No, he has been intimidated into believing the lies of the left. The left is blatantly racist. Conservativism is not racist. He has been sold a bill of goods. Wait for it. The kid may not be able to recover. Some lefty convinced him he is too smart to be conservative. Actually he is too dumb.
I suspect the same... I bet he got an earful (or worse) from many of the usual suspects, for wandering off the plantation