“...home of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison...”
Yeah, also the home of Woodrow Wilson.
If you really want to fight this, just print up posters of the governor in the style of Beijing posters of Xi and Mao.
And put them up all over town.
And let the people think they are “official”...
(and maybe add a slogan, like “Freedom is slavery”, or “Ignorance is strength”...)