Thanks for a great question!
Why do some alleged "conservatives" hate their country, and even hate the people who are trying to set it right again?
MAGA Conservatives, 2024 election results by county:
We could spend a lot of time on this one, but I'll try to summarize:
- Off-the rails nutcases -- Tucker Carlson comes to mind, I don't know what he is anymore, pro-Russian, pro-Islamicist, anti-American?
These guys & gals (Owens) are spinning off into the infinite void of click-baiting crazy-talk. - Racist Right -- Nick Fuentes, who is that? I never heard of him, but suddenly he's a "right-wing" influencer expressing positive opinions of Hitler, Nazis & other authoritarians. WTF??!
- Traditional Libertarians -- Rand Paul, Thomas Massy who enjoy the gadfly role and often vote Libertarian ideology over party loyalty, even to the detriment of the US as a whole.
Sometimes joined by "Libertarian-lite" leaders like Sen. Lee and Congressman Roy, though seldom on the most critical votes (I'm not critical of Lee & Roy, just thankful they usually vote with the President, not Rand Paul). - Never Trumpers -- Cheney, Kinsinger & Co., so blinded by Trump Derangement Syndrome that they'd vote against baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet if it would hurt Trump and Trump supporters.
- Who else -- who am I forgetting to mention?
The internet's weird undergrowth of political opinions and influencers is doubtless more extensive than I know about, and some claim to be "conservative" or "right wing" when in reality, they hate everything about America and our now 250+ year history.
By some definitions, neither means pro-American, MAGA or Republican.
When I was a young fellow (1960s) there was a major successful effort to drive such people out of the American conservative movement.
Today, it seems like some are trying to creep back in...