The people that own the Republican criminal organization
have put people in place that appeal to the stupidest people in the country. They are a group that was never interested in voting before Donald Trump and the "tea" party. They like 'Raslin" and "hunting" and " fishing" and Four wheel drives. The owners realized how bad they were loosing when Obama got elected. They broke the glass and quit the dog whistling and used Fox and other outlets to amplify their racist message to drag the dregs out from under their rocks. They elected proudly stupid people in great numbers to Red state legislatures. People who were normally not even electable there and that's where we are at. Right before the Civil war there was a similar thing but instead of being called the Tea Party they were more accurately called the Know Nothing party. People like Tommy Tuberville and Marjorie Taylor Greene would have fit right in. Southern state legislatures are full of them, Tennessee is the latest example. We have to get in their face and laugh at them .