a.k.a.
The Watermelon Party:
”Green” on the outside
but RED on the inside!
The color red has historically been associated with the left (communism. socialism, etc.).
Republicans always accept the terminology of the left.
I remember when an elections analyst on one of the networks changed the party colors on the election board. He used the color red for Republicans and blue for Democrat. It was the first time that Republicans had been associated with the color red. It’s been that way ever since.