I’ve lived in SC my entire life. Libertarianism is big here, and it’s been co-oped by the GOP and their culture wars. People are thoroughly convinced that somehow Trumpism washes out to libertarianism. So even when you point out the clown car and how many people fit into it, they’re willing to excuse it because the ends justify the means. In their view, the Democrats are the ones out-foxing them at every turn so they view this as the late stages of a zero-sum game. They feel desperate and are willing to take extreme measures. This is how things are constantly framed in their news bubbles.