They think all the woke and things they identify as liberal are persecuting them, and are out to destroy them. They love trump because he is, they believe, fighting on their behalf. He is tearing the libs and dems apart the same way they hope Jesus would, to stop their persecution ... like obedience to laws they don't like, like environmental laws that protect something. That's their persecution?

It has been festering for years. It's now an angry carbuncle.