I cannot fathom the evil of decades of twisted mental machinations within a political party to get their cons uency that ed up.
There is a short article link below on how white Americans (even intelligent people like Thomas Jefferson) rationalized their views and support of slavery. That type of twisted thinking may also explain some of the underlying support for the GOP way of thinking and why they despise critical thinking, e.g., CRT being taught in schools.
https://slate.com/human-interest/201...-families.html