Proud Boy Leader Slams Trump After Realizing Capitol Rioters Are Facing Prison

U.S. Department Of Justice/ABC7 News, Eddie Block Films

May 17, 2021, 6:06 am

While the Capitol rioters were able to storm the building and create chaos and violence on January 6, they were obviously ultimately unsuccessful in their goal to have the results of the fairly held election overthrown in favor of Donald Trump. And as the arrests rolled in, all they could do was beg for him to pardon them before he left office. But those requests fell on deaf ears.

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Now, some supporters have turned their backs on Trump in the same way they feel he turned his back on them after they attacked American democracy in his name.

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Proud Boy leader Ethan Nordean is among those who feel left behind by the former president. As Nordean faces charges for his role in the assault on the Capitol, the prosecution entered a scathing message the “sergeant-at-arms” on the Seattle chapter wrote to his fellow Proud Boys on January 20, after he realized they were on their own.

“F—K TRUMP! F—k him more than Biden. I’ve followed this guy for 4 years and given everything and lost it all,” Nordean wrote. “Now I’ve got some of my good friends and myself facing jail time cuz we followed this guys lead and never questioned it.”

Nordean went on to slam Trump for pardoning “a bunch of degenerates” over them and leaving his supporters “on the battle field bloody and alone.”

Proud Boy leader Ethan Nordean lashed out at Trump on Jan. 20, when it dawned on him that he’d likely be going to jail for the ex-president, according to new messages revealed by prosecutors last night. pic.twitter.com/JX1MvvsGR2

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 14, 2021

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Much has been made over the years of Trump’s contempt for his own base, not to mention his willingness to do whatever it takes to save his own skin—and pardoning a bunch of insurrectionists was never going to be something that played out in his favor. So he simply didn’t do it.

Battlefield? I thought they were now calling it a visit by a bunch of tourists? Suckers and losers indeed.

— RBG (@VonIndia) May 14, 2021

If only there had been some clue as to Trump’s real nature! If only there were something like… maybe 70 years of well documented selfishness and ruthless disregard for others, including those who serve him. If only. https://t.co/5mWk8YhUzp

— Jack Coleman (@TheJackColeman) May 15, 2021

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Did none of these people read Aesop’s fables as a child? A snake’s gonna snake!

— SchrödingersDog (@schrodingrsdog) May 14, 2021

But for those who followed Trump with this cult-like devotion during his presidency, even after he lost and confirmed his loss and embarrassed himself by continue to pretend he didn’t lose, it has taken his abandonment as they face actual jail time to make them realize they were nothing more than pawns in a very poorly planned out game.

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And Americans who were appropriately horrified by the actions of Trump supporters on January 6 are having a hard time feeling sorry for Nordean’s delayed realization.

I don’t feel sorry for traitors.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) May 15, 2021

Yeah, always someone else’s fault because they’re narcissists who dodge responsibility as much as possible. I have a sibling like that & refuse to have him in my life anyway.

— HouseofBeans&Bellehs (@HamptonHavenS) May 14, 2021

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and the thing that you’re hearing is only the sound of the low spark of jailed Proud Boys

— Howard (@HowardA_Esq) May 14, 2021

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I think a F*ck your feelings, may also be in order.

— ChasingSunsets (@BlueCrabLane) May 14, 2021

Nordean is facing charges of conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, and aiding and abetting. He is one of over 400 people who have been charged in relation to the Capitol riot. Trump pardoned none of them.

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*First Published: May 17, 2021, 6:06 am