Capitol rioter's dating sob story instantly backfires: 'My J6 story sends women running’

John Cameron, a notable participant in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, was widely mocked Tuesday after sharing a lengthy story about his struggles in the dating world, complaining that his “J6 story sends most women running, even the conservative ones.”

“I became single for the first time in twenty years when my ex-wife divorced me over J6,” Cameron wrote Monday in a social media post on X. “She couldn’t bear the doors slamming shut – family and friends turning their backs because of me.”

In 2022, Cameron was sentenced to three years probation for having stormed the U.S. Capitol after accepting a plea agreement from prosecutors. He proudly boasted of his involvement in the riot both prior and after the incident on social media, online posts that ultimately led to his identification and arrest.

In his Monday social media post, Cameron described the “brutal” dating conditions he’d experienced as a result of his participation in the Capitol riot, and vowed to “keep fighting for the truth.” But critics were quick to mock him over what several characterized as a half-hearted attempt to garner sympathy.

“Won't someone think of the poor domestic terrorists?” wrote Sean Biggerstaff, a Scottish actor best known for his role in the “Harry Potter” film franchise, in a social media post on X on Tuesday.

Novelist, podcast host and writer John Daly flagged Cameron’s pledge to “keep fighting” as evidence that the Capitol rioter appeared not to have “learned a thing,” and former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) dismissed what he argued was Cameron’s attempt to paint himself as a “victim.”

“Maybe you shouldn’t have January 6’ed then,” Kinzinger wrote in a social media post on X. “These people always turn themselves into victims. Never take responsibility for their own actions. And then call everyone else snowflakes. It will be in the history books about the class of whiny, weak betas who follow a MAN like he’s a god.”

Author and writer Joanna Schroeder pointed to what she argued was the blatant contradiction in Cameron’s remarks compared with what many Capitol rioters had said in the days following the storming of the Capitol.

“Wait. First J6ers were proud to be there destroying public property and beating police officers,” Schroeder wrote. “Then they said it was a set-up, it was Antifa pretending to be MAGA (even though we [watched] them live-stream it from their own accounts). Now they're proud to be J6ers again? What?”

During Cameron’s sentencing in 2022, he attempted to bond with the judge, who was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, by claiming that Reagan was his “favorite president.” The judge, Senior Judge Thomas F. Hogan, explicitly told Cameron that he and other Capitol rioters were “not patriots when you attack the Capitol of the United States.”