Trump supporter and I think the rioters were fucking morons who, more than likely, walked right into a trap. I mean, the republicans sure did roll over on protesting the election results pretty quickly after the Trump supporters put the fear of God in them. You'd think that would embolden them to fight even harder since presumably they want to be re-elected. But for some reason, the protesters only managed to make it certain that no one would discuss anything about the voting irregularities. I wanted Trump gone, but even I think there was some funny business done with vote counts.

Whatever. The ones who caused damage, killed a cop, and/or made threats should absolutely go to jail. But so should the BLM/Antifa who did the same thing. It's the hypocrisy and double standards that piss me off. Just because I lean left, doesn't mean I think it is okay for the Dems to praise one set of thugs because they are "their" thugs and then demonize the thugs from the opposition.

I hope the kid goes to college and makes something of himself with that money. Because he's fucked if he doesn't. Honestly, if it was my kid, I might reconcile enough to speak to them but I would never, ever let them come back home or give them a penny of support if they ratted me out to the FBI if I wasn't a serial killer or actual terrorist. We shouldn't be rewarding people for reporting thought crimes to the government. That's how real Nazis operate.


Maybe it was the ultimate "Fuck you, Dad". But, he'll regret it later. And Dad can't pay for his college anymore anyway. He won't ever be able to get a job again thanks to him. Hope his mom earns enough money to keep paying the mortgage and she can get health insurance at her job or he's screwed her over as well. If his family ends up homeless, I hope he'll still think it was worth it.

Not a thought crime. Literal Federal charges that make the entire family look fucking retarded. His dad shouldn't have gotten obsessed with Q-tard conspiracies and took a fucking chill pill before being a part of a riot on Capitol Hill. It's embarrassing, stupid behavior. It gets nothing done and only makes the perpetuating side and their families look bad.

If his family is overall worse off because ot it he'll learn it soon enough. Honestly though I expect the family is sufficiently wealthy. Travelling thousands of miles just to fuck shit up for a few hours is something I see rich retards with too much time on their hands doing. Just like ANTIFA.

 

[Coldgrip]

But if the dad was a piece of shit...

IF...

Man, wish we could know for sure instead of just taking some family-betraying shitstain's word for it.

 

[Wingnut]

What an ungrateful piece of shit.
Of course the brown shirts on twitter are praising him, 1984 here we come!

 

[Hollywood Hitler]

People like this are going to be the first on many people's"kill lists" when shit really hits the fan.

 

[Mrs Paul]

I don't think I'd have snitched out my dad there (unless my own ass was on the line, or he was abusive), but I suspect there's more to the story.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Dad had done the same thing, because his son is a "libtard" or something like that. Politics makes people stupid.

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE]

Short term gain in exchange for longer term loss?

lol kids nowadays are useless.

 

[Just_Somebody]

Fuck the kid for snitching on his dad over...what? Trespassing on the Capitol? Hope being viewed as a traitorous rat by your own family is worth the attention and the few pieces of silver.

No, the worst part? How the media is making this look virtuous. "Snitch on family, get rich!" Some Orwellian shit right there.

 

[Spooky Bones]

Check out dude's bedroom.